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Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire media mogul has accused of persecuting him, ...
Tonkatsu is comfort food, gourmand grub — not a gourmet delicacy. So what are those hearty, unpretentious deep-fried breaded pork cutlets doing in an elegant little bar-style restaurant above one of Ginza’s temples to high-end consumption? Katsuzen has come a long way from its ...
Life in Japan just seems tailor-made for certain foreign residents, who slip into the fabric of this society as smoothly as a hand slides into a glove. American Curtis Patterson, a professional koto player and music teacher, is a case in point. Not only ...
It is a tricky deal being an authorized biographer. Charles Moore’s big advantage over those who have previously tackled Margaret Thatcher is that he has been provided with material denied to them. Of the arrangement that he was offered by his subject, he writes: ...
Unbelievable energy. Splendid self confidence. Never-wavering faith in his abilities or his teammates. Those are ingredients to success for Draelon Burns, the Yokohama B-Corsairs’ super substitute. Burns buried a remarkable three buzzer-beating shots to close out the three final quarters, and his team needed ...
Hitoshi Morishita has stepped down as manager of struggling Jubilo Iwata after a dreadful start to the season, the J. League club said Saturday. Assistant coach Tetsu Nagasawa will take over as caretaker manager of the three-time J. League champions. Jubilo’s 2-1 defeat away ...
Brazilian defender Fabio struck a dramatic late equalizer moments after coming off the bench to rescue a point for Yokohama F. Marinos in a 1-1 draw at home to Kashima Antlers in the J. League on Friday. Takuya Nozawa’s superbly taken goal looked to ...
Tournament debutant Vegalta Sendai were eliminated from the Asian Champions League on Wednesday after a 2-1 defeat at home to China’s Jiangsu Sainty in their final game in Group E. On a disappointing night for Japanese clubs, Urawa Reds, the 2007 ACL Champions, also ...
Tournament debutants Vegalta Sendai were eliminated from the Asian Champions League on Wednesday after a 2-1 defeat at home to China’s Jiangsu Sainty in their final game in Group E. Sendai started the day in the second spot and Naoki Sugai headed them in ...
Group H winners Kashiwa Reysol wrapped up the first round of the Asian Champions League with an unbeaten record after defeating Central Coast Mariners 3-0 away on Tuesday. Second-half goals from Masato Kudo, Cleo and Leandro Domingues sent Kashiwa to their fourth win from ...
Vegalta Sendai and Sagan Tosu shared the points in a stifling 1-1 draw in the J. League on Sunday. Naoyuki Fujita drew first blood for Tosu in the opening half before Sendai striker Shingo Akamine leveled minutes after halftime as the two struggling sides ...
Naoaki Aoyama equalized with the last attack of the game to snatch a point for Ventforet Kofu and deny Yokohama F. Marinos a return to the top of the J.League table with a 1-1 draw on Saturday. Marinos looked to be cruising back into ...
Milivoje Novakovic scores twice and Omiya Ardija defeats Kashiwa Reysol 4-0, avoiding a loss for the 19th straight J. League match.
Captain Yuki Abe went from zero to hero as Urawa Reds kept alive their chances of progressing to the round of 16 in the Asian Champions League with a 3-2 come-from-behind win over China’s Guangzhou Evergrande on Wednesday night. Abe missed a first-half penalty, ...
Omiya Ardija took center stage last Saturday after setting a new J. League record for consecutive unbeaten games, but the unheralded Saitama side can expect plenty more attention if it manages to maintain its impressive start to the season. Ardija beat local rivals Urawa ...
Kashiwa Reysol qualifies for the knockout phase of the Asian Champions League for the second straight year despite a 1-1 draw at home to China’s Guizhou Renhe.
Former Italy stars Franco Baresi and Salvatore “Toto” Schillaci will play in a summer friendly against a select Japanese old boys’ side featuring ex-international Ruy Ramos, organizers announced on Monday. Milan legend Baresi and former Jubilo Iwata striker Schillaci will headline a team made ...