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KEIRIN

In a region more associated with art, Keirin Hotel 10 takes a decidedly more athletic approach to attracting tourists.
LIFE / Travel
Aug 16, 2025
A seaside hotel built on competitive Japanese cycling
Naoshima is known for art, but this coastal hotel in Tamano, Okayama Prefecture, focuses on Japan¡¯s competitive cycling scene.
Kento Yamasaki celebrates on the podium after winning the men's keirin final at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark, on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 18, 2024
Kento Yamasaki races to Japan¡¯s second-ever world title in men¡¯s keirin
It was one of two golds for Japan on the second night of the world track championships
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2023
How Japan ensures you gamble exactly when and where it wants you to
Laws on gambling mean that the activity is prohibited in general, except for betting on something that is legally defined as ¡°momentary amusement,¡± or on government-sanctioned events.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 31, 2022
Nicholas Paul eyes Olympic glory after Commonwealth cycling gold
Fresh off his keirin triumph in London, the 23-year-old hopes to represent Trinidad and Tobago on the Olympic stage.
CULTURE / Books
Jul 4, 2021
¡®The War on Wheels¡¯: Head-butts, broken bones and big bets
Justin McCurry gets readers up to speed on the gritty sport of keirin, 91²Ö¿â premier cycling competition.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 7, 2020
Forget the Olympic sheen, keirin is a gritty gambler¡¯s sport
Fast and physical, keirin is 91²Ö¿â premier cycling competition. It's Olympic debut was at the 2000 Sydney Games, but the real action (and real money) takes place at 91²Ö¿â 43 velodromes.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 2, 2018
Yudai Nitta making most of chance at Asian Games
For veteran track cyclist Yudai Nitta, the experience of competing at the Olympics can't be traded for anything.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 14, 2016
Rio volunteer setting the pace for keirin cyclists
He rides with champions but his name is not on any team list or competition schedule.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 30, 2013
Aichi city gambles on female cyclists
The Toyohashi Velodrome in Aichi Prefecture has started a program to train professional female cyclists to drum up interest in the dying sport.
A bleak prognosis for Japan¡¯s demographic future
Japan¡¯s population decline continues to accelerate despite some modest positive signs, highlighting the need for broader social, economic and cultural changes to raise the birth rate.
How Japan created its naphtha supply bottleneck
Japan received 93% of its oil via the Strait of Hormuz prior to the Feb. 28 start of the Iran war.
Japan likely sold Treasurys to fund yen intervention
Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Atsushi Mimura speaks to reporters in Tokyo on May 1 following reports of Japan's possible intervention in the currency market.
Is an honorable U.S. surrender to Iran inevitable?
An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on Feb. 15, shortly before the start of hostilities on Feb. 28.
J-pop group Arashi takes its final bow at Tokyo Dome
J-pop group Arashi ended its long career with a final nationwide tour and the last concert took place in Tokyo on May 31.
How Japan created its naphtha supply bottleneck
Japan received 93% of its oil via the Strait of Hormuz prior to the Feb. 28 start of the Iran war.
¡®Fujiko¡¯ transforms a mother¡¯s resilience into festival gold
¡°Fujiko¡± stars Yuki Katayama (left) as a scrappy single mother who fights for her autonomy in 1970s and ¡¯80s Japan.
Japan should prepare for an intense typhoon season this year, experts say
Elevated water levels are seen along the Tama River in Kawasaki's Tama Ward as Tropical Storm Jangmi brought heavy rain and strong winds to the Kanto region Wednesday.
The LDP wants another coalition partner. Will it happen?
Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the Democratic Party for the People (DPP), delivers a question during a House of Representatives plenary session on May 25. Making the DPP a coalition member would make it easier for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (above left) to drive forward her legislative agenda.
Japan¡¯s Cannes moment signals a new global push
Tao Okamoto (left) and Virginie Efira (right) shared the Cannes Film Festival¡¯s best actress honor for their roles in Ryusuke Hamaguchi¡¯s ¡°All of a Sudden,¡± a coproduction between Japan, France, Belgium and Germany.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Community programs and tracking systems are expanding across Japan as local governments search for ways to prevent dementia-related disappearances.
He told his wife he was ¡®coming home.¡¯ Then he disappeared.
By Alex K.T. Martin

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