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LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jan 27, 2011

Designs that are tidy, clean and stylin'

Tidy brand squeezes out another good design
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 25, 2005

Classless Chelsea, Mourinho facing yet another day in the dock

LONDON -- Another day, another charge.
SOCCER / World cup
Jan 12, 2001

Japan sets up friendly with France

Asian champion Japan will start its 2001 season with a training camp in mid-February and play its first friendly in Europe against world champion France in late March, the Japan Football Association announced Thursday in Tokyo.
OLYMPICS
Dec 31, 2019

Forecasting Japan's top medal hopefuls for 2020 Games

Japan's Olympians intend to take the nation by storm with their best-ever results at the 2020 Tokyo Games this summer.
Japan Times
TENNIS / MATCH POINT
May 5, 2015

Expert says Nishikori's rise to elite due to self-belief

Kei Nishikori's impressive performance in winning the Barcelona Open for the second straight year and the withdrawal of world No. 1 Novak Djokovic have made the Shimane native the favorite at this week's Madrid Open.
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SUMO / Regional Voices: Chubu
Jul 18, 2022

1972 Nagoya Basho a key turning point for foreign sumo wrestlers

The year was pivotal, marking the return of Okinawa to Japan and the normalizing of diplomatic ties between Japan and China.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Dec 11, 2019

Joining sumo no easy task for foreign rikishi hopefuls

For young men with Japanese nationality, joining sumo can be as easy as knocking on a stable door, sending an email, or picking up the phone.
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BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2014

Uniqlo's tennis bet pays off as endorsers square off at U.S. Open

Fast Retailing Co. is ready for war. The clothing maker's battle begins Saturday, when world No. 1 Novak Djokovic takes on 10th-seed Kei Nishikori in the U.S. Open semifinal.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / NOTES ON A SCORECARD
Nov 19, 2013

Mizuno best man to lead Tokyo organizing committee for 2020 Games

It is amazing how often the answer to a question can be right in front of you.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jun 15, 2011

NSK gets a glimpse of a (potentially) bright future

In May the English soccer team Manchester United won their 19th English league championship to date — and the world watched on TV, the Internet and via a wealth of other media sources.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 16, 2000

Halard-Decugis, Schalken claim Japan Open tennis titles

It was death by a thousand cuts or, to put it another way, victory by a thousand errors.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Nov 20, 2021

Concern and anger build over missing Chinese athlete Peng Shuai’s sexual assault allegations

The case has prompted the women's tennis tour to rethink its focus in China, where it has threatened to pull events if it cannot verify her safety and that her allegations are investigated.
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TENNIS
Feb 18, 2021

Rafael Nadal's grand ambitions in Australia derailed again

The 34-year-old has now lost in the quarterfinals in consecutive years, having been outplayed by Dominic Thiem in 2020.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 30, 2018

Banning women from the sumo ring: centuries-old tradition, straight-up sexism or something more complex?

In a life-threatening moment, Maizuru Mayor Ryozo Tatami suddenly collapsed while delivering a speech during a sumo exhibition in Kyoto.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 25, 2017

Hard facts difficult to pin down in Coutinho transfer saga

Amid a mountain of rumors, denials, exclusive (even world-exclusive) stories and endless hours of discussion, Philippe Coutinho remains a Liverpool player. Many will congratulate owners FSG for keeping to their word (which most doubted it would keep) and not sell the forward to Barcelona whose third...
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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 17, 2017

Pogba's disappointing season comes at heavy price

The reason Paul Pogba joined Manchester United in a world record £89 million transfer last summer is the same as why he left Old Trafford for Juventus as an 18-year-old in 2012) — Mino Raiola, his agent.
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TENNIS
May 30, 2014

Nadal storms into 3rd round

Rafael Nadal provided a claycourt lesson for one of the game's young apprentices at the French Open when he crushed rising Austrian Dominic Thiem with a masterly display to reach the third round on Thursday.
TENNIS
Feb 11, 2012

Japan, Croatia tied after Nishikori fails to follow Soeda's lead

Japan and Croatia are tied 1-1 after the opening day of their Davis Cup World Group first-round tie on Friday at Bourbon Beans Dome.
TENNIS
Oct 4, 2008

Del Potro upsets Ferrer in quarters

Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro sent top seed and defending champion David Ferrer crashing out in the quarterfinals of the Japan Open on Friday, while American Andy Roddick continued his successful tour of Asia with a comfortable 6-3, 6-4 win over Serbia's Viktor Troicki.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Sep 25, 2007

Nobuaki Kakuda

Nobuaki Kakuda, 46, is a karate fighter with the Seido Kaikan organization and the executive producer of K1, the Japanese sport that matches up practitioners of a variety of martial arts, such as karate, kickboxing, kung fu, tae kwan do and boxing. One of the world's strongest fighters, Kakuda is in...
MORE SPORTS
Feb 5, 2007

Hingis claims record fifth in Tokyo

Martina Hingis' record-breaking fifth Toray Pan Pacific Open title was the sweetest of them all.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 17, 2005

Celtic's signing of volatile Keane difficult to understand

LONDON -- It is the time of the year when, because it is goodwill to all, we open the occasional Christmas present and say "excellent . . . just what I wanted," when the reality is "oh no . . . why was I given that?"
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Dec 17, 2005

Blatter backs off previous remarks

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has changed his mind over the participation of a local team at the Club World Championship in a bid to boost ticket sales after this year's fan turnout was badly affected by the absence of a Japanese side.

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Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years