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A sit-in by visa violators and their families entered its second day Tuesday in front of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau with protesters seeking government good will. The action at the bureau in Minato Ward is being organized by the Asian People’s Friendship Society, ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
When speaking of Japanese art, people use words such as wabi and sabi, words that speak of a delicate sensibility and an ephemeral existence. Viewing the retrospective show of painter Toko Shinoda, the first word that comes to mind is "power."
Have you ever given your best effort while striving to achieve something but felt like what you were doing was futile? That’s the feeling I’m getting about Tokyo’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics. With just over three months to go until the IOC ...
BEIJING — Nobunari Oda’s decision to incorporate a quad in his short program for the first time this season paid rich dividends Friday, giving him the lead over Canada’s Patrick Chan at the Grand Prix Final. Japan’s female skaters did not fare quite as ...
World champion Daisuke Takahashi and Miki Ando headline the field as Japanese skaters go into the prestigious Grand Prix Final looking to dominate the medals podium in Beijing. Japan has a record six skaters in the Friday through Sunday event, which features the top ...
FC Tokyo pulled themselves out of the drop zone while ushering Shonan Bellmare closer toward the relegation trapdoor Sunday with a comfortable 3-0 win in the J. League first division. Two first-half goals in the space of just 30 seconds from Masashi Oguro and ...
World No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki overpowered eighth seed Victoria Azarenka in an absorbing three-setter on Friday to set up a meeting with Russia’s Elena Dementieva in the final of the Pan Pacific Open. The top-seeded Dane disposed of her Belarusian opponent 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), ...
Newly appointed national team coach Alberto Zaccheroni wants his new charges to turn the page and create a new chapter in Japanese soccer history after their World Cup heroics in South Africa. The Italian, casually dressed in a black polo shirt, jeans and white ...
PRETORIA — Japan crashed out of the World Cup finals in heartbreaking fashion on Tuesday after a 5-3 penalty shootout defeat to Paraguay in the second round. Yuichi Komano missed Japan’s third spot kick and Oscar Cardozo buried the decisive penalty to give the ...
PRETORIA — Japan’s dressing room was awash with tears after Tuesday’s 5-3 penalty shootout defeat to Paraguay, but Keisuke Honda insists the team’s second-round exit merely serves as a stark reminder of the gap that separates the Blue Samurai from the world’s leading sides. ...
PRETORIA, South Africa — Japan crashed out of the World Cup finals in heartbreaking fashion on Tuesday after a 5-3 penalty shootout defeat to Paraguay in the second round. Yuichi Komano missed Japan’s third spot kick and Oscar Carodozo buried the decisive penalty to ...
PRETORIA — Japan boss Takeshi Okada has told his players to fight for continental pride when they take on Paraguay on Tuesday with a place in the World Cup history books on the line. Japan is the only Asian team left in the competition ...
RUSTENBURG, South Africa — A pair of fabulous first-half free kicks from Keisuke Honda and Yasuhito Endo and a late strike from substitute Shinji Okazaki powered Japan to a 3-1 win over Denmark on Thursday night and into the second round of the World ...
RUSTENBURG, South Africa — Japan coach Takeshi Okada says the Blue Samurai’s united show of strength was the key to their qualification to the second round of the World Cup. The three-time Asian champions powered past Denmark 3-1 to book their spot in the ...
National team boss Takeshi Okada on Tuesday underlined the importance of cutting off the supply line to lanky striker Nicklas Bendtner ahead of Japan’s crucial meeting with Denmark. The Blue Samurai go into their final Group E game in Rustenburg on Thursday night needing ...