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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 8, 2013

Marriage of convenience for Chelsea

Jose Mourinho talks about a love affair, but his return to Chelsea is more of an arranged marriage.
SOCCER
Dec 27, 2012

Hodgson mulls penalties in friendlies

England coach Roy Hodgson believes using penalties to settle deadlocked friendlies could help reverse the country's dismal record in tournament shootouts.
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 1, 2012

Yokohama defender Kurihara has big ambitions with club and country

Yuzo Kurihara may be suspended for Japan's World Cup qualifier against Iraq this month, but if the Yokohama F. Marinos defender cannot be with his teammates in body, he fully intends to be there in spirit.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 18, 2011

Japan edges Germany in women's volleyball

The Japan women's volleyball team defeated Germany in a spirited five-set match at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on Thursday. The hosts won the FIVB Women's World Cup fourth-round match 25-20, 25-23, 27-25, 25-17, 15-12.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Nov 10, 2011

Home comforts in short supply as Japan aims for final round

Tajikistan and North Korea might not be the strongest of opponents, but conditions away from home will certainly make Japan's bid to secure an early place in the final round of World Cup qualifiers difficult over the coming week.
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Sep 9, 2010

Hara serves up feast for Zaccheroni's first taste of Japan

Alberto Zaccheroni talked of Japan's "potential" when he was unveiled as national team manager last Tuesday, and the Italian's first glimpse of his new charges can only have reinforced that impression.
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 3, 2010

Wakayama to honor Komano

Japan defender Yuichi Komano, whose missed penalty resulted in his country's exit from the World Cup, will receive a special award from his home prefecture.
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 13, 2009

Finke calls for change to J. League schedule

SAITAMA — Urawa Reds manager Volker Finke has urged the J. League to change the timing of its season to align with the European calendar.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 11, 2009

Listless Japan settles for draw

Qatar rained on Japan's World Cup qualification parade with a second-half penalty to earn a 1-1 draw on Wednesday night.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 23, 2008

Barwick's departure comes as no surprise

LONDON — England's uninspiring 2-2 draw against the Czech Republic on Wednesday was overshadowed by the news that Brian Barwick is to leave his post as chief executive of the Football Association after four years in it.
SOCCER / World cup
May 25, 2008

Tamada's 21st-minute tally gives Japan victory over Cote d'Ivoire

Japan got its warm-up for next month's crucial World Cup qualifiers off to a successful start with an impressive 1-0 win over Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / 2008 J. LEAGUE PREVIEW
Mar 7, 2008

Osieck convinced Reds are on the right track

No one is looking forward to the start of the J. League season more than Urawa Reds.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 10, 2007

McClaren taking heat after England's most recent stumble

LONDON -- Seven months after Sven-Goran Eriksson's departure, many of those who were glad to see him walk away are yearning for a return of the good old days under the Swede.
SOCCER
Jul 27, 2006

Nakazawa may quit national team

Japan and Yokohama F. Marinos defender Yuji Nakazawa, who played for Japan in all three matches at the World Cup in Germany, indicated Wednesday that he may end his international career.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Government and bad actors are at the root of the foreign national issue
A maiko walks down a street crowded with tourists in Kyoto. Challenges that come with a massive influx of overseas visitors and foreign nationals buying up real estate are just some of the immigration problems that have become hot-button political issues in Japan.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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