It’s easy to get wrapped up in the international attention being afforded to Japan’s Women’s Olympic Curling Team, Team Aomori. But what happened with to the Japanese men’s team? Qualifying for the Vancouver Olympics was a very straightforward process and easy to understand. To put it simply, teams had their scores from the 2007, 2008,…
The Japanese Olympic team snowboarder who made headlines when he was kept out of the opening ceremonies at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics for not following clothing regulations, and for his attitude toward the media and Japanese Olympic Committee. I have seen a lot of news written that seems to imply that the problem was…
If you were around for the last Winter Olympics, I am sure you heard about the complete meltdown of the Japanese Snowboarding Team. The bad rap songs by Melo Imai, the team failing in the qualifying round then reportedly destroying a wall in their Olympic village dorm. Melo Imai is said to have completely broken…