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Snowboarding judging under fire after Max Parrot’s slopestyle gold medal

Ayumu Hirano, who won gold in the men's halfpipe on Friday, also questioned the judging process for snowboarding.

Bengals and Rams ready for Super Bowl showdown

The perfectly scripted season finale will feature a duel between two talented quarterbacks playing in the Super Bowl for the first time.
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Body of Japanese F-15 fighter pilot killed in crash last month found

Two pilots — Col. Koji Tanaka, 52, and Capt. Ryusei Ueta, 33 — were aboard the aircraft that crashed. The ASDF did not reveal which ...
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More in Japan went to work and school despite vaccine side effects, survey finds

The government is asking that firms adopt a leave system for employees suffering side effects from COVID-19 vaccines, but the survey showed that many people ...
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Japan ready to raise daily cap on entrants to 5,000

The government may raise the daily number of people allowed to enter the country from the current 3,500 to around 5,000, easing its COVID-19 border ...

IOC contacted Ukrainian team after Vladyslav Heraskevych’s anti-war message

The 23-year-old briefly flashed the paper sign reading "NO WAR IN UKRAINE" after his third run. He did not do it again after his last ...

Chelsea’s Thomas Tuchel revels in joy of Club World Cup triumph

Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel described winning the Club World Cup as an "incomparable feeling" as the Blues, the European champions, got their hands on the ...
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Japan venture to build country’s first nuclear fusion power plant

Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd., a startup based in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, plans to start operations at the nuclear fusion plant in the next five years.

Japanese curlers defeat Denmark and ROC on strong day at Beijing Games

Japan rallied for a thrilling win over Denmark in the morning session before later beating the ROC.

Figure skaters try to maintain focus amid doping controversy

"It's unfortunate that it's an issue at all that's being talked about at the Olympics," American Mariah Bell said. "I'm really just focusing on my ...