Japan's Noriaki Kasai tasted defeat after he failed to advance to the second round of jumps in the men's normal hill event at the world ski championships in Falun, Sweden, on Saturday. 
A hotel offering a bed and no frills in oversized oven-like cubicles will open at this popular ski area on Feb. 21 to accommodate foreign guests.
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz of Austria and Sara Takanashi of Japan tied for the win Sunday in a women's ski jump event, meaning the two will fight for the overall World Cup title in the final competition of the season next month. 
Sara Takanashi picked up her fourth World Cup win of the season with jumps of 88 meters and 90 meters for a total of 248.5 points Saturday.
Sara Takanashi of Japan won a women's ski jump World Cup event on Sunday while American Nita Englund earned her first podium finish by coming second. 
Two-time defending World Cup champion Sara Takanashi finished seventh in a wind-blown women's World Cup competition on Sunday. 
Japanese teenager Sara Takanashi won her second straight ski jumping World Cup event on Sunday.
Japanese veteran ski jumper Noriaki Kasai took the bronze for his third podium finish of the season at a World Cup meet on Sunday. 
Ski jumper Sara Takanashi came from behind to win the Megmilk Snow Brand competition for the first time in four years on Sunday. 
Japan's Noriaki Kasai won his 17th individual career World Cup ski jump competition on Saturday, when he tied for the gold medal with Switzerland's Simon Amman. 
Sochi Olympic bronze medalist Japan managed a runner-up finish against Olympic champion Germany in the men's team event at a World Cup meet on Saturday. 
Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi has set a Guinness World Record with her total of 24 wins in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. The figure is the highest for a female jumper.
juwi Shizen Energy Inc announced Aug 6, 2014, that it has started power generation at a 1.54MW solar power plant in Ikawa-machi, Akita Prefecture, Japan. 
Ski jumping legend Noriaki Kasai, 41, who won a pair of medals at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in February, married a 29-year-old woman in Sapporo the same month, it has been learned.