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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, ...
Takashi Miike's blood-soaked vengeance tale, one of two Japanese films being shown in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, draws the biggest boos so far, with critics savaging it as overacted and cliched.
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 ...
DURBAN, South Africa — Yuji Nakazawa defended Japan’s spoiler tactics in Saturday’s 1-0 defeat to the Netherlands and said getting behind the ball en masse was the only way the Blue Samurai could have realistically hoped to get a result against the Group E ...
A second-half strike from Wesley Sneijder proved decisive as the Netherlands condemned Japan to a 1-0 defeat in Group E of the World Cup finals on Saturday. Japan defended valiantly for long stretches at Durban Stadium but had its resistance broken when Inter Milan ...
GEORGE, South Africa — National team boss Takeshi Okada has admitted Japan will have its hands full against a star-studded Dutch side on Saturday, but is confident the Blue Samurai can build on their winning start to the tournament. “There are too many players ...
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa — National team coach Takeshi Okada has warned his players not to get carried away after beating Cameroon 1-0 on Monday and insists Japan’s first- ever World Cup triumph outside its own shores will count for nothing if it loses its ...
Japan coach Takeshi Okada hopes his players can put a turbulent few weeks behind them and follow South Korea’s blueprint for success in their Group E opener against Cameroon on Monday. South Korea on Saturday brushed aside Greece 2-0 in its first game with ...
GEORGE, South Africa — “Stupid” may seem unnecessarily harsh, but former Japan boss Philippe Troussier appears to have hit the nail on the head in recently branding current national team coach Takeshi Okada “confused.” Despite having repeated ad nauseam that he has no intention ...
Defender Yasuyuki Konno is almost certain to miss Japan’s World Cup opener against Cameroon on June 14 after sustaining a right knee injury in Friday’s 2-0 loss to Cote d’Ivoire. Konno was the victim of a reckless challenge by Emmanuel Eboue in the second ...
SION, Switzerland — Marcus Tulio Tanaka put through his own net again as Japan suffered a deflating 2-0 defeat to Cote d’Ivoire in its final warmup for the upcoming World Cup finals on Friday. Tulio, who scored for both teams in Sunday’s 2-1 defeat ...
Japan coach Takeshi Okada on Thursday sought to play down the significance of his team’s last World Cup warmup against Cote d’Ivoire and said his players would not be going beyond the call of duty and risking injury on the eve of their departure ...
GRAZ, Austria — Japan’s players remained mostly upbeat after being condemned to an unfortunate 2-1 defeat against England in their penultimate warmup for the World Cup finals on Sunday. Two own goals in the last 18 minutes from central defenders Marcus Tulio Tanaka and ...
Influential midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura is a major doubt for Japan’s penultimate World Cup warmup match against England in Austria on Sunday. “Shunsuke needs a bit more time to get back to his best condition and I am not sure if he can play,” coach ...
National team coach Takeshi Okada is determined to restore pride and erase the painful memory of a defeat that put his job in jeopardy when Japan takes on South Korea in its final World Cup warmup on home soil on Monday. “I want us ...