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WHEELCHAIR TENNIS

Shingo Kunieda competes during the Miami Open Wheelchair Invitational in Miami on Wednesday.
TENNIS
Mar 29, 2024
Retired Kunieda beats world No. 1 Hewett to win Miami Open
Shingo Kunieda appeared at the tournament as its director and a player.
Designated hitter and closer Shohei Ohtani (center) and catcher Yuhei Nakamura are mobbed by their Samurai Japan teammates after Ohtani struck out American slugger Mike Trout to clinch Japan’s third World Baseball Classic and first since 2009, at LoanDepot Park in Miami on March 21.
SPORTS
Dec 26, 2023
Images of 2023: Sports
For some, 2023 was a year of sweet victory, after many years of not making it to the summit. For Shohei Ohtani, it was yet another year of brilliance.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 21, 2023
Shingo Kunieda predicts wheelchair tennis domination by Tokito Oda
The 17-year-old beat top-seeded Alfie Hewett for the title at the French Open.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 10, 2023
Tokito Oda wins French Open to become youngest Grand Slam wheelchair singles champ
Oda defeated top-seeded Alfie Hewett of Britain 6-1, 6-4, avenging his loss in their Australian Open final matchup in January.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Mar 3, 2023
Wheelchair tennis great Shingo Kunieda to receive People's Honor Award
Kunieda, a winner of 28 Grand Slam titles and three Paralympic gold medals in men's singles, retired while at the top of the world rankings in January.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Feb 8, 2023
Retiring great Shingo Kunieda departs after helping raise profile of wheelchair tennis
Kunieda is known as the Roger Federer of wheelchair tennis and won 50 Grand Slam titles and four Paralympic gold medals.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Feb 3, 2023
Government considers honoring wheelchair tennis great Shingo Kunieda with People's Honor Award
In January, Kunieda, a winner of 28 Grand Slam titles and three Paralympic gold medals in the men's singles, retired while at the top of the world rankings.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 28, 2023
Japanese pair each fall short in their Australian Open wheelchair finals
Tokito Oda, 16, the heir apparent to all-time great Shingo Kunieda, lost in the men's singles final while Yui Kamiji lost a three-set affair in the women's final.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 22, 2023
World No. 1 wheelchair tennis player Shingo Kunieda retires
The 38-year-old's career featured 50 Grand Slam titles in both singles and doubles as well as four Paralympic gold medals.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jul 10, 2022
Yui Kamiji misses out on first Wimbledon wheelchair singles crown
Kamiji was making her first final appearance in the singles at the All England Lawn Tennis Club but came short against top-ranked Diede de Groot, who has now won the tournament four times.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 4, 2021
After nine-year wait, Shingo Kunieda is king of Paralympic court again
The Japanese ace went from heartbreak in Brazil five years ago to jubilation in Tokyo as he cruised past the Netherlands' Tom Egberink 6-1, 6-2 to win gold.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 2, 2021
Japan's Shingo Kunieda and Yui Kamiji each reach wheelchair tennis finals
Kunieda, a two-time singles gold medalist and the top seed, defeated Britain's fifth-seeded Gordon Reid 6-3, 6-2 at Ariake Tennis Park.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 1, 2021
Shingo Kunieda bounces back in first set to power into Paralympic semifinals
The Japanese ace stormed back from three games down to take the first set and led throughout the second to advance to the Tokyo Paralympic semifinals with a 7-6 (9-7), 6-3 win.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 1, 2021
Diede de Groot has her sights set on joining the most exclusive club in tennis
De Groot is looking to win Paralympic gold in Tokyo and then the U.S. Open title later this month to become the first women's wheelchair singles player to achieve the Golden Slam.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 31, 2021
Yui Kamiji advances to wheelchair tennis semifinal
Japanese star beats Zhu Zhenzhen 7-5, 6-1 in a difficult quarterfinal at Ariake Tennis Park.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 27, 2021
Tokyo Paralympic tennis matches start after six-hour heat delay
Organizers decided to suspend matches at 11 a.m. on all nine outdoor courts at Ariake Tennis Park.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 27, 2021
Ball girl set to hustle for Paralympic wheelchair tennis heroes
On the Tokyo Paralympic tennis courts over the next two weeks, 16-year-old Airi Onuma will not be hitting balls, but chasing them.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Jul 2, 2021
Wheelchair tennis star Shingo Kunieda to captain Japan at Tokyo Paralympics
The Japanese Paralympic Committee has decided to name wheelchair tennis star Shingo Kunieda as captain of the host country's delegation at this summer's Tokyo Paralympics, an official familiar with the matter said Friday.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Oct 11, 2020
Yui Kamiji misses out on French Open wheelchair doubles crown
Yui Kamiji, winner of the French Open women's wheelchair singles title, missed out on her third Grand Slam doubles crown of 2020 when she and her British partner Jordanne Whiley lost in Saturday's final.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Oct 9, 2020
Momoko Ohtani sets up all-Japanese final against Yui Kamiji
Momoko Ohtani will face three-time French Open winner Yui Kamiji in the first all-Japanese women's wheelchair singles final at Roland Garros after the relative newcomer pulled off an upset victory over the defending champion on Thursday.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
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.

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