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TAHITI

Kauli Vaast of France competes in the Olympic men's gold-medal match in Teahupo'o, Tahiti, on Monday.
OLYMPICS / Surfing
Aug 6, 2024
Vaast takes men¡¯s surfing gold for France and Tahiti
Caroline Marks of the United States added Olympic gold to her 2023 world title with a tight victory over Brazil¡¯s Tatiana Weston-Webb in the women¡¯s final.
Australian-born Connor O'Leary will represent Japan in the surfing competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
OLYMPICS / Surfing
Jun 11, 2024
At Paris Games, Connor O¡¯Leary aims to win and inspire
The waves in Teahupo¡¯o, Tahiti, may bode well for the goofy-footed surfer.
U.S. surfer Jake Marshall rides a wave during a training session ahead of the World Surfing League Shiseido Tahiti Pro, in Teahupo'o, Tahiti, on May 16.
OLYMPICS / Surfing
May 24, 2024
Taming Teahupo¡¯o: Olympic surf rehearsal in Tahiti
Nearly 16,000 kilometers from the French capital, the island of Tahiti was chosen to host the 2024 Paris Olympic¡¯s surfing events.
Surfers hold banners as they gather during a demonstration in Guethary, France, against the construction of a tower at the Olympic surfing venue in Polynesia.
OLYMPICS
Dec 21, 2023
Surfing tower will be built, Paris Games chief says
Tony Estanguet explained the option offered by the surfing body had been studied but was deemed insufficient.
Surfers wait for waves in Teahupo'o, Tahiti, French Polynesia, on Aug. 9.
OLYMPICS / Surfing
Dec 12, 2023
Olympic surfing to be held in Polynesia despite row, president says
Debate about the suitability of having Tahiti host the competitions has made waves for weeks.
The judges' tower in Teahupo'o in Tahiti, French Polynesia, during a pro surfing event in August. Residents of Teahupo'o have protested plans by Olympic organizers to build a 14 meter aluminum tower ahead of the 2024 Games.
OLYMPICS
Dec 8, 2023
Safety is top priority, Paris Games boss says amid surfing tower row
Last week, a barge bringing the aluminum tower to the Tahiti site of Teahupo¡¯o damaged the coral reef, bringing work to a halt.
The waves at Teahupo'o make it one of surfing's most hallowed venues, where big swells slam onto the shallow tropical reef creating perfect but ferocious tubes.
OLYMPICS / Surfing
Dec 2, 2023
Tahiti villagers say barge to build Olympic surf tower damages reef
Residents of Teahupo¡¯o in October protested plans by Games organizers to build the 14-metre high aluminum tower to enable up to 40 people to watch
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jun 8, 2023
Tahitian Vahine Fierro boosts French hopes of Olympic medal in surfing
Host nation France¡¯s chances of a first Olympic medal in surfing got a massive boost with the qualification of Vahine Fierro, a Tahitian local among the best at riding the challenging tubes of Teahupo¡¯o, the venue for the 2024 Games, on Tuesday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 7, 2022
The (no longer) secret world of surf spots
Surfing has treated knowledge and waves, whether in San Diego or semirural Oregon, as things that are earned, not given ¡ª the way anglers hold dear the locations of secret fishing holes.
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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.
Putin visits disputed Etorofu island off Hokkaido, sparking protest from Tokyo
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Yasny fish processing factory on Etorofu island, one of four islands in the contested chain known as the Kuril Islands in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, on Thursday.
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Chieko Sugai at her home in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture
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.
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.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
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.

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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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