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After injury setbacks, Manami Fujioka, Sanae Motokawa enjoying chance to compete for national team

Point guard Manami Fujioka dribbles during a Japan women's national team practice at the National Training Center in Tokyo on Tuesday. | KAZ NAGATSUKA

Point guard Manami Fujioka dribbles during a Japan women's national team practice at the National Training Center in Tokyo on Tuesday. | KAZ NAGATSUKA

By Kaz Nagatsuka
Staff Writer

May 24, 2019

Competition can be a blessing.

Just ask Manami Fujioka and Sanae Motokawa.

While they are getting into tough battles to compete for roster spots on Japan’s 2020 Olympic roster, Fujioka and Motokawa are delighted to be running up and down the court at training camp for their own reasons.

Amid the heat and humidity in Japan, a good night’s sleep is growing increasingly elusive without the heavy use of air conditioning.

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By Tomoko Otake

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

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For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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