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2023 RUGBY WORLD CUP

Japan's Fumiaki Tanaka gestures during the team's World Cup match against Scotland in Yokohama in October 2019.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Aug 3, 2023
Fumiaki Tanaka expects Japan to hit top form for World Cup
Even though Japan lost to the All Blacks XV and Samoa before beating Tonga in July, Tanaka talked up the Brave Blossoms' potential.
Japan's players celebrate after their international test win over Tonga at Hanazono Stadium in Osaka Prefecture on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Jul 30, 2023
Newcomers, returnees forcing Jamie Joseph to make tough decisions
The Brave Blossoms' head coach admitted that with just one game remaining before he makes the final cut, there would be some sleepless nights.
The Brave Blossoms will face Samoa in the Pacific Nations Cup in Sapporo on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Jul 21, 2023
Brave Blossoms to continue World Cup preparations against familiar opponent Samoa
Despite two big defeats against an All Blacks XV, head coach Jamie Joseph has kept changes to a minimum, bringing in just three players to the starting XV that lost 41-27 last week.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jul 23, 2023
Japanese rugby seemingly in stagnation mode ahead of Rugby World Cup
The high-speed Brave Blossoms attack that so delighted fans at the previous two World Cups hardly made an appearance.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jul 22, 2023
Michael Leitch red card costs Japan in World Cup tune-up against Samoa
Samoa edged the home side 24-22 in Sapporo in what was a dress rehearsal for the two teams' Pool D encounter at the World Cup in France later this year.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jul 16, 2023
Still finding feet, Japan unwavering in World Cup preparation
Saturday's defeat to an All Blacks XV followed a more one-sided loss to the touring team by a Japan XV a week earlier in Tokyo.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jul 16, 2023
Late surge not enough as Japan again falls to All Blacks XV
Japan turned to experience by starting the likes of Shota Horie and Keita Inagaki in the teams' second friendly, but trailed from the ninth minute.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jul 9, 2023
Japan XV falls to heavy defeat against All Blacks XV
Japan took an early lead through Rikiya Matsuda's penalty but found itself chasing for the rest of the match.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jul 5, 2023
Shortened Rugby Championship provides World Cup litmus test
South Africa hosts Australia in Pretoria and New Zealand travels to Mendoza to meet Argentina in the opening fixtures on Saturday.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jun 25, 2023
Michael Hooper and James Slipper to co-captain Wallabies at World Cup
Head coach Eddie Jones also named a 34-man squad for the Rugby Championship that included eight uncapped players.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jun 20, 2023
Ethnic Korean Lee Seung-sin hopes to set example in Japan's RWC squad
The fly-half was among 36 players named in Japan's test squad as Jamie Joseph begins his preparations for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jun 12, 2023
Jamie Joseph confident Brave Blossoms' style can give England trouble at Rugby World Cup
Joseph, who led Japan to the quarterfinals in 2019, says his team can 'achieve anything.'
Japan Times
Rugby
Jun 11, 2023
Japan Stalwart Kazuki Himeno keen to eclipse 2019 World Cup success
The 28-year-old is confident a better physicality and his success in playing openside flanker in New Zealand will elevate his performances in France.
Japan Times
Rugby
May 31, 2023
Rugby World Cup 'timely' as sport deals with off-field problems
Issues in the sport over recent months have included clubs in England continuing to experience financial woes and Welsh players threatening to strike over contract problems.
Japan Times
Rugby
May 24, 2023
Shota Horie, Rikiya Matsuda back in Japan squad for World Cup training camp
The Brave Blossoms' final World Cup squad will be announced in early August.
Japan Times
Rugby
May 21, 2023
Spears' Bernard Foley stakes World Cup claim with League One title
The 33-year-old is vying with several players including Quade Cooper, Ben Donaldson, Carter Gordon and Noah Lolesio for the Wallabies' No. 10 shirt.
Japan Times
Rugby
May 11, 2023
Eddie Jones finalizes Wallabies staff ahead of 'smash and grab' World Cup bid
The Australian has been slowly building his coaching team since taking over from the axed Dave Rennie in January, with all 11 members now on board.
Japan Times
Rugby
May 9, 2023
Faf de Klerk says Springboks motivated to 'prove world wrong'
The feisty scrum-half believes the underdog tag fits the fourth-ranked defending world champions ahead of the Rugby World Cup.
Japan Times
Rugby
Apr 25, 2023
Springboks captain Siya Kolisi could miss World Cup with knee injury
A South African Rugby Union insider said on Monday that the 31-year-old World Cup-winning skipper had seen specialists and is set to meet another on Tuesday.
Japan Times
Rugby
Apr 18, 2023
World Rugby to trial card review system ahead of men's World Cup
The concept will be tested at the World Rugby Under-20 Championship in South Africa in June.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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