Japan

Ayumu Hirano ‘angry’ over 2022 Olympics judging controversy

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Japanese snowboarder Ayumu Hirano, who won gold in the 2022 Olympics men’s halfpipe competition is now speaking out against the process that nearly let him down in a huge way and led to a judging controversy in his event. Hirano wowed the crowd on his second run of the halfpipe final, laying down a triple … Read more

US, Japan, South Korea meet in Hawaii to discuss North Korea

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HONOLULU (AP) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts Saturday in Hawaii to discuss the threat posed by nuclear-armed North Korea after Pyongyang began the year with a series of missile tests. Blinken said at a news conference after the meeting that North Korea was “in a … Read more