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In Naomi Osaka’s first press conference since withdrawing from the French Open, she was reduced to tears and was forced to step away from the podium. According to New York Times tennis reporter Ben Rothberg, Osaka was set off by “a fairly aggressively toned question about how she benefits from a high-media profile but doesn’t like talking to media.” Osaka was visibly upset and teary-eyed before the announcement that she would be taking a break from the conference and stepping away from the podium. Osaka did return to the podium and finished the conference. It has been reported that Osaka will ...
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Japan secured their second straight Olympic gold medal in softball with a 2-0 victory over Team USA. This historic win is a repeat of 2008 when Japan left the USA heartbroken in the gold medal game. Japan’s Yukiko Ueno pitched a no-hitter into the sixth inning, which is even more impressive as she had turned 39 years old just five days prior. The USA seemed to be rallying in the sixth inning until an incredible double play was turned by Japan to halt the momentum. Japan had a 2-0 lead when Michelle Moultrie singled to lead off the sixth inning. Another single by Janie Reed saw the U.S. with tw...
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The 2021 Tokyo Olympics are right around the corner, and anxiety is in the air. Naruhito, the Emperor of Japan, is “extremely worried” his country moving forward as host of the Summer Olympics will accelerate the spread of the coronavirus. Imperial Household Agency grand steward Yasuhiko Nishimura passed along Naruhito’s concerns amid calls for the Tokyo Games to get canceled or postponed before the July 23 opening ceremony, per Mari Yamaguchi of the Associated Press. “His majesty is extremely worried about the current situation of the COVID-19 infections,” Nishimura said last week. “While the...
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Washington Spirit‘s Kuymi Yokoyama came out as transgender in an interview on her former Japan teammate Yūki Nagasato‘s Youtube channel. This announcement makes Yokoyama one of the highest-profile names in Japanese sports to come out as transgender. Yokoyama said living in Germany and the United States played a major role in her decision to go public. “I’ve dated several women over the years but I had to stay closeted in Japan,” Yokoyama said in the interview translated by The Japan Times. “In Japan I’d always be asked if I had a boyfriend, but [in the United States] I’m asked if I have a boyf...
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Japan is racing to vaccinate most of its elderly population before the start of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23. The cities of Tokyo and Osaka plan on vaccinating thousands of people every day, in order to give a boost to Japan’s sluggish inoculation drive as the country battles a fourth wave of coronavirus infections. When asked about this, Tetsuya Urano said, “It’s better to get it early. It went pretty smoothly, all in all.” Japan must start to speed up this process, as just 4.4% of their population of 125 million have received at least one vaccine dose. This is the slowest rate amongst first...
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