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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 ...
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 ...
Jose Mourinho wants to be where people love him. “In England I am loved by the fans and the media, fairly criticized or credited when I deserve,” he said after Real Madrid’s Champions League knockout by Borussia Dortmund. How quickly he forgets. So do ...
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 ...
FC Tokyo midfielder Nemanja Vucicevic will be out of action for four weeks due to a knee injury, the J. League first division club said Saturday. The 33-year-old Serbian damaged ligaments in his right knee after coming off the bench midway through the second ...
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.
Whatever punishment had been handed down to Luis Suárez would have been criticized. That the Liverpool striker was banned for 10 games for sinking his teeth into the arm of Chelsea’s Branoslav Ivanovic has outraged some (mainly on the red half of Merseyside) because ...
Midfielder Takashi Usami will not be back with Hoffenheim for next season, the German Bundesliga club announced Wednesday. The 20-year-old joined Hoffenheim last season on a one-year deal. The club has recently revealed it will not exercise its option for another year. Usami has ...
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, ...