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FC OSAKA

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 18, 2013
Two more high courts condemn vote gap
The Osaka High Court ruled Wednesday that the disparity of up to 4.77-fold in the weight of votes in July's Upper House election was unconstitutional but dismissed plaintiffs' demand that the election results in six western districts be nullified.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 17, 2013
Ishin loses control of Osaka Prefectural Assembly
Osaka Ishin no Kai (One Osaka), a local political group that is part of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), has lost its majority in the Osaka Prefectural Assembly after four members were expelled Monday for voting against the group's proposal to privatize a local railway.
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2013
Osaka drops railway sale after nixing Lone Star
Osaka Prefecture has canceled the ¥78.1 billion sale of a commuter rail line after local lawmakers rejected U.S.-based Lone Star Funds as the winning bidder, according to a source.
BASKETBALL
Dec 14, 2013
Ryukyu triumphs over Osaka in overtime
The shots weren't falling and their overall game was not a thing of beauty, not a well-choreographed artistic production.
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Dec 14, 2013
State secrets bill shows Abe's tin ear for local politics
Former U.S. Speaker of the House Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, one of America's most influential politicians of the late 20th century, had some sage advice for those who thought about national or international politics. "All politics," O'Neill warned, "is local."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2013
Kansai airport luring budget carriers
New Kansai International Airport Co. President Keiichi Ando says his firm is sounding out foreign low-cost carriers, including China's Spring Airlines and Singapore Airlines' Scoot, about flying out of Osaka.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 13, 2013
Osaka police face charges over coverup
Osaka police turned over to prosecutors Friday cases against nine of their own, including former superintendents, in connection with the falsification of investigation records for a 41-year-old man taken into custody last year.
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2013
Muslim guide for Osaka merchants
The Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry has created a guidebook on how to serve Muslims, hoping to attract tourists from Malaysia, Indonesia and other fast-growing Muslim countries.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Dec 4, 2013
Bunraku storyteller speaks out
During the early part of the Edo Period, when Japan was ruled by Tokugawa shoguns from 1603-1867, Osaka — the main city in the Kansai region of western Honshu — thrived as the country's cultural and economic center. It was during those heady days around 400 years ago that a kind of puppetry called...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 4, 2013
Trapped by human society
Osaka-born Tetsumi Kudo's oeuvre has been the subject of a number of major international retrospectives since his death in 1990, and these indicate the artist's increasing postwar historical significance. The current National Museum of Art, Osaka retrospective is magisterial. With more than 600 pages,...
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 29, 2013
Popovic set to take over at Cerezo
Ranko Popovic, who will leave FC Tokyo at the end of this season, is set to be appointed manager of Cerezo Osaka for the 2014 campaign, soccer sources said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 27, 2013
'Disabled' in Britain, just 'foreign' in Japan
For myself, a British citizen who has cerebral palsy living in Japan, it is the liberatory power of being a foreigner here that leaves the deepest impression on me.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 25, 2013
Japanese court rules gender-based pensions unconstitutional
The Osaka District Court determines that it is unconstitutional to set any age difference between widows and widowers for pension entitlement.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 25, 2013
Osaka: What's the best thing you can buy with ¥500?
Osakans offer their tips on getting the most out of the coin of plenty.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2013
Japan's coast menaced by storm surges
When monster Typhoon Haiyan slammed the Philippines in early November, it inflicted especially severe damage on Leyte Island, where the city of Tacloban was engulfed by a massive storm surge.
BASKETBALL
Nov 22, 2013
Takamatsu outlasts Osaka in OT
Dexter Lyons scored a game-high 35 points and four teammates reached double figures in points in a 101-95 overtime victory over the visiting Takamatsu Five Arrows on Friday night.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / EVERYMAN EATS
Nov 21, 2013
Japan's love for curry means endless variety
It's only a slight exaggeration to say that Japanese curry saved my life. After relocating to Japan in the late 1990s, I found myself underemployed, surrounded by unfamiliar foodstuffs and suffering from a near-total lack of cooking skills. Yet I managed to fill up at the cafeteria of a local university,...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 17, 2013
Hannaryz pile more misery on Evessa
The Osaka Evessa's roller-coaster season has had two extremes: a long winning streak and a long losing streak.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2013
Fukuoka issues warning on high PM2.5 levels
High levels of PM2.5 particulate matter were recorded Friday in parts of western Japan, prompting the city of Fukuoka to issue a warning amid growing concern that the pollution crisis in China will keep affecting Japan.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 7, 2013
Popular Goya nearing return
Guard Takanori Goya is one of the bj-league's most well-known players, even though his career has been saddled by injuries.

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