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AYUMU HIRANO

Gold medalist Yuto Totsuka celebrates after winning Olympic gold in the men's halfpipe on Friday night in Livigno, Italy.
OLYMPICS / Snowboarding
Feb 14, 2026
Flawless Yuto Totsuka stomps to gold in men¡¯s halfpipe
Australia¡¯s Scotty James prevented a Japanese sweep of the podium, with Ryusei Yamada taking bronze and Ruka Hirano finishing fourth.
Ayumu Hirano competes in the qualification round of the men's snowboard halfpipe event at the Milano Cortina Games in Livigno, Italy, on Wednesday. The final is set for Friday.
OLYMPICS / Snowboarding
Feb 12, 2026
Scotty James and defending champion Ayumu Hirano soar into halfpipe final
Yuto Totsuka and Ryusei Yamada also qualified for Friday¡¯s final.
Ayumu Hirano during the final of the men's snowboard halfpipe competition in Zhangjiakou, China, in February 2022.
OLYMPICS / Snowboarding
Jan 21, 2026
Halfpipe champion Ayumu Hirano selected for Games despite injury
The 27-year-old crashed during the ?World Cup snowboarding event in Laax, exiting the competition ?midway through the final with ?facial cuts ?and lower body ?pain.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 28, 2022
Images of 2022: Sports
From the wintry slopes of the Beijing Games to the heat on the pitches of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Japan has had plenty to celebrate in the world of sports over the past 12 months.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 20, 2022
Controversial Beijing Olympics reach finish line
Japan had its best-ever showing at a Winter Games with 18 medals in an event that will be remembered for its complicated circumstances as much as its thrilling athletic displays.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 13, 2022
Snowboarding judging under fire after Max Parrot¡¯s slopestyle gold medal
Ayumu Hirano, who won gold in the men¡¯s halfpipe on Friday, also questioned the judging process for snowboarding.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 5, 2022
The top rivalries to watch at the Beijing Olympics
For every big-name athlete or team at the Beijing Games, there is someone standing in the way of victory.
OLYMPICS
Feb 4, 2022
What to watch at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Catch up on five key storylines to keep an eye on at the Games over the next couple of weeks.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 26, 2022
Snowboarding prodigies return to Olympic slopes in Beijing
Shaun White, a four-time Olympian with three halfpipe gold medals, will look to defend his legacy in the sport as he faces an ever-younger field of rivals.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 5, 2018
Putting Â鶹´«Ã½ Olympic success into words
Team Japan amassed 13 medals in Pyeongchang, its best ever Winter Games medal haul.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 26, 2018
Â鶹´«Ã½ Olympic medalists give thanks for support in Pyeongchang
One day after the Winter Olympics concluded in Pyeongchang, the Japanese delegation returned home Monday and its medal-winning athletes expressed their gratitude to the fans for their warm and enthusiastic support.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 24, 2014
Japanese medalists from the 2014 Winter Olympics
February 21
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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