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WRESTLING

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Mar 4, 2016
World championships finalists to be seeded at Rio Games
The finalists from the world championships last September will be seeded at this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics, United World Wrestling announced Thursday.
Japan Times
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Dec 22, 2015
Rio-bound Icho collects 12th national title
Kaori Icho, who won her ninth world championship in September, captured her 12th national title on Tuesday, the second day of the All-Japan Wrestling Championships.
Japan Times
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Sep 11, 2015
Icho cruises past Olli to capture world title
Kaori Icho breezed to victory against Finland's Petra Olli in the women's 58-kg final to capture her 10th world title on Thursday.
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Jun 20, 2015
Wrestler Takatani claims third consecutive national title
Sosuke Takatani, a world championships silver medalist in the men's 74-kg freestyle, won his third straight title at the National Invitational Wrestling Championships on Saturday and a berth at this year's worlds.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Apr 25, 2015
Ladybeard: 'Once you have decided exactly what you want to do, do it with everything you've got'
Ladybeard on Cookie Monster vocals and Japanese schoolgirl sailor outfits
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 19, 2015
Student wrestlers learn the ropes ahead of university 'battle royale'
Want to be a lawyer? Go to law school. A doctor? Med school. But where do you enroll if you want to learn how to fly off the top rope to deliver a brutal body slam?
OLYMPICS
Jan 22, 2015
London Olympic wrestling champion Yonemitsu to retire
Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu, who won a gold medal at the London Olympics in the men's 66-kilogram freestyle wrestling, will retire from competition, he announced Thursday.
Japan Times
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Oct 1, 2014
Japan misses out on Greco-Roman gold
Japan was denied two top medal podium spots against host South Korea in Greco-Roman on the final day of the wrestling competition at the 17th Asian Games on Wednesday.
Japan Times
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Sep 30, 2014
Wrestler Hasegawa earns repeat gold in 59-kg Greco-Roman division
Kohei Hasegawa grabbed the gold medal in men's 59-kilogram Greco-Roman, defeating North Korea's Yun Won Chol to claim his second consecutive Asian Games title on Tuesday.
Japan Times
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Sep 29, 2014
Japan misses out on wrestling gold at Asian Games
Japan took back stage on a night dominated by Iran, failing to win a top podium spot in the men's freestyle wrestling competition at the Asian Games on Monday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ASIAN GAMES
Sep 28, 2014
Yoshida wins fourth straight Asian Games title
Three-time Olympic champion Saori Yoshida captured her fourth consecutive title in winning the women's 55-kg final against Mongolia's Byambatseren Sundev in the wrestling competition at the Asian Games on Sunday.
Japan Times
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Sep 27, 2014
Tosaka, Watari collect wrestling golds
Two-time defending world champion Eri Tosaka led a sweep of top podium spots in the women's freestyle, beating China's Sun Yanan in the women's 48-kg final on the opening day of the wrestling competition at the Asian Games Saturday.
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Sep 13, 2014
Japan ends worlds with four golds
Japan failed to win a medal on Friday in the final women's weight class at the world championships, when Rio Watari lost in the first round of the 63-kg category.
Japan Times
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Sep 12, 2014
Yoshida, Icho extend dominance
Three-time Olympic champion Saori Yoshida beat Sofia Mattsson of Sweden in the women's 53-kg final to claim her 12th consecutive title at the wrestling world championships on Thursday.
Japan Times
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Sep 11, 2014
Wrestlers Tosaka, Hamada earn titles at world championships
Eri Tosaka successfully defended her title in the women's 48-kg class by beating Iwona Nina Matkowska of Poland in the final at the World Wrestling Championships on Wednesday.
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Sep 9, 2014
Takahashi drops third-place match at wrestling worlds
Yuki Takahashi missed out on Japan's first medal at the World Wrestling Championships, losing to Iran's Hassan Rahimi in the men's 57 kg third-place match on Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 3, 2014
Inoki returns, says Pyongyang set to air results of abductee probe
Diet member Antonio Inoki, upon his arrival Tuesday from North Korea after co-hosting a rare pro wrestling event in the country, said he believes Pyongyang is "pretty much ready" to announce the results of its investigation of missing Japanese suspected of being abducted to the hermit state.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2014
Inoki upbeat despite Kim's no-show at his wrestling event in North Korea
A rare two-day pro wrestling event in North Korea ended Sunday without an appearance by the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, but Diet member Antonio Inoki, who co-hosted the extravaganza, said he was satisfied that it contributed to closer relations.
JAPAN
May 19, 2014
Inoki to jointly organize international pro-wrestling contest in Pyongyang
Pyongyang will host an international wrestling event this summer that's being organized jointly by none other than lawmaker Antonio Inoki, official North Korean media reported Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2014
Father of three-time Olympic wrestling champion Yoshida dies
The father of Japan's three-time Olympic wrestling gold medalist Saori Yoshida was found dead in his car after suffering subarachnoid bleeding Tuesday morning.
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.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'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.
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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