Behind cross-country skier Yoshihiro Nitta's gold medal at the Winter Games was Japan's bid to win over the weather in Pyeongchang.Kazuo Asada and Kunihiro Naito, both working for the weather forecasting company Weathernews Inc., accompanied Japan's Nordic skiing team and fed them first-hand information about expected weather conditions in the games' mountain area.The pair began working with Japan's Paralympic cross-country skiers and biathletes a year ago. At Pyeongchang on Saturday, they helped Nitta top the podium for the first time since claiming two gold medals at the 2010 Vancouver Ga…READ FULL ARTICLE
