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James Mulligan
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Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 25, 2007
Reds win shootout to advance to final
SAITAMA — Ryota Tsuzuki saved a penalty and Tadaaki Hirakawa slotted home the winning spot-kick as Urawa Reds advanced to the AFC Champions League final with a 5-3 shootout victory over Seongnam Ilhwa on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 24, 2007
Osieck remains focused on task at hand
SAITAMA — Urawa Reds stand just a few games from greatness, but Holger Osieck isn't falling into the trap of speculating on the enviable position in which the Saitama giants find themselves.
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 18, 2007
Okubo notches pair of goals in rout of Egypt
Yoshito Okubo opened his international account in style on Wednesday evening with a well-taken brace in Japan's 4-1 thrashing of Egypt.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 14, 2007
Frontale into Nabisco final
KAWASAKI — Kawasaki Frontale advanced to the Nabisco Cup final with a 4-2 victory over local rivals Yokohama F. Marinos at Todoroki Stadium on Saturday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 11, 2007
Juninho sparks Frontale past Marinos in first leg
YOKOHAMA — Kawasaki Frontale's inconsistent season took a potentially richly rewarded turn for the better Wednesday evening, Juninho scoring twice in a 2-1 victory over Yokohama F. Marinos in their Nabisco Cup semifinal, first-leg match at Nissan Stadium.
TENNIS
Oct 6, 2007
Venus makes final
Top seed Venus Williams survived a second-set wobble to book a place in the AIG Japan Open final with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Caroline Wozniacki on Friday.
TENNIS
Oct 4, 2007
Venus shrugs off questions about health after beating King in straight sets
Maybe Venus Williams needs that vacation after all.
TENNIS
Oct 3, 2007
Venus dispatches Craybas in straight sets
Venus Williams was planning on spending this week with her feet up on a well-earned vacation in Thailand before she received a late invite to the AIG Japan Open.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 1, 2007
Hamilton masters conditions for victory
OYAMA, Shizuoka Pref. — McLaren's Lewis Hamilton won a rain-lashed Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday to move closer to clinching the world crown in his debut season in Formula One.
SOCCER
Sep 24, 2007
Inamoto hoping to get career back on track in Frankfurt
FRANKFURT — It's fair to say that if Junichi Inamoto had begun his European adventure at Eintracht Frankfurt instead of Arsenal his star would probably be shining that much brighter now.
TENNIS
Sep 24, 2007
Romaina outlasts Japan on final day to advance in Davis Cup
OSAKA — Romania beat Japan 3-2 in their Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group playoff tie Sunday, Victor Hanescu overcoming Go Soeda 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-3) in the deciding rubber.
TENNIS
Sep 23, 2007
Japan hammers Romanians in Davis Cup doubles match
OSAKA — Takao Suzuki and Satoshi Iwabuchi rolled back the years as Japan took a 2-1 lead in its Davis Cup World Group playoff against Romania on Saturday, the doubles pair steamrollering Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau in straight sets.
TENNIS
Sep 22, 2007
Romania wins late match to tie Japan
OSAKA — Japan's Davis Cup playoff against Romania is on a knife-edge going into the second day after Takao Suzuki beat Victor Hanescu to put the hosts up 1-0 before Andrei Pavel leveled the tie with victory over Go Soeda.
TENNIS
Sep 21, 2007
Japan captain likes team's chances at home against Romania
Japan team captain Eiji Takeuchi has said that playing on home turf will give his players a huge advantage over their Romanian opponents in their Davis Cup World Group playoff tie this weekend.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 15, 2007
Takahara finding his feet at Frankfurt
FRANKFURT — Naohiro Takahara puts almost all of his Japanese striking contemporaries to shame by possessing that rare something that is hard to come by on the national team: a killer instinct.
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 13, 2007
Japan survives late to beat Qatar
An early header from Yohei Kajiyama proved enough as Japan's Under-22s survived Takuya Honda's second half sending off to beat Qatar 1-0 in their Beijing Olympics' Asian final qualifying round match on Wednesday evening.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 19, 2007
Tanaka makes case for call-up
Tatsuya Tanaka did all he could to convince Japan coach Ivica Osim to pick him for the upcoming friendly against Cameroon with a blistering display for Urawa Reds in a 4-1 victory over Ventforet Kofu on Saturday evening that moved the defending champions to the top of the J. League.
SOCCER
Aug 14, 2007
J Sports signs deal for live PL
J Sports announced Monday it has signed a contract to show live English Premier League matches for the remainder of the 2007-08 season.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 8, 2007
Unheralded Giovani leads Barcelona squad past F. Marinos
YOKOHAMA — Japanese fans caught a glimpse of Barcelona's dazzling attacking triumvirate of Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto'o, but it was little-known Mexican Giovani who did what the crowd craved from the three superstars with a late second-half goal in a 1-0 friendly win over Yokohama F. Marinos on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Jul 30, 2007
Osim admits mistakes after disappointing finish in Asian Cup
HANOI — Ivica Osim felt he had "dropped his trousers" for the second straight game as Japan's Asian Cup campaign ended with an embarrassing penalty shootout defeat to 10-man South Korea in Saturday's third-place playoff.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
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.
'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.
Air China to buy 100 locally made C919 jets in $11 billion deal
A Comac C919 during an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore in February
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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