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JAPAN
Nov 9, 2010

Miniskirts hit Mount Fuji as 'yama girls' take on trekking

Forget the ice ax and ¥50,000 climbing boots. The "mode du jour" for today's mountain hikers is the miniskirt and leggings.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 6, 2010

Irrepressible Bale making mockery of FIFA shortlist

LONDON — Gareth Bale is not among the 23 best players in the world. He is not included on the shortlist for FIFA's Ballon D'Or, which will come as a surprise to those who saw the Tottenham winger destroy Inter Milan twice in the Champions League.
EDITORIALS
Oct 30, 2010

Mr. Cameron's new 'Big Society'

British Prime Minister David Cameron calls his vision for his country "the Big Society." Doubts about what that vision entails have been put to rest in his government's first budget. "The Big Society" consists of small government and a private-nongovernment organization partnership that fills in the...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2010

Nomo's legacy should land him in Hall of Fame

Fourth in a four-part series
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COMMUNITY
Oct 23, 2010

Ballplayer is in a league all her own

Bessie Noll won't celebrate her 16th birthday for another year, but she's already got a sweet swing on her future.
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BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Oct 22, 2010

Hill, Apache ready for season to tip off

The Tokyo Apache and the Niigata Albirex BB begin the 2010-11 bj-league season a week later than the other 14 teams. And so they've both had extra time to make preparations for their first game.
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LIFE / Travel
Oct 17, 2010

Okitsuru: An island in the middle of Yokohama

At a 2009 concert, Seijin Noborikawa, the grand-daddy of Okinawan folk music, told the audience about where he felt most at home when he visited mainland Japan. He described a neighborhood where passersby chatted in uchinaaguchi language, where shops served pig-trotter noodles and island songs seeped...
BASKETBALL
Oct 15, 2010

Golden Kings should rule West

A pair of new expansion teams, the Miyazaki Shining Suns and the Shimane Susanoo Magic, join the bj-league's Western Conference this season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 11, 2010

Satozaki times return to perfection

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — Baseball is a sport of repetition. You can easily lose your knack for the game if you don't swing the bat or throw the ball for a while.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2010

Asian carmakers report brisk U.S. September gains

Toyota Motor Corp. posted its largest U.S. sales increase in five months and Hyundai Motor Co. led gains for Asia-based brands as September auto demand grew at the fastest rate since the "cash for clunkers" program in 2009.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 3, 2010

Nomo blazed trail, helped mend fences with move

First in a four-part series
MORE SPORTS
Sep 29, 2010

Barcelona awarded 2013 worlds

MONTEVIDEO (AP) Barcelona was chosen on Monday to host the 2013 FINA World Swimming Championships, the sport's governing body said.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Sep 25, 2010

Ichiro's achievement testament to his drive

Baseball is the ultimate numbers game. Always has been, always will be.
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Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 17, 2010

Ballooning event will keep you grounded

Afraid of heights? No problem. The Suzuka Balloon Festival will satisfy your curiosity of ballooning, without letting you get carried away.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Sep 9, 2010

Japan's depilation revolution: Smooth skin is in for men

A variety of hair-removal products sprout up for men wanting smooth skin.
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LIFE / Travel
Sep 5, 2010

Lofty tonic in the heat

So what do you do when it's summer in Japan and the heat and humidity have become just plain silly?

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight