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Japan Times
Rugby
Sep 11, 2011

Japan's spirited effort not enough to upset France

Japan earned some respect from a European rival, even if it fell short of earning a victory.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Dec 5, 2010

Anyone for a great green gourd?

Copying a Canadian friend, during spring for the last two years I have built tepee frames, not conventional trellises, for my cucumbers to trail around as they grow.
Japan Times
Rugby
Mar 1, 2010

Wild Knights beat Verblitz for third straight title

What's better than back-to-back championships? How about a three-peat?
Japan Times
Rugby
Feb 1, 2010

Toshiba pips Sanyo for Top League title

It takes a really special occasion to wear a T-shirt with a business suit, and Sunday was just that for Toshiba Electric.
Rugby
Sep 14, 2007

Japan impresses fans despite loss to Fiji

Japan narrowly lost a pulsating Rugby World Cup game 35-31 to Fiji at the Stade Municipal of Toulouse on Wednesday but the Brave Blossoms still earned a standing ovation from a thrilled crowd of some 35,000 spectators.
Rugby
Jun 9, 2007

Young talent to get chance in PNC 3rd round

TOWNSVILLE, Australia — A radically reorganized Japan team will face Australia A in the third round of the Pacific Nations Cup on Saturday.
Rugby
Feb 26, 2007

Coaches go out in style as Toshiba takes title

Head coaches Masahiro Kunda and Eiji Kutsuki finished their Top League careers at Sunday's All Japan Finals, where the Toshiba Brave Lupus won the title with a 19-10 victory over the Toyota Verblitz.
Rugby
Jun 19, 2006

Ex-Japan coach Shukuzawa dies

Hiroaki Shukuzawa, the most successful coach of the Japan national rugby team, died of a heart attack on Saturday at age 55.
Rugby
Feb 27, 2006

Toshiba Fuchu, NEC share national title

Japanese corporate rugby heavyweights Toshiba Fuchu and NEC shared the national championship title after playing out a 6-6 draw in the final on Sunday.
Rugby
May 30, 2005

Canada downs Japan to take Toshiba Super Cup

Canada won the Toshiba Super Cup at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya on Sunday, beating Japan 15-10 in the final.
Rugby
Jan 31, 2005

Toshiba, Yamaha set to do battle in Microsoft Cup final

The Microsoft Cup final on Feb. 6 at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya will see Top League champion Toshiba Brave Lupus take on runnerup Yamaha Jubilo following Sunday's two semifinals.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 19, 2004

NEC takes its chances to end up on top of World

There's an old saying in rugby that you take the points whenever they are offered to you. And it's a lesson that the World Fighting Bull players will do well to remember after Saturday's 33-31 loss to the NEC Green Rockets at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya.
Rugby
Dec 5, 2004

Ricoh downloads IBM; Toshiba bumps Sanyo

Following a four-week break -- supposedly to allow Japan to take its best team on what turned out to be a disastrous tour of Europe -- Top League rugby action made its return on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 17, 2004

Spears tackle Sungoliath to reach top spot in league

Rugby fans in Tokyo certainly got their money's worth on Saturday at Chichibunomiya.
Rugby
Sep 19, 2004

Yamaha trips Suntory in opener

It took just two minutes for the 168-cm, 88-kg Sadanobu Imari to realize that all the pre-season niceties were over and that the rugby season proper was under way on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS
May 31, 2004

Japan brings back memories of RWC 2003 with Super Powers Cup win

American sports often have what is termed a franchise player -- an athlete around whom a team is built.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jan 18, 2004

Kanto freezes Waseda for title

What a difference a year makes.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 17, 2003

England boots France

SYDNEY -- England set up a repeat of the 1991 Rugby World Cup final with a 24-7 semifinal win over France at a wet Telstra Stadium in Sydney on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 8, 2003

Eight players to take center stage

Jonny Wilkinson
MORE SPORTS
Mar 23, 2003

Tomahawks cancel tour to Japan

The United States rugby league team, the Tomahawks, canceled its tour to Japan late Friday night.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 26, 2003

Suntory claims bragging rights as 'last champion'

The 55th and final name to be engraved onto the trophy for the Company Clubs Rugby Football Championship will be that of Suntory following its 38-25 victory over Toshiba Fuchu at Tokyo's National Stadium on Saturday.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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.
California says it overtakes Japan to become world’s No. 4 economy
Vehicles travel along the 110 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. California's GDP has overtaken Japan's to become the world's fourth largest economy, according to the U.S. state.
Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’
Arunima Mazumdar, a New Delhi-based communications professional, began sharing her love of Japanese literature online in 2022. The platform has grown into a robust community known as Dokusha Book Club.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.
Japan struggles with gray zone of AI deepfakes exploiting children
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
‘Wildcat Dome’ challenges Japan's historical narratives
On the surface, "Wildcat Dome" tells a personal story of damaged children — now adults — bound together by tragedy. Underneath, there’s a constant undercurrent of political consequence, invisible and pervasive like radioactive particles.
Reclaiming Sanya, one meal at a time
Magokoro Yoshihira (center) is the managing director of Yui Associates, which operates the neighborhood fixtures of Sanya Cafe and Juyoh Hotel. Yusuke Takahashi (left) met Yoshihira during a difficult period in his life and now works as the cafe’s chef. Nancy Anne (right) has worked for over 10 years at Juyoh Hotel and enjoys the multicultural environment.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.

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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
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