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Barbara Bayer
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Apr 29, 2006
Deep Impact is the horse to beat
Deep Impact, Japan's triple crown winner in 2005, is back Sunday for his second running this year following a 3 1/2-length victory March 19.
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Apr 17, 2006
Meisho Samson stuns at Satsukisho
FUNABASHI, Chiba Pref. -- Meisho Samson and Dream Passport turned the tables on the top picks in the Satsukisho on Sunday at Nakayama with a surprise one-two finish that had the crowd checking their programs for names.
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Feb 20, 2006
Kane tops at Fuchu
Race favorite Kane Hekili crushed the competition with a 3-length win of the year's first Grade I race February Stakes on Sunday at Fuchu.
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Dec 26, 2005
Deep Impact suffers first setback at Arima
FUNABASHI, Chiba Pref. -- No Christmas cheer awaited this year's superstar Deep Impact on Sunday, at least not in the form of an Arima Kinen victory and its 180-million yen winner's bounty.
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Nov 28, 2005
Alkaased breaks record in Japan Cup victory
Anxious minutes followed a thrilling homestretch battle and a finish too close to call until at long last Britain's Alkaased was named winner of the Japan Cup on Sunday over local runner Heart's Cry, by a nose and in record time.
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Nov 27, 2005
Kane Hekili thunders to victory
A fierce three-way battle between Seeking the Dia, Star King Man and Kane Hekili saw race favorite Kane Hekili over the line first by a nose for a record win of the Japan Cup Dirt on Saturday at Tokyo.
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Oct 31, 2005
Heavenly Romance pulls off upset win of Emperor's Cup
Heavenly Romance turned the tables on a formidable field of Group 1 winners in Sunday's Emperor's Cup at Tokyo Racecourse, as the longshot mare snatched her first top-level win from race favorite and 2004 winner Zenno Rob Roy.
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Oct 24, 2005
Triple bliss for Deep Impact
KYOTO -- Sunday saw the birth of Japan's sixth Triple Crown champion as Deep Impact rocked a record Kikkasho crowd of nearly 137,000 with a race that had hearts in mouths till the very end.
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Oct 21, 2005
Deep Impact a win away from Triple Crown
Deep Impact -- it was a movie; it was a NASA mission; it's a super colt poised to make history this weekend in Kyoto when he makes his bid for the Triple Crown.
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May 30, 2005
Deep Impact powers to Japan Derby win
If ever there felt like a sure thing in racing, it was watching Deep Impact cruise down the stretch in the Japan Derby at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday.
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May 23, 2005
Race favorite Cesario rules Oaks
Okasho runnerup and race favorite Cesario ruled supreme in the Oaks at Tokyo on Sunday as she cruised to victory a neck ahead of second-pick Air Messiah.
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May 9, 2005
Fillies prosper in NHK G1
The NHK Mile Cup G1 race ended in a surprise one-two victory Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse, as two fillies bested an 18-strong mostly male field of 3-year-olds.
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Apr 18, 2005
Deep Impact cruises in Satsukisho
FUNABASHI, Chiba Pref. -- The Satsukisho, Japan's equivalent of the 2,000 Guineas, the Triple Crown's first leg, went off without a hitch Sunday as more than 85,000 fans made their way to Nakayama Racecourse, lured in large part by the rise of a new star.
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Feb 21, 2005
Meisho Bowler speeds home in record
The first big race of the year went down in record time to favorite Meisho Bowler as the 4-year-old held off a field of veterans for a wire-to-wire, length-and-a-quarter win of the February Stakes (Jpn., I) in Tokyo on Sunday.
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Dec 27, 2004
Zenno Rob Roy takes Arima Memorial
Zenno Rob Roy and Tap Dance City turned the Arima Memorial into a match race Sunday at Nakayama Racecourse, the crowd roaring as the two grade 1 champions went neck-and-neck down the stretch.
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Nov 29, 2004
Home-bred horses tops in Japan Cups
Japanese runners landed a knockout one-two punch to claim both the Japan Cup Dirt and the Japan Cup on Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse, keeping the winner's share at home for the second year in a row.
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Nov 28, 2004
'Golden Jubilee Day' at the races
R acing fans will be treated to a must-see today at Tokyo Racecourse. In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Japan Racing Association, two of the biggest Grade I events of the year -- the Japan Cup Dirt and the Japan Cup -- both international invitationals, follow each other in a one-two, top-level combination that constitutes a Japan racing first.
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Jun 7, 2004
Jockey Ando completes good week
Jockey Katsumi Ando and Tsurumaru Boy proved a winning combination in the Yasuda Memorial on Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse.
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May 31, 2004
King Kamehameha rules supreme at Nippon Derby
FUCHU -- A mere three weeks after a 5-length win of the NHK Mile Cup, King Kamehameha once again reigned supreme, this time with a length-and-a-half record win of the year's biggest racing event, the Nippon Derby.
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May 24, 2004
Daiwa el Cielo wins Oaks in big upset
The 65th running of the filly classic Oaks was the stage for a huge upset Sunday as Daiwa el Cielo handed the overwhelming favorite Dance in the Mood her first loss.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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