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SOCCER
Jul 9, 2007

Osim: Japan motivated to repeat as champion

HANOI, Vietnam — Ivica Osim and captain Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi put on a united front Sunday after questions were raised over a poor attitude permeating the Japan squad ahead of its first Asian Cup finals game.
Rugby
Jun 3, 2007

Japan edges Tonga in Pacific Nations Cup

COFFS HARBOUR, Australia — In a tight and physical game, Japan beat Tonga 20-17 in the country's second-round affair in the Pacific Nations Cup.
Rugby
May 27, 2007

Japan stumbles against fired-up Fiji

LAUTOKA, Fiji — Japan played its first-round game Saturday in the Pacific Nations Cup against Fiji at the Churchill Rugby Ground here in hot afternoon conditions.
Rugby
Apr 1, 2007

JRFU sends 3 to New Zealand

The Japan Rugby Football Union has selected three young players to allocate to New Zealand as part of a so-called ATQ (Advance to the Quarterfinal) Project this year, the JRFU announced on Friday.
Rugby
Feb 5, 2007

Toshiba seals up third straight Cup

The pressure ran high, and the opponents were radically different.
SUMO
Nov 11, 2006

Komusubi Kisenosato

Kisenosato entered professional sumo in 2002 while still in his mid-teens. A native of Ibaraki Prefecture to the northeast of Tokyo and only age 20, he is perhaps the most promising young Japanese rikishi in sumo today.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 2, 2006

Tyler Foundation helps other sick kids shine on

There are many pictures of Tyler Ferris on the Web site his mother, Kimberly Forsythe, created after his death just over a year ago. In every one he is smiling, if not grinning from ear to ear.
BASKETBALL
Aug 22, 2006

Angolans making waves at world champs

HIROSHIMA -- The world must take notice now.
Rugby
Jun 12, 2006

Italy crushes Japan in test match

Japan fell to its second big defeat in a week in a 56-6 drubbing by Italy in a rugby test match on Sunday.
Rugby
Apr 17, 2006

Japan pummels Arabian Gulf in World Cup qualifier

Japan demolished the Arabian Gulf 82-9 on Sunday, giving the host three points in its qualifying campaign for the 2007 rugby World Cup.
Rugby
Feb 6, 2006

Toshiba Fuchu wins 2nd straight Microsoft Cup

Toshiba Fuchu scored four tries in the first half and went on to beat Suntory 33-18 in the Microsoft Cup final on Sunday, completing a league and cup double for the second straight year.
Japan Times
Features
Jan 22, 2006

Home from home

The first Doreen Wingate saw of Yokohama was the immigration and customs office next to the now famous Red Brick Warehouse on Shinko Pier. The year was 1952, and Doreen, her husband and 6-month-old son were arriving in Japan by ship, the same way as most of Yokohama's fledgling expatriate community....
Rugby
Dec 25, 2005

Toshiba Fuchu nabs second title

Toshiba Fuchu won its second straight title in the rugby Top League on Saturday when its closest rival, Sanyo Electric, lost 56-18 to Yamaha Motor.
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2005

State lenders to be whittled to one

The government and ruling Liberal Democratic Party agreed on a plan Tuesday to create a single public lender by scrapping one, privatizing two and integrating the remaining five.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 12, 2005

Beckham's glamour image at heart of debate on his talent

LONDON -- David Beckham captains England for the 50th time against Argentina in a friendly in Geneva on Saturday with, in many respects, the jury still out on the Real Madrid midfielder.
BASKETBALL
Oct 20, 2005

Kawachi shooting for stars with new pro hoop league

Toshimitsu Kawachi, the commissioner of Japan's first ever professional basketball league, is a true believer.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 12, 2005

Chelsea leads three-horse race in quest for Premiership title

LONDON -- According to Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon the 2005-06 Premiership title will be won by "a small bunch of one" with manager Jose Mourinho predicting the Blues will confirm their second successive English crown in the last fixture on May 7 at Newcastle. So that's this season then. Roll...
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 22, 2005

Baseball had no chance in IOC vote with Rogge at helm

Mission accomplished.
BUSINESS
Jul 19, 2005

Money -- the toughest hurdle in sport

Just as many professional athletes struggle to carve out a second career after they retire, amateur sports players are also confronting some really hard times.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 11, 2005

Punshiment for Bowyer over Dyer incident has gone too far

LONDON -- It is with the heaviest of hearts that this correspondent sticks up for Lee Bowyer, the Newcastle midfielder who would undoubtedly figure in most supporters' top five least popular players.
Rugby
May 16, 2005

Brave Blossoms bounce back to win

Japan made it two wins out of two in its qualifying campaign for the 2007 rugby World Cup after overpowering South Korea away 50-31 Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 26, 2005

Dr. Tutu & Tame Iti project paints cultural theft

When Lisa Salmon was introduced to Jeff Root by an old high school friend in California, they found they had Japan in common. Jeff taught here in the early 1990s, and was then head-hunted out of Chicago in 2001; Lisa came initially on the JET program in 1996.

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