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With Lee falling on his final run, the Japanese sweep of the podium was complete. Hirano won the competition thanks to his last run (97), Totsuka finished in second (94.75), and Ruka Hirano took third ...

14, 2025. (Photo courtesy of FIS)(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tsubaki Miki became the first Japanese season discipline winner at the snowboard alpine World Cup on Tuesday after securing the top spot ...

Tsubaki Miki became the first Japanese season discipline winner at the snowboard alpine World Cup on Tuesday after securing the top spot in the women's parallel slalom. Having won two parallel slalom ...

The next big leap in snowboarding went down Sunday on a sun-splashed halfpipe in Colorado with a trick that set the stakes for the gold-medal race to Beijing. Japanese snowboard star Ayumu Hirano ...

Olympic champion Ayumu Hirano claimed men's halfpipe gold and his 15-year-old compatriot Sara Shimizu won the women's title Friday as Japanese snowboarders took five of the six podium spots at the ...

A 24-year-old woman died after being found buried in snow while snowboarding at a ski resort in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture, on Monday. Police said that at around 10 a.m., Sae Mizukami, a university ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) viewed during sea-trials off the coast of Southern California, Nov. 6, 2024. Credit: U.S. Marine ...

Japan's Ayumu Hirano, left, and his compatriot Sara Shimizu are pictured after winning the men's and women's halfpipe titles at a snowboarding World Cup event in Copper Mountain, Colorado ...