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SHINGO KUNIEDA

Tokito Oda serves against Casey Ratzlaff during the first round of the U.S. Open wheelchair tennis tournament in New York on Wednesday.
TENNIS
Sep 5, 2025
Japanese phenom Tokito Oda off to winning start at U.S. Open
Oda is chasing a career Grand Slam at the U.S. Open ¡ª the only thing missing from his resume.
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 Â鶹´«Ã½ 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
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
Jan 27, 2022
Wheelchair tennis ace Shingo Kunieda captures 11th Australian Open title
¡®I played the best tennis of my career, especially in the final set,¡¯ he said. ¡®I don¡¯t know how I did it, but I pushed past my limit.¡¯
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 15, 2021
Uniqlo and Sweden keen on podium return after extending partnership
The Nordic nation¡¯s Olympic and Paralympic teams became the first outside Japan to be supplied by the fast fashion retailer during the Tokyo Games.
PARALYMPICS
Sep 5, 2021
Incident-free Tokyo Paralympics reach finish line
The event, staged with the host city under a state of emergency, completed 12 days of competition with no major disruptions due to the virus.
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
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.
PARALYMPICS
Aug 24, 2021
Athletes to watch at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
A primer on 10 Paralympians who are poised to make their mark on the Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 18, 2020
Shingo Kunieda advises Tokyo 2020 officials on U.S. Open ¡®bubble¡¯
The wheelchair tennis titan walked officials through his experiences as an athlete at the recent Grand Slam in New York.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Aug 13, 2019
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics schedule and ticket prices revealed
With just over a year until the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games open on Aug. 25, 2020, officials on Tuesday announced detailed schedules and ticket prices they hope will result in a significant turnout for the entirety of the 13-day event.
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.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
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
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.
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¡¯

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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.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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