OLYMPICS/ Japan’s athletes arrive in South Korea as Games get set to begin

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February 5, 2018 at 17:25 JST

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Speed skater Joji Kato tests out the ice in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 5. (Hiroki Endo)

INCHEON, South Korea--Olympic flag-bearer Noriaki Kasai and his Japanese men’s ski jumping team landed at Incheon International Airport here Feb. 5 ahead of the opening of the Pyeongchang Games on Feb. 9. [Read More]

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