2 Years to Go: Clean Image of Japan Sports Tarnished before Tokyo Games

July 31, 2018

Tokyo- Revelations about a series of doping incidents involving Japanese athletes in recent years have shaken the very foundations of the Japanese sporting world and its reputation for fair play. Many of the doping cases from cycling, swimming, speed skating

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Olympic Flame for 2020 Games to Arrive in Japan at Miyagi

July 31, 2018

Fukushima- Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, said Monday that the Olympic flame for the 2020 Games will arrive in Japan at Miyagi Prefecture. The announcement was made at a board meeting in J-Village, a

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Japan Falls to 2-0 in Soccer Tournament of Nations

July 30, 2018

East Hartford, Connecticut- Japan lost to Brazil 2-1 in their second match of the Tournament of Nations on Sunday, falling to 2-0 in the four-team women’s international soccer tournament. A stoppage-time goal for sixth-ranked Japan on a header by Rika

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2 Years to Go: 110,000 Tokyo Games Volunteers Need to Be Secured Only in 4 Months

July 29, 2018

Tokyo- With only two years to go before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, the organizing committee of the games and the Tokyo metropolitan government are moving ahead with preparations to secure the some 110,000 volunteers needed for the quadrennial

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PH thrower shatters ASEAN Schools Games record

July 26, 2018

KUALA LUMPUR- Another athlete from Bacolod City copped the country’s third gold medal in record-setting fashion in the 2018 ASEAN Schools Games. Seventeen-year-old Ann Katherine Quitoy recorded 49.18 meters to set a new mark in javelin throw, and secure the

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Negrense long jumper bags gold in 2018 ASEAN Schools Games

July 26, 2018

KUALA LUMPUR- A long jumper from Bacolod City earned the Philippines its second gold medal in the 2018 ASEAN Schools Games (ASG). Trexie dela Torre, ruled the girls’ event at the Mini Stadium in Bukit Jalil last July 22 with

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Soccer Star Honda to Support Entrepreneurship Campaign

July 22, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese soccer star Keisuke Honda on Saturday became an official supporter of the industry ministry’s campaign to promote entrepreneurship. Industry minister Hiroshige Seko told Honda that he hopes Honda will help instill entrepreneurial mindsets in children. The ministry launched

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Tickets for 2020 Tokyo Olympics to Start at 2,500 Yen

July 22, 2018

Tokyo- The prices of general admission tickets for competition events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will start at 2,500 yen, with 130,000 yen the maximum, the organizing committee announced Friday. The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

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