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Triathlete Hojo Wins 1st Gold Medal for Japan at 2026 Asian Games

Nagoya, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)--Takumi Hojo won the men's triathlon at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday, bringing Japan its first gold medal at the 2026 Games and marking the country's fifth consecutive victory in the event. In the women's individual karate, Japan's Maho Ono won the gold medal, the ninth consecutive win for Japan since karate became an official sport at the 1994 Hirosh...

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The Waymaker: Michiko Toyama across Three Worlds, Prologue

By Maki SaitoYears later, people would still speak of that morning in Paris.It was June 21, 1937. The auditorium of the Comedie des Champs-Elysees had

  • Michiko Toyama conducted her own composition in Paris in 1937.
  • The piece, The Voice of Yamato, drew from Japan's oldest poetry anthologies.

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