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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, resolved to end nearly two decades of deflation and revive the economy, explains his economic and fiscal policies to his fellow G-8 chiefs, turning "Abenomics" into an international commitment in the process.
About 45 minutes from Tokyo’s skyscrapers, resting in the hinterlands of Tachikawa there is a land of mist and dragons. It’s a place where rolling hills tumble toward an Aztec pyramid, and children bounce on clouds. The place is called Showa Kinen Koen, and ...
Edward Snowden, the fugitive former CIA employee and NSA contractor who leaked secrets about America’s spying operations, often hung out online with foreigners in Japan who shared his interests in anime, video games, martial arts, the stock market and the expat lifestyle. Snowden, who ...
The Toronto Comics Arts Festival, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, has of late made its name bringing over cutting-edge Japanese artists for signings, live drawing sessions and speaking events. The atmosphere at this year’s event, held in May, in many ways like ...
Tuukka Rask watched most of the action at the other end of the ice. And when the Blackhawks did make a late charge, he was ready. The Bruins goalie stopped 28 shots for his third career playoff shutout, helping Boston beat Chicago 2-0 on ...
National team manager Alberto Zaccheroni will take nothing for granted in Friday’s World Cup qualifier against Jordan, but if Japan can build on last weekend’s impressive 3-0 win over Oman, three more points should follow. Japan faces Jordan at Saitama Stadium having opened the ...
National team manager Alberto Zaccheroni admits the importance of making a strong start to the final round of qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup was weighing on his players’ mind ahead of Sunday’s 3-0 win over Oman. Japan laid down an impressive marker in ...
Japan made a comfortable start to the final round of qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup with a 3-0 win over Oman on Sunday night. Keisuke Honda settled Japan’s nerves in front of 63,551 at Saitama Stadium with an exquisite left-footed volley in the ...
Last year may have been a dream come true for Kashiwa Reysol, but forward Junya Tanaka is determined to prevent 2012 from turning into a nightmare. Having pulled off the most unlikely title win in J. League history last season hot on the heels ...
Albirex Niigata prevented Urawa Reds from making up ground on the J.League’s leading pack with a 1-1 draw on Saturday. Reds went into the match at Saitama Stadium fourth in the table despite having taken only four points from their previous four games, and ...
As secret weapons go, there are few better players a J. League team could call on than Brazilian striker Marquinhos. Urawa Reds learned that the hard way in last week’s game against Yokohama F. Marinos when, with two minutes left on the clock and ...
Kawasaki Frontale overcame a nervy finish to beat Jubilo Iwata 4-3 and give manager Yahiro Kazama his first win in charge on Thursday. Kazama was handed the reins at the Kanagawa club late last month after predecessor Naoki Soma was fired after only five ...
First-division debutants Sagan Tosu kept up their impressive start to the J. League season with a 1-1 draw away to reigning champions Kashiwa Reysol on Saturday. Sagan went into the match at Hitachi Stadium fifth in the table with a division-lowest record of three ...
Skeptics may dismiss Vegalta Sendai’s position at the top of the J. League as a fad waiting to blow over, but each passing weekend brings fresh evidence that the Tohoku side intends to stick around for good. Vegalta gave their most emphatic display of ...
Urawa Reds have suffered too many false dawns in recent years to get carried away by their bright start to the J. League season, but midfielder Yuki Abe is not about to sit back and let local rivals Omiya Ardija pull the plug in ...
J. League leaders Vegalta Sendai preserved their unbeaten start to the season and took the defending champions’ scalp in the process with a 3-2 win over Kashiwa Reysol on Saturday. Vegalta twice took the lead only to be pegged back at Hitachi Stadium, with ...
Cerezo Osaka hit Omiya Ardija with a one-two punch from their Olympic arsenal as Hiroshi Kiyotake and Kim Bo Kyung both found the target in a 3-0 win on Saturday. There was little to separate the two teams after a tight opening period at ...