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Marinos players celebrate after winning a shootout against Hyundai on Wednesday to advance to the Asian Champions League final.
SOCCER
Apr 25, 2024
Marinos edge Ulsan in thriller to reach first Asian Champions League final
Marinos won a pulsating semifinal that ended 3-3 on aggregate to reach the Asian Champions League final for the first time.
Al-Ain's players celebrate after winning on aggregate their AFC Champions League semifinal against Al-Hilal in Riyadh on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Apr 24, 2024
Al-Ain seals Asian Champions League final berth despite loss
Goals from Ruben Neves and Salem al-Dawsari gave Al-Hilal victory on the night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 17, 2021
Porto's Shoya Nakajima joins Al Ain on half-season loan
Samurai Blue midfielder Shoya Nakajima has joined Al Ain on loan from Porto, the United Arab Emirates club said Saturday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 11, 2020
Over 100 U.S. troops diagnosed with brain injuries from January Iran missile attack
The U.S. military is preparing to report a more than 50 percent jump in cases of traumatic brain injury stemming from Iran's missile attack on a base in Iraq last month, U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 14, 2020
U.S. troops describe 'miraculous' escape at Iraqi base hit by Iranian missile attack
Troops at the Iraqi air base that bore the brunt of Iran's first direct missile attack against U.S. forces said they were shocked by its intensity and grateful to emerge unscathed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 28, 2019
Fearing invasion by Erdogan's forces, Syrian Kurdish YPG to withdraw from strip along Turkish border
The Kurdish YPG militia will pull forces and heavy weapons from a strip along Syria's border with Turkey under U.S.-Turkish deals, an official in the YPG-led alliance said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 11, 2019
Two Belgian women, renouncing Islamic State, fear they will never go home with their six kids
Two Belgian women who joined Islamic State in Syria said on Sunday they were losing hope they will ever go home after a Belgian court overturned a ruling to repatriate them with their six children.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 16, 2018
Kashima wins to set up showdown against Real Madrid in Club World Cup semifinals
Kashima Antlers advanced to the semifinals of the FIFA Club World Cup, and a showdown with Spanish giant Real Madrid, after outlasting Mexican powerhouse Guadalajara 3-2 on Saturday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 16, 2017
Shiotani embracing challenge of move to Al Ain
Defender Tsukasa Shiotani said Friday he is relishing the prospect of testing himself in the United Arab Emirates after securing a move to Al Ain from struggling Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 15, 2017
Defender Shiotani headed to UAE's Al Ain
Sanfrecce Hiroshima defender Tsukasa Shiotani will join United Arab Emirates powerhouse Al Ain, the J. League team announced Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 15, 2017
Desperate Islamic State fighters posing as civilians, killing those who try to flee: Raqqa escapees
Islamic State militants have become increasingly desperate in the face of heavy airstrikes on their Syrian bastion Raqqa, passing themselves off as civilians to escape detection and killing anyone who tries to flee, witnesses said.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 16, 2017
Al Ain claims Satsuki-sho crown
Ninth favorite Al Ain won the 77th running of the Satsuki-sho on Sunday at Nakayama Racecourse, covering the 2,000-meter course in a record 1 minute, 57.8 seconds.
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 2, 2016
Antlers' Caio to depart for Al Ain: source
Kashima Antlers forward Caio is set for a move to Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates, a source close to the matter said Friday.

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