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1st March 2008

Takahashi hoping to secure Olympic spot in Nagoya marathon

Sydney Olympic gold medalist Naoko Takahashi is hoping to secure a spot in the Beijing Olympics through the Nagoya marathon.

Takahashi won the Nagoya marathon in 1998 and 2000.

To secure her spot in the Japanese team, she needs to get a better time than Tomo Morimoto.

Read more: Takahashi looks for Olympic berth in Nagoya marathon

15th February 2008

67 year old Japanese man to compete in Beijing Olympics

Hiroshi Hoketsu competed in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and will be competing again in this years Beijing Olympics aged 67.

In the Tokyo Olympics he finished near the bottom.

“What I want is a much higher place. Luckily, I have a talented horse. I want to go as high as possible,” he said after the Japan Equestrian Federation announced he will be competing in the team dressage. “I feel relieved. If you have a goal, you can stay young. It would be good if people of my generation feel the same.”

Read more: Japan’s `hope of old men’ seeks Olympic glory

7th February 2008

Tani’s Brain Revolution

Double Olympic gold medal winner, Ryoko Tani from Japan is turning to scientific methods to help her get back into training for the Beijing Olympics after giving birth.

Her new training is being dubbed “Tani’s Brain Revolution!” by the Japanese media.

“It’s something I really want to do,” Tani told reporters before leaving Japan on Monday. “I want to get as much out of it as I can. It’s a training exercise for Beijing.”

“I’ve been interested in it since school,” added Tani, who gave birth to a son in December 2005. “So I suggested it would be a good time to do it.”

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23rd December 2007

Icho sisters gain Olympic berths

Chiharu Icho and younger sister Kaori Icho gained Olympic spots in the 47 kg and 63 kg divisions in the women’s wrestling.

“Today Makiko was especially tough,” Chiharu Icho said after defeating her rival. “She really put everything into it. Even if I lost, I would still be going to Beijing, so maybe that’s why I couldn’t score a point.”

Saori Yoshida at 55 kgs also made it through to the Beijing Olympics.

Read more: Icho rides luck to title

6th December 2007

Cheering lessons for Chinese spectators

Chinese are getting lessons on cheering to be good spectators at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. According to this article there are 20 approved chants which Chinese spectators can use.

Some of the lessons include paying respect to China’s war time enemy - Japan. China and Japan football matches have been marred in the past by unruly behavior by some Chinese spectators.

Japan won a gold medal at a recent warm-up event for the Beijing Olympics in the men’s floor routine. Japan’s national anthem “kimigayo” has military overtones as it sings praise for the Emperor of Japan. During the Second World War Japan’s army invaded neighboring Asian countries, fighting for the Emperor.

A young girl sitting next to me, said she didn’t want to stand for the anthem and sat her seat. The majority of the crowd though stood and cheered respectively. The lessons must be working.

2nd December 2007

Magic shoes for Japanese runner

Japan’s Athens gold medal marathon runner Mizuki Noguchi will run in a pair of “magic shoes” made from rice husks in a bid to win the another gold medal at the Beijing Games.

The shoes are supposed to help air flow through the rice husks.

“They are so light and really easy to run in,” said Noguchi. They’re like magic shoes.”

Mizuki Noguchi rice shoes

Read more: Olympian to wear ‘magic’ rice-husk shoes

22nd November 2007

Japan and South Korea qualify for Olympics

Japan and South Korea booked their berths into the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Japan drew with Saudi Arabia nil-all in Tokyo and South Korea Republic did the same with Bahrain in Seoul.

“We couldn’t play our game because of the Saudi attacks, but I was able to accomplish my mission,” said Japan Olympic coach Yasuharu Sorimachi.

“We once fell to the nether world after losing to Qatar, but it made us tougher, we became stronger mentally.”

Read more: Japan, Korea Republic join Olyroos

18th October 2007

Qatar beats Japan 2-1

Qatar beat Japan 2-1 in a qualifying game for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Siddiq and Hassan Al Haydos scored for Qatar and Noaki Aoyama scored for Japan.

Qatar and Japan now each have seven points and are in group C.

Syria drew with South Korea 0-0 in another qualifier South Korea leads group B with 10 points.

Read more: Qatar beats Japan 2-1 in Olympic qualifier


Syria holds South Korea 0-0 in Olympic qualifier

5th October 2007

FIVB World Volleyball Cup in Japan

The FIVB World Volleyball championships will be held in Japan from November 18th to December 2nd for the men’s event and from November 2nd to November 16th

The competing countries for the men’s event are as follows:

1. Japan (host country)

2. Spain (Europe champion)

S3. U.S.A. (Norceca champion)

4. Brazil (South America champion)

5. Australia (Asia champion)

6. Egypt (Africa champion)

7. Russia (Europe vice-champion)

8. Puerto Rico (Norceca vice-champion)

9. Argentina (South America vice-champion)

10. Tunisia (Africa vice-champion)

11. Bulgaria (wild card)

12. Korea (wild card)

The competing countries in the women’s volleyball event are as follows:

1. Japan (host country)

2. Italy (Europe champion)

3. Cuba (Norceca champion)

4. Brazil (South America champion)

5. Thailand (Asia championship: best after Japan and China)

6. Kenya (Africa champion)

7. Serbia (Europe vice-champion)

8. Peru (South America vice-champion)

9. Korea (Asia championship: best after Thailand)

10. U.S.A. (Norceca vice-champion)

11. Poland (wild card)

12. Dominican Republic (wild card)

See the FIVB website for more details.

13th September 2007

Japan beats Qatar in Olympic qualifier

Japan beat Qatar 1-0 in the Olympic football qualifier at Tokyo’s National Stadium. Yohei Kajiyama kicked the only goal in the game.

Japan is now on top of group C where only one team from each group will go through to the Olympics. Japan is also to play Vietnam and Saudi Arabia.

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