Tokyo, Sept 14, 2026 (AFP) - Table tennis siblings with China-born parents vow to usher in 'Japan's era'

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Tomokazu Harimoto and his younger sister Miwa have followed in their parents' footsteps by becoming professional table tennis players -- but took their own path by representing Japan instead of rivals China. The siblings' parents were born in China and their mother represented the country -- which has long dominated table tennis -- at the 1995 world championships. But Tomokazu and Miwa were born and raised in Japan, where their parents moved in 1......

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