Transport authorities launched a full-fledged investigation Sunday into the derailment of a bullet train on the Akita Shinkansen Line in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on Saturday afternoon.
It's a dangerous, unpredictable world. Twice in January Chinese warships in the East China Sea challenged Japan's Maritime Self Defense Forces patrols in a manner deemed threatening. And on Feb. 12 came North Korea's nuclear test.
Here's an open secret: Japanese men have a bad international reputation on the romance front.
SELLING WOMEN: Prostitution, Markets and the Household in Early Modern Japan, by Amy Stanley. University of California Press, 2012, 282 pp., $49.95 (hardcover) In the vast cultural landscape, Japan fascinates the mainstream with manga and anime, the martial arts, Zen and kimono. Of course, ...
Kenta Maeda shook off worries about his form with five shutout innings as Japan beat China 5-2 in first-round Pool A of the World Baseball Classic on Sunday at Fukuoka Dome. Japan improved to 2-0 following a tough win over Brazil in Saturday evening’s ...
Yokohama F. Marinos spoiled Shonan Bellmare’s return to the J. League first division with a late comeback for a 4-2 win as the 2013 season got under way on Saturday. Bellmare, back in the top flight after a two-year absence, fell behind on a ...
J.League first-division side Yokohama F. Marinos announced Friday they were extending the contracts of Brazilians Marquinhos and Dutra for next season. The 36-year-old Marquinhos, who was the league MVP in 2008 with Kashima Antlers, scored 10 goals in 22 appearances for fourth-place Marinos this ...
Yokohama F. Marinos missed out on a place in next season’s Asian Champions League despite beating Sagan Tosu 1-0 on Saturday, as Urawa Reds claimed the qualification spot by finishing third on the final day of the J. League season. At the other end ...
Leandro Domingues lived up to his billing as reigning J. League Player of the Year with a five-star performance Sunday, but Hiroyuki Taniguchi stole the show with a dramatic late equalizer as Yokohama F. Marinos held champions Kashiwa Reysol 3-3 in a gripping season ...
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 ...
Yuji Ono grabbed the first hat trick of his professional career as Yokohama F Marinos brushed aside third-tier Matsumoto Yamaga 4-0 in an emotionally charged match to advance to the quarterfinals of the Emperor’s Cup on Saturday. The 18-year-old striker opened the scoring after ...
Gotoku Sakai opened his J. League account with a contender for goal of the season Saturday as Albirex Niigata boosted their survival hopes with a 4-2 defeat of Yokohama F Marinos at Big Swan. Cho Young Cheol opened the scoring after 20 minutes, and ...
Vegalta Sendai dealt Yokohama F. Marinos’ J. League title ambitions a heavy blow with a come-from-behind 3-1 win on Saturday. Marinos, starting the day three points behind league-leaders Gamba Osaka in fourth place, looked confident of ending Vegalta’s three-game winning streak when Yuzo Kobayashi ...
Yokohama F. Marinos held leaders Gamba Osaka to a 1-1 draw to keep the J. League title race finely balanced as champions Nagoya Grampus also shared the spoils with Kashima Antlers on Sunday night. Shingo Hyodo broke the deadlock with a blistering strike midway ...
Yokohama F. Marinos said Friday they have decided to retire No. 3 in honor of their former defender Naoki Matsuda, who passed away at age 34 on Aug. 4. The 2002 World Cup and long-serving Marinos defender lost his fight for life two days ...
Yokohama F. Marinos held on to first place in the J. League with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Vissel Kobe on Saturday night. Marinos, who moved top for the first time in over five years last weekend, broke down a resolute Kobe defense when ...
Yokohama F. Marinos withstood a late onslaught to go top of the J. League after a 1-1 draw away to Omiya Ardija on Sunday night. Yuji Ono headed Yokohama in front late in the first half, but Rafael leveled 16 minutes from time and ...
