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SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 13, 2007

Asashoryu rolls countryman

Grand champion Asashoryu overwhelmed his Mongolian compatriot Kyokutenho on Friday to remain one win off the lead at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 12, 2007

Asa on Tamakasuga's heels

Grand champion Asashoryu defeated his Mongolian compatriot Tokitenku on Thursday to stay one win off the pace on the fifth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
SOCCER
Jan 9, 2007

Morioka Shogyo captures national title

Shintaro Chiba scored a late winner as Morioka Shogyo beat Sakuyo 2-1 in the 85th All-Japan High School final at Tokyo's National Stadium on Monday.
COMMENTARY
Jan 8, 2007

Cabinet office losing its grip

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is under intense pressure to overhaul his administration after two scandal-tainted aides were forced to resign in December. The trouble came only three months after he took office.
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 3, 2007

'Lucky' Guido leaves as winner

Guido Buchwald admitted Lady Luck was smiling down upon him in his last match as Urawa coach after the Reds stole the Emperor's Cup from under the noses of a dominant Gamba Osaka on New Year's Day.
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2007

Obituary: Yoshimi Tanaka

Yoshimi Tanaka, one of the nine Japanese Red Army members who hijacked a Japan Airlines jet to Pyongyang in 1970, died Monday of liver cancer at a hospital in Chiba Prefecture, sources said.
EDITORIALS
Jan 1, 2007

A political showdown year

Mr. Shinzo Abe's administration at first seemed to have smooth sailing. By visiting China and South Korea and holding summits with their leaders, the prime minister managed to improve Japan's relations with the two neighbors. The relations had soured as a result of his predecessor Junichiro Koizumi's...
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2006

Cops mark unsolved 2000 family killing

, speaks at the squad's meeting Saturday at Seijo Police Station in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. KYODO PHOTO

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami