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Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 3, 2017

Mourinho's strategy not yielding desired results

Jose Mourinho returns to Chelsea on Sunday and it is the safest of bets that Saturday's press conference will fire the first bullets ahead of a match neither side can afford to lose. Antonio Conte will inevitably be in Mourinho's sights, but to the many targets for the Vitriolic One was added Manchester...
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 19, 2017

Premier League season winds down to underwhelming finish

A Premier League season that began with justified hopes of a competitive, high quality battle between six heavyweight clubs with some of the finest coaches in football ends with a whimper on Sunday.
SOCCER
Mar 14, 2008

Lampard blasts home four goals as Chelsea rips Derby

LONDON (AP) Frank Lampard scored four goals Wednesday to lead Chelsea to a 6-1 English Premier League win over Derby that closed the gap on second-place Manchester United to three points.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 18, 2005

Reds captain Gerrard confident ahead of championship decider

YOKOHAMA -- England international Steven Gerrard believes the current Liverpool side is the best he's ever played in and is raring to go ahead of Sunday's Club World Championship soccer final against Sao Paulo.
EDITORIALS
Dec 22, 2017

Accomplishments of shogi and go champions

The performances of shogi and go champions Yoshiharu Habu and Yuta Iyama show why AI programs will never dominate those games even as they rack up victories against top players.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 7, 2010

Europe enjoying golden era

NEWPORT, Wales — The Ryder Cup used to be the crowning achievement for European golf.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 11, 2005

FIFA pins hopes on six-team event

FIFA is keeping its fingers crossed that the Club World Championship captures the imagination of fans in Japan and around the world when it kicks off on Sunday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 4, 2018

Putting Wenger's long run into perspective

Arsene Wenger will be given a hero's farewell at Emirates Stadium on Sunday when Arsenal plays Burnley, though the genuine affection rightly afforded him will be matched by a sense of relief that the greatest manager in the club's history is leaving after 22 years.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 16, 2015

Tall task for Klopp in trying to turn Liverpool around

Those who expect an underachieving Liverpool to suddenly become a Premier League powerhouse because Jürgen Klopp is in charge will be disappointed. The German is an excellent manager, but not a miracle worker as some of the hype would have us believe.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 10, 2015

Pellegrini won't have to worry about money if fired

It is easy to understand why Manuel Pellegrini is unconcerned about continuing media speculation that he could be sacked by Manchester City at the end of what is proving to be a disappointing season for the Champions.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jan 17, 2014

Coach serves up support for Japan's budding tennis stars

Arriving in Japan in 1986, Colombia-born coach and player Rodrigo Hernandez brought with him a wealth of experience and expertise gained from working with and competing against some of the greats of world tennis. Expecting to stay only a year, he's been coaching here ever since.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 2, 2023

No. 1 Iga Swiatek rolls into third round at French Open

The world No. 1 is looking to lift the Suzanne Lenglen Cup for the third time in four years.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 13, 2022

Roger Federer 'definitely' planning to return to ATP Tour in 2023

The former world No. 1, who will be 41 in August, has not played since July 2021.
JAPAN / YOKOHAMA AT 150
May 29, 2009

Yokohama — city on the cutting edge

Last in a series
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Sep 17, 2006

Bizarre bouts of self-expression

Nearly 300 spectators cheered wildly as disco music blared. A spotlight picked out two fighters approaching the ring to kick off a puroresu (prowrestling) event held recently in a Tokyo town hall.
SOCCER / World cup
Aug 23, 2006

Osim likely to ignore Euro stars

New Japan coach Ivica Osim looks set to snub Celtic midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura and other European-based players for next month's Asian Cup qualifiers away to Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 22, 2011

Arsenal likely to bring end to trophy drought

LONDON — The quadruple of winning the Premier League, Champions League, F.A. Cup and the League Cup has never been achieved in England.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 11, 2007

J. League's Onitake optimistic about future

The Japan Times recently visited J. League chairman Kenji Onitake at his office to find out about his vision for the future of the league and soccer in Japan.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Sep 13, 2000

Talking Olympic tennis with Japan's best-ever player

For some, tennis is not a sport that should be in the Olympics. Its players have been professional for a long time, they earn millions of dollars a year, and they have their own major international championships.
PARALYMPICS
Jan 6, 2021

Athletes aim to convert 2020 struggles into Paralympic success

Japan's para athletes are optimistic about the extra year of preparation they have received through the postponement of the Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Aug 28, 2019

It takes a village to raise an Olympic hopeful

Deborah Grow reflects on her journey as a 'judo mom' and her son Sanshiro's dream to become an Olympian.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2018

Shogi showdown pits 'god' against 'genius'

The match of the century. The battle between a "god" and a "genius." The faceoff between the undisputed champion of shogi and his touted successor.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 13, 2016

Van Gaal's future uncertain with Mourinho waiting in wings

Over the past six months, rarely has a day gone by when some newspaper has not run a story about Jose Mourinho taking over from Louis van Gaal. There has been a drip-drip of exclusives ranging from a pre-contract has been signed, an actual contract has been signed to the Portuguese's wish-list of new...
Discovered in the 1930s, the Geisha coffee plant came to worldwide fame in the early 2000s and now represents some of the best coffee on the planet — Tokyo's top cafes included.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 30, 2024

The Geisha bean is the leading lady of Tokyo's coffee scene

Named for a region of Ethiopia (and not Japan’s kimono-clad performers), Geisha has become the crown jewel of Tokyo’s flourishing specialty coffee scene.
Cristiano Ronaldo scores for Portugal during a Nations League match against Scotland in Lisbon, Portugal, on Sunday.
SOCCER
Sep 12, 2024

Cristiano Ronaldo labels Erik ten Hag's attitude as too negative for United

The Portugal star, who now plays for Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia, fell out with Ten Hag before his second spell at Old Trafford ended late in 2022.
Rafael Nadal won 22 Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal during his career.
TENNIS
Oct 11, 2024

Rafael Nadal leaves behind legacy as role model and inspiration for fellow players

Nadal will hang up his racket after the Davis Cup next month.
Novak Djokovic (right) and Carlos Alcaraz meet at the net following the 2023 Wimbledon final in London in July.
TENNIS
Sep 28, 2023

Novak Djokovic sees bright future for tennis Carlos Alcaraz leading charge

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic believes the future of tennis is in good hands with young gun Carlos Alcaraz leading the way.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Osaka police crack down on crime ring over underage prostitution
Osaka Prefectural Police headquarters
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.
Rare vintage shots and first-time shows at TOP’s 30th anniversary
The museum's curators selected a wide array of works from the archives for the milestone exhibitions. Among other photos, Nobuyoshi Araki's work from the series "Winter Journey" (1990) was included in the "Continuity and Change" exhibition that concluded in June.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.

Podcast

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

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
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