Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts

Thursday, September 1, 2016

The Road to the World Cup

Japan lost the first match for 2018 Fifa World Cup Asia Qualifires against UAE. It was fatal result lost the first match of Qualifires. 
I watched the second harf of the match. The UAE's goal keeper performed really well in the game, but more than that, Japan couldn't play well. I was really disappointed 
I don't think Samurai Japan has enough ability to pass the qualifires this time. 
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Saturday, August 20, 2016

Japan Wins Silver 4×100

Japan's 4×100 relay team took silver medal in Japan's new record time 37.60 at the Rio Olympics. Tha last runner Cambridge got the baton about the same time as Bolt and powered with full speed. He finally grabbed silver after Bolt and Jamaica. Japanese athletes took the first silver at Olympic track in a sprinting event.
Watching the event on TV, I was really excited about the performance. No one in the Japanese team has a sub-10 time for the 100m, but every runner did really well especially the handovers at the race. 
AP said on the web "Usain Bolt and Jamaica wins gold in relay _ and a Jamaican-born sprinter helps Japan win silver". 
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Friday, August 19, 2016

Yoshida Lost Gold

The BBC reported that American Helen Maroulis caused one of the biggest upsets in women's wrestling as she became the first American to win Olympic gold in the sport. She best Japan's three times Olympic champion Saori Yoshida in the -53kg final in Rio Olympics. 
Yoshida might get a lot of of pressure from everywhere. In the second period of the match, Yoshida lost four points and couldn't reverse the points. She apologized to audience for her lost. 
She has been doing really well since 2004 in Athens Olympic Games. She had no need to apologize. 
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Thursday, August 18, 2016

Men's Table Tennis Gets Silver

Japan faced China at the 2016 Rio Olympics men's table tennis team final. Japanese players performed well, but they couldn't beat China this time. 
At the second match, Japan's Jun Mizutani defeated the World No. 2 Xu Xin for the first time. That was a bright side of the match. I believe Japan will defeat China in the near future. 
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Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Japan Wins Bronze Medal

Congratulations! Japan women's table tennis team has won the bronze medal at tha 2016 Rio Olympics. The match was against Singapore with a 3-1 victory. 
At the first single match, Ai Fukuhara was defeated, but after that Japan got three match straight. 
Mima Ito won the fourth match and grabbed the bronze medal. She was 15 years and 300 days old and became the youngest table tennis Olympic medalist ever. 
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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Japan Men's Table Tennis Goes to Final

Japan men's table tennis team has reached to the final for the first time at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Japan couldn't win against Germany for a lond time, but they did it at last. 
Japan will face China at the final. China is very strong team. They has Rio Olympics individual gold and silver medalists. It would be reall hard to beat China, but I hope Japan upsets China this time. 
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Friday, August 12, 2016

The First Medal for Japan

Jun Mizutani won the first bronze medal for Japan at Rio de Janeiro Olympic table tennis men's single against Vladimir Samsonov, Belarus. Japanese table tennis lovers longed an Olympic medal since 1988 when table tennis was introduced in Olympics. I was really glad Mizutani's success. 
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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Japan Gets a Gold

Japan men’s Olympic team won all-around gymnastic gold medal in Rio de Janeiro. I couldn't watch their performances on time, but I had the news on a tweet. Later, I watched Japan's performances on TV and they were perfect! I was really moved by these performances. 
I think they were under a lot of pressure because they couldn't get gold medal both Beijing and London. The last was floor exercise. The first player was Kenzo Shirai, 19. He performed really well and the performance made Kato and Uchimura relaxed. 
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Friday, July 22, 2016

Pokemon Go Becomes Available in Japan

At last, Pokemon Go has released in Japan. The app was first released in the US, Australia and New Zealand on 6 July. And since then, the game has been a global phenomenon. 
My son has got the app and enjoy catching monsters. He even caught them in the living room. I don't play Pokemon, but it looked fun and funny. 
In the US, a news reporter played Pokemon Go in the White House while canference and was pointed out by the Press Secretary to the President. 
They said that playing Pokemon outside may be dangerous. You should be careful on the road. 
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Saturday, May 21, 2016

Japan Women's Volleyball Team Goes to Rio

The women's volleyball qualification for 2016 Olympics has been held in Japan. Japan lost tonight's game against Italy with a 2-3, but they has advanced to the Rio Games on set differential. If they lost the game with a 0-3 or a 1-3, they couldn't reach the big event today. 
I'm reall glad because the head coach, Manabe, was my classmate when we were university students. Sadly, I never talked with him, though. 
Japan women's team won the bronze medal at 2012 London games. I hope they will get the gold medal this year. 
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Sunday, April 10, 2016

Goes to Rio

Japanese Swimming Olympic Trials were held in Tokyo. Only top two swimmers who surpassed Olympic qualifying time at the races can take part in the summer Olympics. That was very simple. Olympic marathon runners should be selected by that kind of simple way. 
While former gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima couldn't reach Rio de Janeiro, many young swimmers including a junior high school student will advance to the summer games. I hope they will perform their best at the Olympics. 
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Sunday, March 6, 2016

China Defeats Japan

Chinese men's and women's table tennis teams completely defeated Japan at the finals of the World Table Tennis Team Championships in Malaysia. China was too strong through the competition. No player could win over Chinese players. 
Japanese men's and women's teams both got the second place in this tournaments. Women's team has advanced to the final two times in a row. On the other hand, men's advanced to the final for the first time in 39 years. They performed well, but China was far more stronger than any other countries. 
How many years would be needed to defeat Chinese table tennis team? It seems impossible for now, but I believe Japan would be the first one to do that.
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Sunday, February 21, 2016

Takeshima Day

February 22nd is Takeshima Memorial Day. Shimane Prefecture holds the memorial event every year. It causes some conflicts every time. Japanese nationalists and Korean activists will gather on the day and they will shout out each other. 
Takeshima islands have been illegally occupied by Korea since 1952. Korean army attacked Japanese fishing boats. They killed and injured 44 Japanese. Finally, 328 ships and 3929 Japanese citizens were caught by Korean soldiers. Article 9 of constitution didn't work since the Korean military's actions to the islands. 
There are no evidence that Korean government has the rights to Takeshima islands. 
I hope the ceremony will end peacefully and someday the islands return to Japan.
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Thursday, February 11, 2016

National Foundation Day

Today is a national holiday, Kenkoku Kinen no Hi or National Foundation Day. This day was originally called Kigensetsu or Emperor Day came from Nihonshoki. The ancient report said that the first Emperor Jinmu established Japan on this day. 
Japan is one of the oldest countries in the world. Japanese ancient calendar says it's 2676th year now. Of course that is unreliable theory, but still Japan has its long long history. I'm really proud of that. 
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

The SMAP Matter

A Japanese pop group SMAP will likely stay together as SMAP members said that on their regular TV show on Monday. One of the members said that Kimura had made an opportunity to apologize to Johnhy's president and they could stay together. 
Their expressions were stiff and gloomy. The scene looked like a public excision. My wife said that they should withdraw from Johnny's management company. And she went on "Kimura might betray other members because his wife didn't want him to leave the company. "
I'm not familiar with the background, but it's obvious that they once decided to leave Johnny & Associates. I doubt whether they have a bright future ahead. 
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Saturday, January 16, 2016

Never Let Me Go on Japanese TV

I watched Japanese TV version of "Never Let Me Go". The original story was in England, but that drama was in Japan. I think the TV drama described the original world well as well as the film version. 
I hope this TV show will boost the sales of the novel. 
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

10th Anniversary

Japanese girls singer group AKB48 has marked its10th anniversary this year. They become really popular in Japan and also popular overseas.    
I'm not familiar with them, but I've heard many of their songs. They have even sold  36,000,000 single CD copies and that is the top record in Japan.  My favorite group B'z had the previous record. 
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Monday, November 23, 2015

National Identification Number

My national identification number notification card has just arrived today. The number system has been a controversial issue in Japan. 
I think the system would simplifying administrative procedures. We wouldn't need to write many documents than before. 
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Sunday, October 18, 2015

Analyzing the Photos of Nanjing Massacre

I bought a book about an analyzing the photographic evidence of Nanjing Massacre. The researchers studied 143 pictures used for evidence of the Nanjing Massacre, but every single one were not proper for the evidence. 
The authors traced the origin of the pictures. Some photos were taken in other places like Shanghai. Some pictures were made up of two or three materials. 
Of course, showing the proof of improper photograph evidence is not simply a denial of the massacre, but how could anyone kill 300,000 people in a city that held only 200,000 citizens?
The Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek, who had escaped from Nanking just before the attack by the Japanese military. He never mentioned the incident to the Chinese people until the end of the war. 
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

The Brave Blossoms

Japan won over the United States at the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England. It was the first time that Japan won three out of four matches in the first pool, but Japan couldn't advance to the quarterfinals. 
They return to Japan with historical three victories. Many rugby fans welcomed the Brave Blossoms at the air port. It looked rugby became more popular than befor the World Cup. 
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