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KARATE

Two Iranian girls compete during an all-female karate competition in Tehran on Nov. 6. The event featured around 230 participants, including 5-year-old girls.
MORE SPORTS / Karate
Nov 17, 2025
Iranian girls use karate to kick down social barriers
All martial arts were temporarily banned for women after the 1979 Islamic Revolution but were later reinstated under stricter dress code regulations.
OLYMPICS
Jul 22, 2021
For karateka at the Games, the goal is gold. For karate the sport, the goal is inclusion.
Karate is getting its moment to shine at the Olympics, but are the Games simply catching up to something a lot of us already know?
Japan Times
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Dec 14, 2020
Olympic favorite Ryo Kiyuna seizes ninth straight title at karate championships
Kiyuna said he¡¯s never competed with records in mind, and insisted his nine straight titles are the result of his dedication to fulfill his own potential.
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Dec 8, 2020
Karate elite await national championships after pandemic hiatus
Sunday¡¯s event at the renovated Nippon Budokan will be the first time many of Â鶹´«Ã½ top karateka have competed since early this year.
Japan Times
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Nov 11, 2018
Ryo Kiyuna wins third consecutive karate gold at worlds
Karateka Ryo Kiyuna clinched his third consecutive world crown in the kata division for men at the world championships in Madrid on Saturday.
Japan Times
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Aug 26, 2018
Ryo Kiyuna, Kiyou Shimizu continue to help raise karate¡¯s profile
There were a lot of fans angling to get a closer look at Ryo Kiyuna, after the Japanese men¡¯s kata karateka captured gold at the Asian Games on Saturday at the Jakarta Convention Center Plenary Hall.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2018
Okinawa citizens urged to get behind bid to put prefecture¡¯s style of karate on UNESCO map
The first international tournament for Okinawa style karate is scheduled for August, and expectations are growing that the martial art will become even more popular at home and abroad.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
May 9, 2018
Swedish life coach channels force of positive thinking
The soft sound of bodies moving in thick cotton fabric and naked feet stroking the dojo floor is interrupted by loud shouts, causing a man passing by on his bike to turn his head. Through the large windows, he watches the children and adults as they punch phantom antagonists before of them.
Japan Times
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Dec 11, 2017
Karate hoping to make mark at Tokyo Games
With its practitioners numbering over 130 million around the world and nearly 200 nations having become members of its international governing body, karate has become more of a global sport than Â鶹´«Ã½ own, traditional martial art.
OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2016
Baseball set for return as IOC approves five sports for Tokyo Olympics
Japan will aim to win Olympic baseball gold on home soil after the sport was formally approved for inclusion at the 2020 Tokyo Games along with four other events on Wednesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jun 2, 2016
Olympic chiefs back five sports for Tokyo 2020
Five sports, including baseball, skateboarding and surfing, are set to feature at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after the IOC on Wednesday recommended them to attract a younger audience and boost local support for the games.
60% in Japan give up activities due to sweat, survey finds
The summer heat hits Tokyo's Ginza District on July 23.
JAL and ANA to coordinate flight schedules for first time
An All Nippon Airways airplane flies past an oil refinery as it approaches to land at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
Commuters disembark a tram in Melbourne in March.
Takaichi¡¯s punishing workload draws renewed scrutiny after 6?-hour checkup at hospital
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo on Thursday
Behind Takaichi¡¯s subtle signals at Â鶹´«Ã½ WWII events
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi looks on among children during a ceremony commemorating the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, at the city's Nagasaki Peace Park on Aug. 9.
The new world of collectible design
Nilufar, founded by Milan curator Nina Yashar, was among the exhibitors at Salone Raritas. Yashar calls collectible design ¡°a free, authorial language¡± that goes beyond function.
Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
Commuters disembark a tram in Melbourne in March.
At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not
People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.
Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt
Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.

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

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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