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SOCHI OLYMPICS

Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Aug 21, 2018
Choreography legend David Wilson a man in demand
Sometimes in life we encounter a person who is a veritable force of nature.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jul 24, 2018
Senseless tragedy robs skating of a bright light
¡°Life is like a can of Coca-Cola. It¡¯s dark, it¡¯s bubbling, it¡¯s sweet ... but in the end, it¡¯s short.¡±
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Feb 13, 2018
Japan Skating Federation doing an inadequate job of finding, developing pairs and ice dance prospects
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 24, 2017
Chen seen as challenger to Hanyu, Fernandez
Nathan Chen put on quite a show at the U.S. national championships in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday.
Japan Times
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 30, 2016
IOC¡¯s decision on Russia a disgrace
The IOC has exposed itself as a toothless tiger. The Olympics¡¯ global governing body showed it lacked the moral fortitude and backbone to take a necessary stand against Russia.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jul 22, 2016
Sochi scandal could see Kim end up with gold
Could Yuna Kim be awarded the Olympic gold medal from the Sochi Games after all?
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Mar 25, 2016
Nagasu added to U.S. team for worlds
Mirai Nagasu will represent the United States in the upcoming world championships in Boston, U.S. Figure Skating announced on Wednesday. Nagasu, the 2008 U.S. champion, will replace the injured Polina Edmunds.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Feb 24, 2015
Success after skating: Nakano¡¯s determination rewarded
This marks the 100th installment of Ice Time. To commemorate the milestone we have a special interview with retired star Yukari Nakano, who is currently a director in the Sports Division at Fuji TV.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 25, 2014
Time for ISU, Cinquanta to answer for sham in Sochi
Good news arrived on Friday with the announcement that the Korean Olympic Committee and Korean Skating Union will file a formal complaint about the judging in the women¡¯s free skate at the Sochi Games last month which saw defending Olympic champion Yuna Kim robbed of a second gold medal.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2014
How long can Putin bask in the glow of Sochi?
Reading all the positive foreign reactions to the Olympics prompts one to try to imagine how a flunky of Russian President Vladimir Putin would put together a selection of quotes to please the boss.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / NOTES ON A SCORECARD
Feb 25, 2014
Sochi Olympics delivered wonderful drama, priceless memories
Final thoughts and parting shots on the Sochi Games:
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 22, 2014
Tokyo 2020: only as old as the medalists you field
The motto of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is ¡®Discover Tomorrow,¡¯ which organizers hope will help distract sport fanatics from the reality of Japan being the fastest-aging country in the world.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 21, 2014
Golden opportunity to put the spotlight on Fukushima
Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu, whose hometown is Sendai, should demand that the government stop ignoring Tohoku.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2014
The return of 1980s rhetoric in Russia
Today¡¯s Russia may be a wealthier, more open nation than the Soviet Union in the early 1980s, but President Vladimir Putin¡¯s propaganda machine is working hard on restoring the stifling moral climate of 30 years ago.
OLYMPICS
Feb 14, 2014
Hanyu halfway to Olympic gold
Yuzuru Hanyu grabbed the lead after the short program in men¡¯s singles with an absolutely magnificent performance that resulted in a world-record score at the Iceberg Skating Palace on Thursday night.
OLYMPICS
Feb 9, 2014
Tokyo 2020 Olympic chief Mori faces media scrutiny
Yoshiro Mori, the new Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Organizing Committee president and former Prime Minister, faced some tough questions from the international media at a news conference on Sunday morning at the Main Media Center for the Sochi Games.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2014
Sochi¡¯s toilet saga is a lesson in truthfulness
If the tandem-toilet incident is any indication, the organizers of the Sochi Olympics could end up flushing way any ambitions of giving an enormous boost to Russia¡¯s global image.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2014
Russia¡¯s Potemkin Olympic village
Even if the Sochi Games pass off successfully and, despite the security restrictions and official bigotry, athletes and visitors enjoy their stay, will Russia¡¯s brief display of national pride really be worth the financial and political cost?
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2014
Securing the Sochi Olympics
Parallel to the Sochi Olympics, another contest is already under way between the terrorists who seek to disrupt the games and the security forces of the Russian state.
OLYMPICS
Feb 7, 2014
Suzuki happy to skate for Japan once again
Akiko Suzuki completed her first workout here on Friday morning since arriving for the Sochi Games and took time afterward to reflect on a career that is nearing its end.
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¡¯

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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