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WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Yuki Joseph Nakajima after placing sixth in the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday
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Sep 22, 2025
World championships bring few medals but win big with the crowds
Japan is now looking ahead to the Asian Games in Nagoya in 2026, the next world championships in Beijing in 2027 and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Japan's Mebuki Suzuki in action with Uganda's Oscar Chelimo in the men's 10,000 meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 14
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Sep 22, 2025
The Japanese face and body patches that have had the world wondering
Some athletes at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo swear by the products.
Noah Lyles celebrates as he crosses the finish line to give the United States the victory in the men's 4x100-meter relay at the world championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday.
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Sep 21, 2025
U.S. men grab gold in 4x100-meter relay on final day of worlds; Japan sixth
The U.S. beat Canada to the gold medal to win the men's relay.
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden celebrates with fans after winning the women's 200-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Friday.
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Sep 21, 2025
How the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo delivered on the fan experience
After the Olympics, the fan experience at World Athletics Championships was arguably more important than any other event. So how did National Stadium fare with its big do-over?
Gold medalist Beatrice Chebet (left) celebrates with Kenyan compatriot Faith Kipyegon after the women's 5000-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Saturday.
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Sep 21, 2025
Chebet beats Kipyegon in stunning sprint finish to win 5,000-meter showdown
The world record-holder's victory completed her set of global distance titles and denied 1,500-meter champion Kipyegon a double of her own in Tokyo.
Japan's 4x100-meter relay team (from left, Yuki Koike, Hiroki Yanagita, Yoshihide Kiryu and Towa Uzawa celebrate after qualifying for the final at the world championships at National Stadium on Saturday night.
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Sep 20, 2025
Japan qualifies for men's 4x100 relay final at world championships
Japan finished in a time of 38.07 seconds.
U.S. sprinter Noah Lyles celebrates with a gesture from the "Dragon Ball" anime series after winning gold in the men's 200-meter final on Friday in Tokyo.
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Sep 20, 2025
Noah Lyles wants athletics to stop being an ‘amateur sport’
The American sprinter has consistently voiced his frustration with the sport’s dwindling public interest in non-Olympic years.
Nanako Fujii celebrates as she crosses the line to take bronze in the women's 35-kilometer race walk on Saturday at National Stadium in Tokyo.
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Sep 20, 2025
Nanako Fujii takes bronze in 20 km race walk for Japan's second medal at worlds
The 26-year-old became the first Japanese woman to capture a medal in a race walk event at the World Athletics Championships or the Olympics.
Haruka Kitaguchi could not make it out of the qualifying round of the women's javelin throw at the world championships on Friday.
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Sep 20, 2025
Japan’s hopes too much for Haruka Kitaguchi’s elbow to bear at worlds
"I don’t think life is over just because I did not make it to the finals here," she said. "I might need a long break, but I want to come back stronger.”
U.S. sprinter Noah Lyles holds up four fingers after winning his fourth straight men's 200-meter title at the world championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Friday.
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Sep 19, 2025
Noah Lyles and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden win 200-meter titles on golden night for U.S.
Lyles finished with a time of 19.52 seconds and joined Jamaican great Usain Bolt as the only men to win four straight world titles at the distance.
Haruka Kitaguchi competes in the women's javelin throw during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium on Friday.
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Sep 19, 2025
Reigning world champion Haruka Kitaguchi fails to qualify for women's javelin final
Momone Ueda finished one spot ahead of Kitaguchi and narrowly missed out on a spot in the final.
Yuki Joseph Nakajima after finishing sixth in the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday.
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Sep 19, 2025
How Yuki Joseph Nakajima turned failures into breakout success at Tokyo worlds
Nakajima was the first Japanese runner to make the 400 final since Susumu Takano in 1991 and he even managed to finish one place higher than his senior compatriot.
Runners compete in the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
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Sep 19, 2025
Anti-doping work helping more countries medal in World Athletics, AIU chief says
The AIU is seen by many as the benchmark across all sport for fighting the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Australian sprinter Gout Gout during the men's 200-meter semifinals at the World Athletics Championships on Thursday in Tokyo
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Sep 19, 2025
Australian teen sensation Gout Gout hails learning experience at debut worlds
Following his exit, Gout reflected on what it was like to rub shoulders with some of sprinting's biggest names.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone celebrates after winning the women's 400-meter world title at Tokyo's National Stadium on Thursday.
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Sep 19, 2025
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone runs second-fastest time ever to win 400-meter world title
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone claimed gold after beating Marileidy Paulino to the finish line.
Botswana's Busang Collen Kebinatshipi (left) crosses the finish line ahead of Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem Richards in the men's 400-meter final at the world championships at National Stadium on Thursday.
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Sep 18, 2025
Busang Collen Kebinatshipi wins men's 400 final; Yuki Joseph Nakajima finishes sixth
Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago finished in second place with a national record of 43.72, while Kebinatshipi’s compatriot Bayapo Ndori was third with a season best of 44.20.
American Noah Lyles competes in the men's 200-meter semifinals at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Thursday.
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Sep 18, 2025
Noah Lyles makes statement ahead of 200-meter final at world championships
Lyles ran a 19.51 in the semifinals.
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.
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Sep 18, 2025
World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics
For many athletes competing at the world championships in Tokyo this week who also competed at the COVID-hit Summer Games, the experience has been like night and day.
Katie Moon competes in the women's pole vault final during the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Wednesday. The American won the gold medal.
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Sep 17, 2025
Katie Moon beats fellow American Sandi Morris for gold in pole vault final in Tokyo
Moon cleared 4.90 meters to claim gold.
Race walker Hayato Katsuki earned bronze for Japan on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
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Sep 17, 2025
Still plenty to fight for, says Japan’s team leader at worlds
Race walker Hayato Katsuki has Japan's only medal so far, but team officials are optimistic that there's more to come.
How China waged an infowar against U.S. interests in the Philippines
Association for Philippines-China Understanding (APCU) Chairman Raul Lambino shakes hands with guests during a ceremony for the Award for Promoting Philippines-China Understanding at The Manila Hotel in Manila in June.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
Typhoon Halong to cause windstorms, heavy rain and high waves on the Izu islands
Typhoon Halong is moving north near the Izu Islands, with strong winds, high waves and heavy rain expected as it passes early on Thursday, prompting warnings from the weather agency.
Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to reporters at Kyoto University on Wednesday after receiving the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry the same day.
Takaichi's leadership lineup favors Aso and his allies while shutting out rivals
The LDP's newly-appointed election chief Keiji Furuya (far left), general affairs council chair Haruko Arimura (second from left), vice president Taro Aso (center left), president Sanae Takaichi (center right), secretary-general Shunichi Suzuki (second from right) and policy chief Takayuki Kobayashi in Tokyo on Tuesday.
With nuclear sub proposal, Japan faces array of political and tech challenges
The Jingei, the third of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Taigei-class submarines, was commissioned in March last year. It is equipped with lithium-ion batteries, enabling it to have a longer diving time and cruising distance than older models with lead-acid batteries.
OpenAI’s Sora 2 is drowning in Japanese 'AI slop'
OpenAI has rolled out a social app powered by Sora 2, its artificial intelligence video generator, which was quickly flooded with videos featuring iconic Japanese intellectual property.
Trump has his eyes on the prize — but a Nobel win looks unlikely
A protester holds a sign with an image depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and the words "Nobel" written on it, as supporters and family members of hostages who were kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, demonstrate to demand the immediate end of the war and the release of all hostages, outside the U.S. Consulate in Tel Aviv, on Sept. 2.
‘Takaichi trade’ stalls as political reality calls for wait-and-see approach
Tokyo stocks staged a powerful rally on Monday. On Tuesday, they rallied again, then retreated.
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
The team at Ryokukou Garden consists primarily of a single family, including Toshiki Tanisaki (second from right), who led the company's efforts at the Osaka Expo, Chikako Tanisaki (fifth from right), who performs daily maintanence at the expo, and Takeshi Tanisaki (fourth from right), who added a nursery to the family farm more than 50 years ago.

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