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'Japanese only' banner scandal hits J-League

March 10, 2014 - 23:03
Japan's professional soccer league said Monday it was investigating after an apparently racist banner reading "Japanese only" appeared at a weekend match. (Japan Today)
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Japan wins Paralympic gold

March 8, 2014 - 23:35
Japan celebrated a medal rush on the first day of the Sochi Paralympics on Saturday, with Akira Kano winning the men's sitting downhill and Takeshi Suzuki finishing third as Kozo Kubo took the bronze in the men's 7.5-kilometer sitting biathlon. (The Japan News)
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Curtain falls on Sochi Olympics

February 24, 2014 - 22:34
After 17 days of hard-fought competition, the curtain fell on the Sochi Olympic Games on Sunday night. (The Japan News)
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36,000 runners take part in Tokyo Marathon

February 23, 2014 - 21:47
About 36,000 runners took part in the 8th Tokyo Marathon on Sunday. (NHK)
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Skater Asada wins admiration in China

February 21, 2014 - 23:34
Japanese figure skater Mao Asada received great acclaim in China on Friday for her impressive free skating performance at the Sochi Olympics in a flurry of online messages and an influential newspaper, despite souring relations between Japan and China. (Jiji Press)
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Tokyo 2020 chairman blasts Japan figure skater Mao Asada

February 20, 2014 - 22:10
If you're the chair of the Olympic Organizing Committee for your country's 2020 summer hosting duties, you ought to refrain from blasting your nation's 2010 women's figure skating silver medalist and two-time World Champion. (cbssports.com)
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Japan wins ski jumping bronze with ill Takeuchi

February 18, 2014 - 09:10
Two weeks in hospital in January with a life-threatening illness, and an Olympic bronze medal less than a month later at the Sochi Games. It's been quite a turnaround for Japanese ski jumper Taku Takeuchi. (Washington Post)
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Hanyu gives Japan 1st Sochi gold on Olympic debut

February 15, 2014 - 04:04
It was not quite the performance that he had hoped for, but Yuzuru Hanyu delivered Japan's first gold medal of the Sochi Games on Friday, winning the men's figure skating competition on his Olympic debut. (Kyodo)
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Hanyu sets world record in men's figure skating

February 14, 2014 - 01:42
Nineteen-year-old Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan impressed in the men's short program on Thursday, while Canada's Patrick Chan remains in contention for the gold medal, as well. (sbnation.com)
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Watabe grabs silver in Nordic Combined

February 13, 2014 - 01:05
Japan's top Nordic combined skier Akito Watabe has won silver in the individual normal hill event at the Sochi Olympics. He is the first Japanese athlete to win a medal in the event since the 1994 Lillehammer Games. (NHK)
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Baruto's retirement ceremony held in Kokugikan

February 9, 2014 - 11:47
A retirement ceremony for former Ozeki Champion Baruto was held in Tokyo's Ryogoku sumo stadium on Saturday. (NHK)
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Tennis: Japan, Czech Republic to meet in Davis Cup quarterfinals

February 2, 2014 - 23:44
Japan won its Davis Cup World Group tie on Sunday, clinching a quarterfinal berth when Frank Dancevic of Canada was forced to retire in the second set of his reverse singles match with Kei Nishikori. (tennis.com)
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Team Japan leaves for Sochi Olympics

January 31, 2014 - 12:54
Japan's national Olympic team has left for the Russian city of Sochi ahead of the opening of the Winter Olympic Games in the city. (NHK)
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Tanaka joins long line of Japanese sensations

January 30, 2014 - 21:57
This winter's saga surrounding starter Masahiro Tanaka broke new ground on what has become an increasingly well-traveled pathway between the sport known as yakyu in Japan and baseball's pinnacle known as the Major Leagues here in America. (mlb.com)
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Wladimir Balentien: Not good feeling

January 29, 2014 - 21:17
Yakult Swallows slugger Wladimir Balentien apologized to his fans Wednesday, several days after pleading not guilty to domestic violence charges in Florida. (ESPN)
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Japan women Olympic team outnumber men for the first time

January 28, 2014 - 13:03
Women outnumber men for the first time in Japan's Winter Olympic team as the country sends a record number of athletes to Sochi, hoping for its biggest ever medal haul. (AFP)
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Balentien arrives in Japan

January 28, 2014 - 12:51
Professional baseball player Wladimir Balentien is back in Japan after being released on bail by a US state court. (NHK)
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Hakuho wins 28th championship

January 26, 2014 - 11:23
Yokozuna Hakuho won his 28th championship after he beat ozeki Kakuryu in a playoff Sunday on the final day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. (Japan Today)
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Tokyo Olympics organizing committee launched

January 25, 2014 - 00:09
The organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Games has been inaugurated. (NHK)
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2020 hosts Japan set bar high for Sochi

January 24, 2014 - 05:53
Buoyed by Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, Japan are hoping to turn the Sochi Winter Games into another feelgood affair but they may have set the bar too high. (indiatimes.com)
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