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Sia video features child karate master with Olympic dreams

November 28, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press NAGAOKA, Japan (AP) — She has a soft spot for Duffy the Disney Bear and her favorite food is chocolate. She does her homework before dinner but really loves skateboarding, playing video games and bouncing on her trampoline. If Mahiro Takano sounds like any 9-year-old, think again: The third grader […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Justin Bieber, Mahiro Takano, Masayo Takano, NAGAOKA, Takako Kikuchi, Taylor Swift, Tokyo Olympics, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, japan

Fatal fire on Japan’s airtight bullet train

July 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A fatal fire on Japan’s bullet train, started by a man who self-immolated this week, has revealed blind spots in a system renowned for its speed, punctuality and safety record. Riding the Shinkansen feels like being in an airplane: at 300 kilometers (186 miles) per hour, it […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Central Japan Railway Co, China, France, Germany, Haruo Hayashizaki, Paris, Satoru Sone, Seiji Abe, South Korea, Taiwan, Tokyo Olympics, Tomoyuki Sano, Vol 34 No 29 | July 11 - July 17

The Layup Drill — Baseball ends, boxing heats up, and marathoner spurns conformity

November 14, 2014 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. In this month’s edition, we take a look at the end of baseball season, boxing stars at the crossroads, and a Japanese marathon runner that overcomes all odds. Ishikawa-Wong star in baseball’s postseason The World Series ended with another title for […]

Filed Under: Sports, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2013, 2014, China, Chris Algieri, Floyd Mayweather, Honda Accord, Kolten Wong, Louis Cardinals, Manny Pacquiao, National League Championship Series, New York City Marathon, New York Marathon, Oregon State, Tim Lincecum, Tokyo Olympics, Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 - November 21, World Title, Yuki Kawauchi, japan

Three years later, Japan earthquake still resonates

March 6, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Marino Saito Northwest Asian Weekly Across Japan, people will pause and pray at 2:46 p.m. on March 11.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2014, Across Japan, American Red Cross, Colin Downey, Fukushima Prefecture, Fumi Tagata, Great East Japan Earthquake, Hiroshi Fujita, JNTO, Japanese Red Cross, Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Nuclear Power Plant, Sari Yoshioka, Seattle, Several Japanese, Taichi Ichikawa, Tokyo Olympics, University Temple United Methodist Church, Vol 33 No 11 | March 8 - March 14, Western Washington Region

Tokyo again wants Olympics to heal national crisis

August 4, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Graham Dunbar The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tokyo wants to host a Summer Olympics for the second time, so that the games can again help speed up Japan’s recovery from a national crisis.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, European Championship, IOC, London Olympics, Masato Mizuno, Summer Games, Summer Olympics, Tokyo Olympics, UEFA, Vol 31 No 32 | August 4 - August 10, Yoshiro Mori, japan, turkey

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