All posts tagged "Smile Japan"
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Winter Sports
/ 3 months agoJapan Calls on Veteran NHL Coach Perry Pearn to Get Men's National Ice Hockey Team Up to Speed
The 71-year-old Canadian is already making his mark on Japan's senior and junior ice hockey squads in his first few months...
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Features
/ 9 months ago[NOTES on a SCORECARD] PGA Tour Reaches a New Low with Threat to Japanese Players
At its core, the threat to the Japanese players is a ploy by the PGA to prevent LIV Golf from making...
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Winter Sports
/ 9 months agoJapan Women Edge Finland in Dramatic Shootout, Finish 5th at World Championship
The unexpected result gave the Hinomaru its best finish ever at the world hockey tourney and represented a remarkable reversal of...
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Features
/ 9 months ago[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Naomi Osaka's Long Slump Overshadows Past Glory
Osaka’s career appears to be at a crossroads. To play consistent, winning tennis again, she would benefit from a revamped leadership...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoSmile Japan Bows Out of Women's Ice Hockey Tourney After 7-1 loss to Finland
Japan finished top of Group B in the preliminary round but couldn't carry the momentum over to the quarterfinals.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Akito Watabe Comes Up Short in First Nordic Combined Event at Beijing Games
The Pyeongchang silver medalist could never recover from a sub-par jump on the normal hill.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Smile Japan Triumphs Over Czechs in Penalty Shootout, Wins Group B
Hanae Kubo scored the dramatic winning goal in Japan’s final match of the ice hockey tournament's preliminary round.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoJapan Loses to Host China 2-1 but secures a Spot in the Women’s Hockey Quarterfinals
With seven points in Group B, Japan reached the last eight for the first time in four Olympic appearances.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Japan Women Hammer Denmark in Hockey Match
Six Smile Japan players scored a goal as coach Yuji Iizuka’s squad improved to 2-0 in Beijing.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoAll Smiles: Japan Women’s Ice Hockey Team off to Winning Start Against Sweden
Smile Japan is aiming to improve on the country's best-ever Olympic result of sixth place at the Pyeongchang Games.
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Winter Sports
/ 2 years agoICE HOCKEY | The Sport Gets a Huge Boost From One of Japan’s Most Popular Mediums
In a recently launched anime series, the "Dream Monkeys" take to the ice to spread the word of Japanese ice hockey...
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Winter Sports
/ 2 years agoICE HOCKEY | Smile Japan Advances to Quarterfinals at Women’s World Championships
Medal hopeful Japan will face defending champion U.S. in a rematch of the 2019 worlds.
