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SOCCER / J. League
Apr 8, 2007

Ponte's late tally propels Reds to thrilling win over Jubilo

SAITAMA -- A late strike from Robson Ponte gave Urawa Reds a 2-1 victory over Jubilo Iwata in a pulsating game Saturday evening watched by 45,025 at Saitama Stadium.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 8, 2007

Tigers rough up Kadokura

In their last game the Yomiuri Giants ran Hanshin starter Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi out of the game in 3 2/3 innings. On Saturday night, the Tigers returned the favor.
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2007

CPI down 0.1% on fall in fuel prices

Affected by a drop in fuel prices, Japan's nationwide core consumer price index fell 0.1 percent in February, marking the first decline in 10 months, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said Friday.
SOCCER / World cup
Feb 15, 2007

World Cup defender Nakazawa makes Osim's training-camp squad

Ivica Osim on Wednesday called up Yuji Nakazawa to his 28-man training-camp squad ahead of the Mar. 24 friendly against Peru.
EDITORIALS
Feb 8, 2007

More bad news for Mr. Abe

For the first time since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to power in late September, more Japanese disapprove of his administration than approve of it. Although Mr. Abe's Liberal Democratic Party emerged victorious in the Aichi gubernatorial election Sunday, he will continue to experience difficulties...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2006

Super start: Pitching stars square off in Pacific League series opener

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- The Seibu Lions are right where they want to be.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 30, 2006

Buffaloes linked with move for Collins

Katsuhiro Nakamura is no longer in the Orix Buffaloes' plans, and the franchise's third manager in its three-year existence is likely to be a foreigner, according to reports in the Japanese media.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 16, 2006

Ogata, Suenaga carry Carp to win over Dragons

Carp pinch hitter Masafumi Suenaga belts a solo homer to left in the fifth inning in the Carp's 5-4 win over the Chunichi Dragons at Hiroshima Stadium on Tuesday. KYODO PHOTO
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2006

Abe close to sewing up LDP majority

Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe is close to gaining majority support among Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers, putting him in a strong position to succeed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as LDP president and prime minister.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2006

Ozawa eager to fight for top DPJ post

Ichiro Ozawa, former vice president of the Democratic Party of Japan, says he is eager to run in the party's presidential election this Friday.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2006

U.S. presents detailed plans on realignment of military

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) Japan and the United States ended a two-day senior working-level meeting Thursday with the U.S. side presenting detailed plans for implementing an agreement made in October on the realignment of the U.S. military presence in Japan.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 22, 2005

Lotte's Kosaka traded to Yomiuri

The Yomiuri Giants have acquired infielder Makoto Kosaka from the Chiba Lotte Marines in a cash trade, the Central League club said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2005

Welfare trumps posts as candidates' main concern

Most of the declared candidates running in the Sept. 11 general election say social welfare reform should be the policy priority after the poll, according to a Kyodo News survey released Monday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 29, 2005

Where did we go right?

When it opened on Broadway in the spring of 2001, Mel Brooks' musical comedy "The Producers" became an instant cultural phenomenon steeped in irony. The day after its premiere, 33,000 tickets were sold at $100 each, a record high price, and the production was able to pay off its initial investment of...
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2005

Poll indicates DPJ poised for gains

With one week to go before the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, a new poll shows support for the opposition Democratic Party of Japan among voters in the capital is up 10 percentage points from four years ago.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 11, 2004

Happy Ogasawara remains a Fighter

Nippon Ham Fighters infielder Michihiro Ogasawara re-signed Friday for an unchanged annual salary of 400 million yen, officials of the Pacific League club said.

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