The Arakawa Effect | Sports | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
The image of Arakawa Shizuka winning the gold medal in the women's figure skating at the Torino Winter Olympics is still fresh in the memory.

Skating into the Record Books | Sports | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Twenty-year-old Kato Joji is a focus of Japanese hopes for the upcoming Winter Olympics, which will take place in the Italian city of Torino in February 2006.

Let the Games Begin! | Sports | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
The twentieth Winter Olympics get underway on February 10 in Torino, Italy. As the world's eyes and ears turn to this grand stage, hopes are high for Japan's athletes. This is particularly true in women's figure skating.

Paralympics - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
The Winter Paralympic Games were held with 1,200 athletes with disabilities from 32 countries in Nagano in March 1998, a month after the Nagano Olympics. A big factor behind the success of the Paralympic Games was the support provided by local schoolchildren.

A Haven of Snow and Hot Springs | Business and Economy | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
The number of overseas travelers who visit Hokkaido during the winter months, particularly from Australia and Asia, has begun to soar. These visitors are drawn to Japan's northernmost island by two main attractions: snow and hot springs.

League Without Borders | Sports | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Good news for ice hockey fans in Asia: A full-fledged Asian ice hockey league has been inaugurated for the current hockey season. Eight participating teams from four Far Eastern countries - Japan, China, South Korea, and Russia - will battle against one another atop the ice.

Olympics - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
With the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano coming up in February next year, many Olympic-related events are being held in the prefecture.

Skating - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Young Japanese skaters are raising the global standards for women's figure skating techniques, and at the same time raising Japan's hopes of winning a gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics to be held in Torino, Italy.

Strength In Numbers | Sports | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
It is the golden age of Japanese women's figure skating. Asada Mao of Chukyo High School won the ladies' division of the NHK Trophy, held from November 30 to December 3, 2006, in Nagano.

Snowball Fights - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Kids who live in cold places have always enjoyed making snowballs and having snowball fights (yuki-gassen in Japanese). Recently, rules for snowball fighting have been drawn up, and people are having snowball fights as a kind of team sport. In this sport, players throw snowballs at their opponents and try to capture their flag.

Sports - Explore Japan - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Many different sports are played in Japan. Traditional martial arts like judo and kendo are popular, as are sports imported from overseas, such as baseball and soccer (football). Many Japanese go to the sea for surfing and scuba diving in the summer, while skiing and snowboarding are popular winter pursuits.

Pure Love | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Japanese women are being swept up in an unprecedented craze for jun'ai (pure, innocent love). A South Korean TV drama series titled Winter Sonata and the novel Sekai no Chushin de, Ai o Sakebu (Crying for Love at the Heart of the World) by Katayama Kyoichi are among the catalysts for this boom.

Classy Coats | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Winter, the season when no one leaves home without a coat, will soon be in full swing. In keeping with the current trend for traditional, conservative fashion, coats such as the windbreaker and the down jacket are giving way to more sophisticated styles of outerwear.

From Functional To Fashionable | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
With winter in full swing, down jackets have taken over the streets. This season, however, they have taken on a more chic air and are showing up in an array of designs to suit all fashion tastes.

From Functional To Fashionable | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
With winter in full swing, down jackets have taken over the streets. This season, however, they have taken on a more chic air and are showing up in an array of designs to suit all fashion tastes.

Fur Vests Complete The Winter Look | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Fur vests are an ideal way to complete the layered look that is currently in vogue. The vests can complement a range of styles from dressy to casual, and this versatility has made them so popular that stores are having trouble keeping them in stock.

Fur-Lined Winter Wardrobes | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Fashion for winter 2004 is dominated by fur coats, fur-trimmed accessories, leopard prints, and boots. Women in different age groups are interpreting these trends in different ways.

Hakuba's Majestic Snowy Peaks | Food & Travel | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
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Bosnia - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
During the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano in 1998, Sanbonyanagi Elementary School in Nagano supported Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the "one school, one nation" program, where each local school learned about and supported one country during the games. Now friendship between students in Nagano and Sarajevo has grown strong.

Niseko: Hokkaido’s Powder Snow Paradise | Food & Travel | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
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