Around 225 Belgian athletes wanting to participate in this summer's Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will be given COVID-19 vaccines in the coming days, health authorities in Belgium announced Monday. The athletes concerned are primarily those who have not yet qualified to take part in ...
Japan Times 1970: Brussels karate attack termed 'all a mistake'
100 YEARS AGO Thursday, Oct. 7, 1920 Shaving brushes of Japanese make cause six deaths 1920 | THE JAPAN TIMES The country is alarmed at the sixth fatal case of anthrax that has occurred through the use of shaving brushes from Japan. In all, 22 cases of anthrax ...
Thousands in Belgium march to demand end to violence against women
Thousands of people protested in Brussels on Sunday against violence targeting women, placing pairs of women's shoes painted red outside a court to symbolize victims of femicide. Singing and chanting, protesters carried banners reading "She leaves him, he kills her," "A dress is not a ...
Hamburg SV midfielder Tatsuya Ito signs transfer agreement with Sint-Truiden
Belgian first-division side Sint-Truiden announced Thursday it has signed a full transfer agreement with midfielder Tatsuya Ito. The 22-year-old, who joined Hamburg SV on a youth contract in July 2015, will join compatriots Daniel Schmidt and Yuma Suzuki at the Japanese-owned club. In December 2017, Hamburg ...
Sint-Truiden's Daniel Schmidt allows six goals in debut with team
Japan goalkeeper Daniel Schmidt conceded six goals in his first appearance for Sint-Truiden on Friday, as the Belgian top-division club lost 6-0 away to Club Brugge. Schmidt, who transferred from J. League first-division team Vegalta Sendai last month, said he felt like he was taking ...
Cannonball highlights how close Napoleon came to victory at Waterloo
A cannonball discovered this week by archaeologists provides a further indication of how close Napoleon Bonaparte came to winning the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The 3 kg (6-pound), rusty cannonball was found on Monday near the site of a field hospital about 600 meters ...
Japan sweeps Belgium; Saki Hayashi named series MVP
Japan's women's basketball team concluded a two-game exhibition series sweep of Belgium with a 84-71 win at Adastria Mito Arena on Sunday. Newcomer Saki Hayashi was the heroine for the second consecutive game as she knocked down five 3-pointers for the Akatsuki Five. "I had a ...
Strong outside shooting carries Japan past Belgium
Japan kept hitting shots from beyond the 3-point line and tamed Belgium 91-75 in the first game of their two-game exhibition series at Adastria Mito Arena on Friday night. Newcomer Saki Hayashi knocked down five 3-pointers in a 19-point performance to lead the Akatsuki Five. ...
Portrait book years in the making explores identity from eyes of mixed-race Japanese
Japanese-Belgian photographer Tetsuro Miyazaki's ongoing project Hāfu2Hāfu, which documents the portraits and thoughts on identity of Japanese mixed-race individuals, is being released after years in the making. Individuals with mixed roots are colloquially referred to in Japanese as hāfu, the Japanese pronunciation of the word ...
Two Belgian women, renouncing Islamic State, fear they will never go home with their six kids
Two Belgian women who joined Islamic State in Syria said on Sunday they were losing hope they will ever go home after a Belgian court overturned a ruling to repatriate them with their six children. Tatiana Wielandt and Bouchra Abouallal, each 26, said that as ...
Belgian club Sint-Truiden signs ex-Yokohama FC youth player Kosuke Kinoshita
Belgian top flight club Sint-Truiden on Friday announced the signing of former Japan under-19 forward Kosuke Kinoshita from Swedish second-tier side Halmstads BK. The 24-year-old Kinoshita, who stands 190 cm , will join compatriots Wataru Endo and Takehiro Tomiyasu at the club owned by Japanese ...
Belgium has best World Cup showing, beats England by 2-0 to secure third-place finish
Belgium beat England 2-0 in the World Cup third-place playoff on Saturday to secure its best-ever finish at a World Cup and send Gareth Southgate's side home with a second straight loss. France will face Croatia in Sunday's final at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. A ...
