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Badminton | Mum’s the word for record-breaker Svetlana Zilberman

Nearly four decades after not getting picked for the Soviet Union’s badminton team, Svetlana Zilberman is playing on the sport’s highest stage and became the competition’s oldest-ever winner when she and her son, Misha, won their first-round mixed doubles match at the BWF World Championships

The Hindu

Phittayaporn sets up Ratchanok clash

Thailand's Phittayaporn Chaiwan defeated Taiwan's Pai Yu-po 21-18, 21-13 in the opening round of the BWF World Championships in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Hanae Mori obituary

Japanese fashion designer who married the worlds of east and west in her groundbreaking and elegant clothes

The Guardian - UK

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Corporate group to rebuild Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Stadium

The aging Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Stadium in Tokyo will be rebuilt at a new location by a group comprising 14 companies, including Kajima Corp. and Mitsui Fudosan Co., the Japan Sport Council announced on Monday. The corporate group, called "Scrum for the new Chichibunomiya stadium," will also be in…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Once the Games spotlight fades it’s easy for elite athletes to feel lost

Since the Tokyo Paralympics, I’ve felt pretty broken and always searching for the moment that helps me turn the page

The Guardian - AU

Japan is due for a mega earthquake, with experts warning many people are unprepared — but an elite rescue squad is ready

Earthquakes are a fact of life in Japan, but authorities are warning the population is underprepared for a long-anticipated mega quake that could leave more than 4 million people stranded, and thousands dead.

ABC News

Tokyo Games exec 'asked IOC to expedite OK of Aoki products'

Haruyuki Takahashi, the former Tokyo Games organizing committee executive arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes, allegedly asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to expedite its approval of Olympic-related products developed by Aoki Holdings Inc., according to sources.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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Truly Tasteless: Japan's Plastic Food Artists Get Creative

From the "leaning tower of pizza" to a fish slicing and cooking itself and a dragon emerging from a dragon fruit, Japanese artisans' quirky plastic food sculptures went on display this week at an exhibition in Tokyo. The models were made with the same painstaking detail as the rock-solid noodle…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Thai test for Urawa as Kobe draw Jeonbuk in Asian Champions League

TOKYO: Two-time Asian Champions League winners Urawa Red Diamonds will take on Thailand's BG Pathum United in Monday's quarterfinals at Saitama Stadium with South Korea's Jeonbuk Motors facing J1 League strugglers Vissel Kobe.

Bangkok Post

The sento owners making group bathing in Japan cool again

Covid accelerated a decline but a new breed of bathhouse is reimagining a Japanese tradition

The Guardian - UK

National Para Athletics C'Ships | Sumit Antil, Yogesh Kathuniya create new world record

Tokyo Paralympic medallists Sumit Antil (javelin) and Yogesh Kathuniya (discus) set new world records in their sports at the Indian Open National Para Athletics Championships

The Hindu

Takahashi suspected of mediating discounted Games sponsorship

Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive board member of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from major business clothing retailer Aoki Holdings Inc., had allegedly mediated between the company, the committee and other organizations so that the company would be chosen as a sponsor…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan court recognises trans woman as parent of girl born before transition

A Tokyo court on Friday acknowledged the parent-child relationship between a transgender woman and her daughter conceived using her frozen sperm and born to her female partner before legally transitioning, partially overturning an earlier family court decision.

Bangkok Post

Aoki chief gave 'list of requests' to Games executive Takahashi

A senior executive of Aoki Holdings Inc. compiled a list of requests that was handed in 2018 to a then executive member of the Tokyo Games organizing committee, seeking to enable the major business wear retailer to sell official Games merchandise among other requests, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

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Bangkok Post

Japanese taxman takes heat for pro-booze campaign

TOKYO: A campaign by Japan’s tax agency to prop up alcohol revenue by encouraging young people to drink up has met fierce backlash, with people criticising the taxman for dictating lifestyle choices.

The Guardian - UK

The Pachinko Parlour by Elisa Shua Dusapin review – sleepless in Tokyo

A young woman spends an insomniac summer visiting her Korean grandparents, in the atmospheric second novel from an exceptional writer

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fashion Designer Hanae Mori Dies at 96

Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori, who cracked the elite world of Parisian haute couture, has died at her home in Tokyo aged 96, Japanese media reported Thursday. Nicknamed "Madame Butterfly" for her signature winged motif, over the decades Mori's luxurious creations were worn by Nancy Reagan, Grace Kelly and numerous…

Reuters

Olympic sponsor fee for Japan retailer in bribery scandal was more than halved -Kyodo

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic sponsor fee for Japanese fashion firm Aoki Holdings was less than half the standard fee, news agency Kyodo reported on Thursday, one day after the arrest of the former Aoki chairman on suspicion of bribery.

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Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori dies

TOKYO - Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori, who cracked the elite world of Parisian haute couture, has died at her home in Tokyo aged 96, Japanese media reported Thursday.

The Independent UK

Japan makes arrests on bribery suspicions in Tokyo Olympics

A former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member and three people from a clothing company that was a surprise sponsor of the 2020 Games were arrested on bribery suspicions Wednesday

The Independent UK

Karsten Warholm: I’m not afraid of lactate, but I’m very afraid of having a bad race

Exclusive interview: The Norwegian failed to medal in Eugene after struggling with injury, but now hopes to bounce back in Munich and defend his European title

Reuters

Japan prosecutors arrest former member of Olympic panel over suspected graft

Japanese prosecutors arrested a former member of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics board, Haruyuki Takahashi, on Wednesday on suspicion of receiving bribes, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office said.

The Independent UK

Afghan Olympians resettle in Australia to start afresh

Olympic sprinter Kimia Yousofi has arrived in Australia to start afresh just over a year after carrying the Afghan flag into the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games and then having to watch from afar as the Taliban regained control of her country

Manchester Evening News

Charlotte Worthington bemoans 'stubborn' decision to chase another Tokyo fairytale

Worthington has always channelled the ‘go hard or go home’ mentality BMX stars need but says she took things too far bidding to reclaim her 2019 crown.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Foreign students return / Ukrainian students grateful for support

The recent relaxation of entry restrictions for foreigners opened the door again for overseas students to study in Japan. The Yomiuri Shimbun talked with students at Kai Japanese Language School in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo. This is the second of a five-part series.

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