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TITLE IX

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Jun 25, 2022
Enactment of Title IX 50 years ago led to monumental change in women's sports
Olympians and trailblazers say Title IX in the U.S. has profoundly transformed global sports for women.
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Aug 24, 2019
Kosei Tanaka defends WBO flyweight title with seventh-round TKO of Jonathan Gonzalez
Kosei Tanaka successfully defended his WBO flyweight title for the second time after defeating Puerto Rico's Jonathan Gonzalez by technical knockout on Saturday.
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Jul 13, 2018
Challenger Vic Saludar outpoints Ryuya Yamanaka to claim WBO minimumweight title
Ryuya Yamanaka was unable to defend his WBO minimumweight title on Friday night, relinquishing the crown to Filipino challenger Vic Saludar in a unanimous decision.
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May 25, 2018
Naoya Inoue dethrones WBA bantamweight champ Jamie McDonnell via first-round TKO
"Monster" put up a monstrous performance against someone he described as the toughest opponent of his career.
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Apr 19, 2018
Kenichi Ogawa stripped of IBF super featherweight title, suspended for doping
Kenichi Ogawa has been stripped of his IBF super featherweight title and suspended for six months for failing a doping test in December, his Teiken Gym said Thursday.
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Mar 6, 2018
Naoya Inoue gets title shot against WBA bantamweight champ Jamie McDonnell
Naoya Inoue announced Tuesday that he will seek a title in his third weight class when he challenges WBA bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell of Britain in May.
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Nov 25, 2017
Wanheng Menayothin retains WBC minimumweight title by unanimous decision over Tatsuya Fukuhara
WBC minimumweight champion Wanheng Menayothin of Thailand defended his title against challenger Tatsuya Fukuhara on Saturday, winning by a unanimous decision.
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Sep 16, 2017
Murata ready for 2nd title shot
Sports competitions are often considered like chess matches, and when you face the same opponent twice, the second time is different because you and your opponent are going to come at each other with different preparation, tactics and strategy.
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Aug 15, 2017
Mexican challenger Nery claims WBC bantamweight title with fourth-round TKO of Yamanaka
Shinsuke Yamanaka suffered his first pro defeat on Tuesday, losing his WBC bantamweight crown in a fourth-round technical knockout to Mexico's Luis Nery.
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May 18, 2017
Murata, N'Dam primed for middleweight title showdown
It's time. Well, almost.
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Mar 2, 2017
Yamanaka defends bantamweight title for 12th time, moves within win of matching Gushiken record
As everyone had predicted, Carlos Carlson was no match for "God's Left."
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Feb 28, 2017
Challenger Carlson, champion Yamanaka express confidence ahead of WBC bantamweight title bout
Mexican challenger Carlos Carlson declared that he would take Shinsuke Yamanaka's WBC bantamweight title belt when they square off at Ryogoku Kokugikan on Thursday evening.
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Feb 22, 2017
Omori to fight for WBO bantamweight title
Japanese seventh-ranked challenger Shohei Omori will get a crack at Filipino champion Marlon Tapales for the WBO bantamweight title at Osaka's Edion Arena on April 23, his WOZ gym announced on Wednesday.
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Feb 10, 2017
Super bantamweight Kubo gets first shot at world title
Shun Kubo will face Venezuelan champion Nehomar Cermeno for the WBA super bantamweight world title, his Shinsei Gym announced on Friday.
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Aug 20, 2016
Takayama claims vacant WBO minimumweight crown
Katsunari Takayama captured the vacant WBO minimumweight title on Saturday by defeating fellow Japanese Riku Kano by unanimous decision.
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Sep 11, 2015
Super featherweight Miura to defend WBC crown against Vargas in November
Takashi Miura will make the fifth defense of his WBC super featherweight crown against top-ranked Mexican Francisco Vargas in Las Vegas on Nov. 21, his Teiken Gym announced on Friday.
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May 30, 2015
Tanaka, 19, claims WBO minimumweight title
Kosei Tanaka won the WBO minimumweight crown on Saturday in his fifth pro fight, defeating Julian Yedras of Mexico by unanimous decision.
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Apr 16, 2015
Yamanaka retains WBC bantamweight title with seventh-round KO of Santillan
WBC bantamweight champion Shinsuke Yamanaka scored a seventh-round knockout against Diego Santillan of Argentina to successfully defend his title for the eighth time in front of his hometown fans on Thursday.
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Apr 2, 2015
Ex-world champion Ao to fight for WBO lightweight title in Las Vegas
Former double world champion Takahiro Ao will enter the ring for the vacant WBO lightweight belt against Mexico's Ray Beltran on May 1 — the eve of the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao megafight — at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
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Feb 5, 2015
Whiting says booming economy brought Tyson-Douglas bout to Tokyo
Best-selling author Robert Whiting, who penned an epic series for The Japan Times examining the legacy of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics last fall, has lived in Tokyo for decades. He is a keen observer of the ties that bind the United States and Japan, especially through the prism of sports.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
An AI star seeks to bring self-driving cars to Japan by 2030
Japanese startup Turing plans to unveil a self-driving car with at least 30 minutes’ driving range next year and develop a fully autonomous car by 2030.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.

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Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
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