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FANS

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MORE SPORTS
Aug 29, 2018
Passionate Indonesian fans embrace home Asian Games
"Nippon! Nippon!"
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 25, 2018
Samurai Blue's gritty play raises hopes Japan will advance in World Cup
Japanese soccer fans did not get the win they wanted but took heart from their team's grit as the Samurai Blue came from behind twice to draw 2-2 with Senegal, keeping their hopes of an improbable place in the World Cup's last 16 on track.
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JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Mar 7, 2016
With new toe-operated fan, students put their best feet forward
Three students at Aichi Prefectural Toyohashi Technical High School have designed a new type of standing fan that can be operated by using one's toes — and it's set to be produced and sold nationwide this spring.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2016
Court rules pop idol has right to pursue happiness, can date
The Tokyo District Court has rejected a damages suit filed by a talent agency against a former member of an idol pop group for breach of contract because she dated a fan.
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JAPAN
Oct 21, 2014
Fans reportedly handed out by Matsushima prove hot auction items
Fans boasted as having been handed out by ex-Justice Minister Midori Matsushima in her Tokyo electoral district are fetching more than ¥10,000 on a major Internet auction site.
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JAPAN
Sep 13, 2014
Matchmaking event for trainspotters held near Tokyo
About 1,000 railway fans took part in Tetsukon, a matchmaking event especially for them, on Saturday near Tokyo, with about 100 men and women coupling.
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JAPAN
Jun 20, 2014
Japan team's 0-0 World Cup draw dismays fans watching from Tokyo
Japanese soccer fans roared in frustration Friday morning after the national team ended its crucial match with Greece with an underwhelming 0-0 draw, making its advance to the second stage of the World Cup highly unlikely, though not impossible.
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JAPAN
Jun 14, 2014
Fans in Brazil face high crime: ministry
Japanese soccer fans in the Brazilian city of Recife are braving one of the highest homicide rates in the world to see their team open its World Cup campaign.
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CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 4, 2013
Beatlemania: 'The screamers' and other tales of fandom
The first time Scottish concert promoter Andi Lothian booked the Beatles, in the frozen January of 1963, only 15 people showed up. The next time he brought them north of the border, to Glasgow Odeon on Oct. 5, they had scored a No. 1 album and three No. 1 singles, and it was as if a hurricane had blown into town.

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