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Keita Inagaki and the Wild Knights will face Super Rugby's Chiefs in Saitama in February.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Nov 24, 2023
Super Rugby's Chiefs and Blues to face Japanese clubs in February
The Waikato Chiefs and Auckland Blues will travel to Japan in February for games against top local teams in preparation for the Super Rugby season.
Police cordon off an area near the site of a shooting in Auckland on Thursday.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Jul 20, 2023
Women's World Cup teams shaken but safe following deadly shooting in Auckland
"New Zealand Football are shocked by the incident in Auckland this morning," NZ Football said. "We can confirm that all of the Football Ferns team and staff are safe."
Japan Times
SOCCER / Women's World Cup
Jul 20, 2023
Women's World Cup teams shaken but safe following deadly shooting in Auckland
'New Zealand Football are shocked by the incident in Auckland this morning,' NZ Football said. 'We can confirm that all of the Football Ferns team and staff are safe.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 29, 2023
New Zealand’s largest city grapples with aftermath of devastating floods
At least three people were killed in the flooding in Auckland that forced hundreds of people from their homes and shut down the city’s airport, which was submerged.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 28, 2021
New Zealand's Auckland starts second COVID-19 lockdown this month
Exactly one year after New Zealand recorded its first coronavirus case, the country's biggest city, Auckland, woke up on Sunday to a second lockdown this month as health authorities try to rein in a cluster of the more contagious U.K. variant.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 15, 2021
New Zealand gets pandemic reality check as Auckland locked down
The country hasn't had to impose any restrictions since August last year when a community outbreak pushed Auckland into a three-week lockdown.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 14, 2020
New Zealand reports more COVID-19 cases and extends Auckland lockdown
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended a lockdown in the country's biggest city on Friday in response to the first national coronavirus outbreak in months, sticking with a "go early, go hard" approach she said has proven effective.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 13, 2020
New Zealand scrambles to trace cluster, reporting 14 new coronavirus cases
New Zealand officials continued to investigate the source of an outbreak of the coronavirus Thursday, reporting 14 new cases the same day as long queues of people formed to escape a renewed lockdown in the country's biggest city or be tested for the virus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 11, 2020
New Zealand locks down Auckland after first virus cases in months
New Zealand reported its first local cases of the coronavirus in more than 100 days and put its largest city Auckland into lockdown to prevent another outbreak.
Japan Times
Rugby
May 17, 2020
New Zealand players return to 'second preseason' on Monday
New Zealand's Super Rugby players will begin what coaches have deemed to be a "second preseason" on Monday as they return to training following a relaxation of health and travel restrictions imposed after the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 8, 2016
Antlers' Kanazaki provides winning header against Auckland City in Club World Cup opener
Mu Kanazaki came off the bench to score an 88th-minute winner as J. League champions Kashima Antlers beat part-timers Auckland City 2-1 on Thursday to advance to the second round of the Club World Cup.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 7, 2016
Kashima not taking Auckland lightly ahead of Club World Cup opener
Kashima Antlers coach Masatada Ishii will resist the urge to rest some of his key players when the newly crowned J. League champions take on New Zealand amateurs Auckland City in the opening game of the Club World Cup on Thursday.
Japan Times
Rugby
Dec 14, 2015
Brave Blossoms' Sa'u picks Auckland over Sunwolves
Japan's new Super Rugby side received yet another snub Monday with the news Male Sa'u has signed a one-year deal with the Auckland-based Blues.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 10, 2015
Sanfrecce off to winning start at Club World Cup
Yusuke Minagawa and Tsukasa Shiotani scored either side of halftime as J. League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima beat New Zealand part-timers Auckland City 2-0 on Thursday to kick off the Club World Cup.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 9, 2015
Tired Hiroshima ready to tap into reserves in Club World Cup opener
Sanfrecce Hiroshima admit to being worn out going into the Club World Cup, but the newly crowned J. League champions will bank on their confidence and experience to get them past Auckland City on Thursday.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
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.

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