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BASEBALL / MLB
May 28, 2021
Shohei Ohtani scratched from start because of Bay Area traffic
Shohei Ohtani batted second as the team's designated hitter and went 0-for-3 with a walk instead of pitching in the Los Angeles Angels' 5-0 loss against the Oakland Athletics on Thursday, after being forced to take public transportation to Oakland Coliseum.
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BASEBALL / MLB
May 25, 2021
Mariners' Yusei Kikuchi earns win in another quality start
Yusei Kikuchi got his first win in nearly a month and his second of the season Monday as the Seattle Mariners ended a six-game losing streak by beating the Oakland Athletics 4-2.
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OLYMPICS
May 10, 2021
Athletes get taste of what may be in store at COVID-era Olympics
Justin Gatlin is used to winning races.
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OLYMPICS
May 9, 2021
World Athletics chief insists Olympics can overcome strong opposition
Speaking at a Tokyo 2020 test event hosted at National Stadium, Sebastian Coe said the troubled games would 'act as a beacon of hope and optimism.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 9, 2021
National Stadium holds Tokyo 2020 track test event — minus fans
Sunday's competition, held behind closed doors due to the state of emergency, offered organizers and athletes a chance to trial anti-infection protocols that will be used at the Tokyo Games.
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Apr 27, 2021
Amputee Blake Leeper won't be allowed to race with running blades
World Athletics has rejected an application from American double amputee Blake Leeper to run on particular running-specific prostheses (RSPs), preventing him from competing in the Olympics or World Athletics events.
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Apr 21, 2021
Athletics test event on May 9 to be held without spectators
Tokyo Games organizers are set to hold an athletics test event on May 9 without spectators due to the rising number of coronavirus infections in the capital, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 6, 2021
California's MLB teams get go-ahead to open season with limited number of fans
The California Department of Public Health gave baseball teams and fans cause for spring fever Friday when it announced that spectators can return to the state's baseball stadiums in gradually increasing numbers starting on opening day as the coronavirus pandemic subsides.
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Jan 26, 2021
Marathon and track and field Olympic test events set for May
The Japan Association of Athletics Federations said Monday that test events for marathon and track and field events for this summer's Tokyo Olympics will be held in May.
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Jan 22, 2021
Runner Hitomi Niiya named track association's top athlete of 2020
The Japan Association of Athletics Federations honored the 32-year-old after she set a national record in the 10,000 during last month's distance championships in Osaka.
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PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Jan 6, 2021
Athletes aim to convert 2020 struggles into Paralympic success
Japan's para athletes are optimistic about the extra year of preparation they have received through the postponement of the Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 29, 2020
Athletes head into 2021 uncertain over Olympic qualification outlook
Many Olympic sports are still working to schedule events that will give athletes a fair opportunity to earn a place in the postponed Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 12, 2020
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe confident Tokyo Olympics will happen
However, a cloud of uncertainty still hangs over the Tokyo Games, including questions about how many spectators will be allowed into venues.
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Oct 13, 2020
Sporting organizations ramp up fight against voyeuristic photography
Sporting organizations have struggled to find ways to prevent non-consensual photography, which is not a crime in Japan, from taking place at events.
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PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 4, 2020
Paralympic hopefuls skip national championships over COVID risk
Many of Japan's top para athletes are staying away from the event over fears that infections could lead to even more severe illnesses.
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Aug 22, 2020
Japan's Olympic hopefuls gear up for Seiko Golden Grand Prix
The event will be the first time for many of the host nation's elite track and field athletes to compete at the new National Stadium.
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Aug 1, 2020
El Mahjoub Dazza, 2019 Fukuoka International Marathon winner, gets 4-year doping ban
Last year's Fukuoka International Marathon winner El Mahjoub Dazza of Morocco has been handed a four-year doping ban, the Athletics Integrity Unit said Friday.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 28, 2020
Shohei Ohtani goes hitless one day after horror pitching debut
Shohei Ohtani went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts as designated hitter on Monday as the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-0 to win three out of four and take the teams' season-opening series.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 3, 2020
Former Hanshin pitcher Matt Keough dies at 64
Matt Keough, who won 45 games for the Central League's Hanshin Tigers from 1987-89 and whose father also played professionally in Japan, has died at the age of 64, MLB's Oakland Athletics said Saturday.
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Apr 28, 2020
Kobe-hosted world para championships postponed to 2022
The 2021 World Para Athletics Championships, originally scheduled for September next year in Kobe, will be held a year later to accommodate the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, sources said Monday.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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