We've already heard juicy tales of "ambush marketing" from these Olympics, but I think the case of Mao Asada is more tasty than those. Literally. Asada, the Japanese figure skater who is expected to ...

Japan’s Mao Asada shows her gold medal during the awards ceremony of the ladies free skating competition at the world figure skating championships in Saitama on March 29, 2014. Japan’s Mao Asada won ...

What is it with hot dogs this week? Wieners are in the news again: A popular Vancouver Japanese street food vendor, Japadog, has created a custom hot dog in honor of Mao Asada, the Japanese figure ...

Japan did not win an Olympic figure skating medal until 1992 but it is now among the sport's world powers, with kids dreaming of becoming the next Yuzuru Hanyu or Mao Asada. The country produces a ...

SAITAMA, Japan -- Mao Asada of Japan set a world record on Thursday to finish first in the short program at the World Figure Skating Championships. Skating to Chopin's Nocturne, Asada hit her ...

TOKYO -- The head of Tokyo's 2020 Olympic organizing committee has criticized Japanese figure skater Mao Asada's performance in the women's short program at the Sochi Olympics. The two-time world ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese figure skater Mao Asada will take a season off from competitive skating and says there is a 50 percent chance she will return to the sport. Speaking at a news conference Monday, ...

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Japan's Mao Asada has won the World Figure Skating Championship for the third time, The Associated Press reports. Asada, who finished sixth at the Sochi Olympics, ...

Mao Asada of Japan skates her short program at Skate America 2013 in Detroit, Michigan October 19, 2013. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT FIGURE SKATING) REUTERS Shaky Olympic silver ...