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Japan Rice Prices Down for 7th Straight Week at 3,935 Yen
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (157+ words) Tokyo, April 3 (Jiji Press)--Prices of rice sold from March 23 through Sunday in Japan averaged 3,935 yen per 5 kilograms, down 43 yen from the previous week, marking a seventh straight weekly decline, the agriculture ministry said Friday. The average price is based…...
Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics Kicks Off
4+ week, 11+ hour ago (182+ words) Verona, Italy, March 6 (Jiji Press)--The Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympic Games kicked off Friday with an opening ceremony at an amphitheater in Verona, a UNESCO world heritage city in northern Italy. Over 600 athletes from a record 55 countries and regions will vie…...
Japan Smashes Medal Record at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (456+ words) Japan obtained its first medal at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics, when Igaya Chiharu won silver in the alpine skiing men's slalom event. Then, when Japan hosted the Winter Olympics for the first time in Sapporo in 1972, the host team…...
Ex-Kadokawa Chairman Found Guilty in Tokyo Games Bribery Case
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (169+ words) Tokyo, Jan. 22 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced an 82-year-old former chairman of major publisher Kadokawa Corp. to two and a half years in prison, suspended for four years, in a high-profile bribery case related to the Tokyo…...
Japan Bobsleigh Team Misses Olympics after Rule Mix-Up
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (140+ words) Tokyo, Jan. 13 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation said Tuesday that Japan's two-man bobsleigh team will not be able to participate in the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics next month due to the federation's misunderstanding of the qualification system....
Japan Govt Sets Up Liaison Office after U.S. Attack on Venezuela
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (124+ words) Tokyo, Jan. 3 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government on Saturday set up a liaison office at the Foreign Ministry following a U.S. attack on Venezuela. The office is headed by Motoyuki Ishize, director-general of the ministry's Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau....
Mao Asada to Launch Figure Skating School
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (143+ words) Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)--Japanese figure skating icon Mao Asada, a former world champion, said Thursday that she will open an academy in Tokyo to nurture the next generation of figure skaters. The school, "Kinoshita Mao Academy," will train around…...