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The head of an official inquiry into the deadly collapse of a Bangladesh factory complex said the building’s owner was the “main culprit” for the disaster because he violated construction codes. The cave-in of the eight-story Rana Plaza outside the capital last month killed ...
Throughout most of Japan, June is the rainy season. While all that rainfall is great for rice paddies so that we can have delicious new harvest rice in the fall, it makes it a rather dull month for seasonal produce: The summer’s bounty of ...
“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, ...
Claude Regy says the team at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) threw him the “best birthday party ever” when he arrived in Japan just days after the actual May 1 occasion. The 90-year-old French director is hoping for an even better birthday gift, ...
As far as debuts go, Shohei Otani's delivered. The celebrated rookie pitched fairly well on Thursday night, and though he finished outside the decision, he left the mound with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters well within striking distance of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Empty platitudes are common in soccer, but there has been nothing false about the messages of support coming from all over Japan and around the world these past two weeks. Next Tuesday, when the national team takes on a J. League select XI in ...
With yet another raft of Japanese players currently making their European club debuts, J. League fans could be forgiven for wondering what is left for them when the season starts next month. Transfers are a fact of life for any league, but the rate ...
If the JFA was stung by criticism over its appointment of national team manager Alberto Zaccheroni in August, vindication was not long in coming. Having won the Asian Cup at the first time of asking, negotiating a series of injury and suspension problems and ...
Australia will be a formidable opponent in Saturday’s Asian Cup final, but fatigue could be just as big an obstacle to Japan’s chances of winning the trophy for a record fourth time. Japan faces the Socceroos in Doha’s Khalifa Stadium four days after a ...
Slowly but surely, Japan’s Asian Cup challenge is taking shape. After a sluggish opening draw with Jordan and a wild win over Syria, manager Alberto Zaccheroni finally got what he was looking for on Monday with a 5-0 dismantling of Saudi Arabia, earning a ...
After the euphoria of beating Argentina in his first match as national team manager, Alberto Zaccheroni got a good look at the other face of Japanese soccer on Sunday. In their Asian Cup opener in Qatar, Zaccheroni’s men needed an injury time equalizer from ...
No sooner than one soccer year ends, another one begins. And if national team manager Alberto Zaccheroni can harness the potential his players showed over the second half of 2010, there is no reason why Japan should not usher in 2011 with victory in ...
Thursday marks the end of a long and vicious battle for hosting rights to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, but Japan will look to Zurich more in hope than expectation of winning the latter. The destination of two tournaments will be decided simultaneously ...
While Nagoya Grampus’ unblinking march toward the title has deprived the J. League of late drama, it has provided a testament to the quality and efficiency of the newly crowned champions. Grampus wrapped up their first-ever title with a win over Shonan Bellmare last ...
Alberto Zaccheroni is only taking his first steps as national team manager, but already he has hit his stride. The Italian got his reign off to the perfect start last Friday as Japan recorded its first ever win over Argentina, before reclaiming a measure ...
In the ever-changing, always-moving world of soccer, reputations do not stand still for long. After a weekend of contrasting fortunes at home and abroad, Hiroshi Jofuku and Shinji Kagawa can attest to that. Kagawa moved to Borussia Dortmund from Cerezo Osaka this summer after ...
Alberto Zaccheroni talked of Japan’s “potential” when he was unveiled as national team manager last Tuesday, and the Italian’s first glimpse of his new charges can only have reinforced that impression. Japan has chalked up friendly wins against Paraguay and Guatemala over the past ...