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SOCCER / World cup
Oct 10, 2008

Japan held to draw

The United Arab Emirates stunned Japan with a goal from virtually its only attack of the game to claim a 1-1 friendly-match draw on Thursday night.
SOCCER
Sep 22, 2008

Arsenal goes top as Reds stumble

LONDON (AP) Arsenal beat Bolton 3-1 to jump to the top of the Premier League on Saturday after Liverpool was held 0-0 at home by Stoke.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 26, 2008

Furuki gives late Giants last laugh

If nothing else, the Yomiuri Giants sure have a flair for the dramatic.
SOCCER / World cup
May 28, 2008

Nakamura unable to give Japan scoring spark in return

Shunsuke Nakamura's return to international action was not enough to inspire Japan to victory as Takeshi Okada's men labored to a 0-0 draw with Paraguay on Tuesday night.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 2, 2008

Sanfrecce beat Antlers in controversy-marred match

A hugely controversial performance from referee Masaaki Iemoto overshadowed an unlikely penalty-shootout win for second-division Sanfrecce Hiroshima over J. League champion Kashima Antlers in the Xerox Super Cup on Saturday.
SOCCER / World cup
Feb 7, 2008

Japan freezes out Thailand in World Cup qualification opener

Japan kicked off its bid for a place at the 2010 World Cup with a 4-1 win over a stubborn Thailand at Saitama Stadium 2002 on Wednesday night.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 31, 2008

A steady hand in the culture

For more than 700 years until the modern period, members of the Konoe family have been prominent among the nobles of the Imperial Court. Descended from Fujiwara Iezane (ca. 1179-1242), whose own elite clan can be traced back to the beginnings of written Japanese history in the seventh century, the Konoe...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 21, 2007

Tasting the good life

Karuizawa is known as a getaway magnet for the rich, and based on a recent trip to the town in Nagano Prefecture, Japan's wealthy take their pleasures very seriously.
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Aug 8, 2007

Cell phones may turn into boomboxes

Batteries just don't generate the respect they deserve. Imagine how much poorer your lifestyle would be if all of the miniature power cells you use just up and disappeared. Panasonic, as one of the many companies whose profit margins very much rest on these humble gadgets, knows their value and often...
Japan Times
LIFE
Jul 29, 2007

Kaiten zushi

It was a season of long days, heavy rain, loquats, hollyhocks and hydrangea.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 25, 2007

Maki, Takahara power Japan past Peru in exhibition

YOKOHAMA -- Seiichiro Maki broke his scoring duck and Naohiro Takahara continued his rich vein of form with another goal as Japan beat Peru 2-0 in a friendly at International Stadium Yokohama on Saturday evening before 60,400.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Feb 6, 2007

"Looking for X," "Beauty Shop for Rent"

"Looking for X," Deborah Ellis, OUP; 2006; 138 pp.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 30, 2006

Guido's Reds advance to final

Shinji Ono ensured Guido Buchwald has the grandest stage of all at which to say his goodbyes as Urawa coach by scoring one goal and creating another for Robson Ponte as the Reds advanced to the Emperor's Cup final with a 2-1 victory over Kashima Antlers on Friday.
SOCCER
Dec 15, 2006

Barcelona goes on goal spree in win

YOKOHAMA -- European giant Barcelona produced a stunning performance to crush Club America 4-0 in the Club World Cup on Thursday and set up a mouthwatering final against Brazil's Internacional.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Nov 19, 2006

Athletes extol sensation of 'iron calm' at the limit

People have been enjoying a wide variety of sports since at least the time of Ancient Greece. In the Athens 2004 Olympic Games alone, athletes competed in about 300 categories of 28 sports -- and the list seems to get longer every time.
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 29, 2006

Frontale tops Sanga, pulls closer to Reds

KAWASAKI -- The race for the J. League title was blown wide open on Saturday as Kawasaki Frontale beat bottom-of-the-table Kyoto Purple Sanga 2-0 to move within four points of leaders Urawa Reds.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Oct 18, 2006

Slow down to savor the turning seasons

The autumnal season of change is upon us once more, with delights for eye, ear and nose. As the thermometer dips, rises and falls erratically, some days seem almost balmy as if it is late spring or early summer; others carry a stronger hint of the chill to come as winter approaches.
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 17, 2006

Kashima flatlines S-Pulse's streak

Stunning long-range strikes from Fernando and Takuya Nozawa gave Kashima Antlers a 2-1 victory over Shimizu S-Pulse in Tokyo on Saturday.
BASKETBALL
Aug 22, 2006

Battle of NBA stars a big draw

HIROSHIMA -- Pau Gasol and Dirk Nowitzki provide the headline attraction for Monday afternoon's 4 p.m. game here.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 1, 2006

Kurobe uses head in ho-hum victory

SAITAMA -- Teruaki Kurobe scored with a diving header on 88 minutes to give Urawa Reds a 1-0 win over Bayern Munich in a lackluster friendly at Saitama Stadium on Monday.
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 11, 2006

Italy beats France, wins 4th World Cup

BERLIN -- Italy beat France 5-3 on penalties to win the World Cup final on Sunday night after Zinedine Zidane was sensationally sent off in his last game.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 24, 2006

Ronaldo tells how he got his groove back

DORTMUND, Germany -- Superstar striker Ronaldo said he was getting back to his old ways after scoring twice in Brazil's 4-1 victory over Japan on Thursday to equal Gerd Mueller's record of 14 goals in World Cup finals.

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb