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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.
Nagoya Grampus checked Kashiwa Reysol’s rise up the J. League table with a 2-1 win over the surging defending champions on Saturday night. Reysol went into the game at National Stadium on the back of six wins from their last seven outings, and not ...
Kashiwa Reysol are slowly but surely returning to championship form as Nelsinho’s men edged Emperor’s Cup holders FC Tokyo 1-0 in a J. League makeup on Wednesday night. Defender Tatsuya Masushima bagged the lone goal of the game seconds before halftime as the reigning ...
Kashiwa Reysol’s season took another downward turn as three late goals from Yojiro Takahagi and Naoki Ishihara saw Sanfrecce Hiroshima condemn the champions to a crushing 5-2 home defeat in the J-League on Sunday. A Hisato Sato brace put Hiroshima in control but it ...
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 ...
J. League champion Kashiwa Reysol handed newly promoted FC Tokyo a reality check ahead of the new season with a 2-1 win in the Xerox Super Cup on Saturday. Tokyo went into the curtain-raising match at National Stadium full of confidence after winning its ...
It would take a Herculean effort for Kashiwa Reysol to match their 2011 achievements over the coming season, but the reigning J. League champions see no reason why they cannot raise the bar and go even higher. Reysol won their first league title last ...
Reigning champion Kashiwa Reysol will face Yokohama F. Marinos at home on the opening weekend of the 2012 season as the J. League released the fixtures for the upcoming campaign on Tuesday. Kashiwa, which became the first team in J. League history to win ...
Nagoya Grampus exacted revenge against Kashiwa Reysol, knocking out the J. League champions from the Emperor’s Cup with a 9-8 victory on penalties on Wednesday. Danilson hit the winning penalty after a 3-3 draw in 120 minutes of action that saw Kensuke Nagai strike ...
Kashiwa Reysol captured their first-ever J. League title just a year after winning the second division with a 3-1 victory over Urawa Reds on the final day of the season on Saturday. Reysol went into the match at Saitama Stadium with a one-point lead ...
J. League front-runners Kashiwa Reysol fought back from a goal down to keep their title destiny in their own hands going into the final week of the season with a 1-1 draw with Cerezo Osaka on Saturday. Reysol went into the match at Hitachi ...
Kashiwa Reysol returned to the J. League summit against a stunning backdrop of Mt. Fuji on Sunday as second-half goals from Masato Kudo and Leandro Domingues earned them a gritty 2-1 win at Shimizu S-Pulse. Champions Nagoya Grampus started the day top on goal ...
Kashiwa Reysol kept their noses in front in the J. League title race with a 4-0 win over Albirex Niigata on Thursday as all three championship contenders claimed victories going into the final three games of the season. Reysol began the match at Hitachi ...