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JAPAN
Jun 25, 2007

Bull-Dog bites back at advance by U.S. fund

Bull-Dog Sauce Co. shareholders on Sunday approved the company's proposal to launch defensive measures to fend off an unsolicited takeover bid by New York-based hedge fund Steel Partners.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 23, 2007

Rakuten acquires Guzman

SENDAI (Kyodo News) The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles announced Friday the acquisition of Dominican pitcher Domingo Guzman, who had played in Japan for four-plus years with the Yokohama BayStars and Chunichi Dragons. The 32-year-old right-hander agreed to an 18 million yen salary deal with Rakuten after...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 23, 2007

Tuffy gives fans delight on, off field

As he walked back from the outfield after wrapping up his pre-game fielding practice, fans found him, ran down to the first row of the stands and yelled, "Tuffy! Give me your autograph!"
SOCCER
Jun 22, 2007

Osim leaves door ajar for Hide

Japan coach Ivica Osim has left the national team door wide open for Hidetoshi Nakata should the superstar make a sensational return to professional soccer.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2007

Sato pleads innocent to bribery

and his brother, Yuji (center back), enter the Tokyo District Court for the Thursday start of their bribery trial. KYODO PHOTO
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 21, 2007

Urawa gets back on right track after trip abroad

With his team in second place in the J. League and at the quarterfinal stage of the AFC Champions League, it would appear things are looking rosy for Holger Osieck and Urawa Reds.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2007

N. Korea talks could restart next month: Hill

are very aware of the fact that this is a step-by-step process, with many steps to come," Hill said. Pyongyang agreed to abandon its nuclear program in exchange for access to frozen funds at a Macau bank. The funds were frozen after the U.S. blacklisted the bank for allegedly assisting North Korea in...
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2007

Iwojima, site of fierce battle, is officially renamed Iwoto

Iwojima, the famous patch of volcanic rock in the Pacific where Japanese and U.S. forces fought a fierce battle toward the end of World War II, is no longer known by that name, officially speaking.
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 17, 2007

Frontale waste chance to gain ground on Gamba

KAWASAKI — With their full complement of forwards, Kawasaki Frontale possess a fluid attacking threat able to dissect defenses far better than the one presented by Kashiwa Reysol on Saturday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 17, 2007

Yano provides big spark for Giants

So Taguchi played in 134 games for the St. Louis Cardinals last season, but only started in 71 of those contests. Nevertheless, Taguchi made his living by mostly coming off the bench and was hailed by manager Tony LaRussa as a key component of the World Series champions.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2007

North Korean defectors arrive in South Korea

A South Korean man kidnapped by the communist North more than 30 years ago has escaped and is now safe with South Korean authorities in China, an activist said Saturday. Lee Han Seop, 59, fled the North last month and is at a South Korean consulate in China, said Choi Sung Yong, the head of a group of...
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2007

10 Pakistani Navy sailors go AWOL during rare Tokyo goodwill port call

and a supply ship are seen docked at Harumi Wharf in Tokyo on Thursday. KYODO PHOTO
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Japan ranks 66th in press freedom, lowest among G7
Japan climbed four positions from last year, with Reporters Without Borders noting that "the principles of media freedom and pluralism are generally respected" in the country.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
Kawasaki can hold its head high after spirited Asian Champions League effort
Frontale players grimace during the final of the Asian Champions League on Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Kawasaki lost 2-0 against heavily favored Al-Ahli.
Japan’s ‘tabi’ sock mecca runs on thread and memories
A seamstress at Kineya Tabi sews together split-toe "tabi" socks, once a major industry for the town of Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
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