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KAGAWA

SOCCER
Sep 21, 2015
Kagawa helps power Dortmund victory
In-form Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa scored one and set up another as Borussia Dortmund extended its winning start to the season to 11 matches in all competitions with a thumping 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 9, 2015
Japan trounces Afghanistan
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa and Leicester City hitman Shinji Okazaki both scored twice as Japan destroyed Afghanistan 6-0 on Tuesday to pick up its second win in Asian qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 4, 2015
Japan took past lessons to heart in win over Cambodia
National team manager Vahid Halilhodzic believes Japan owes Singapore a debt of gratitude for providing the wake-up call that fueled Thursday's World Cup qualifying win over Cambodia.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 28, 2015
Kagawa strikes twice as Dortmund cruises
Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa scored twice and Marco Reus hit a hat trick as Borussia Dortmund hammered Norway's Odd Grenland 7-2 to qualify for the Europa League with an 11-5 aggregate win on Thursday night.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 24, 2015
Kagawa scores again for Dortmund
Shinji Kagawa scored his first Budesliga goal of the season in Borussia Dortmund's 4-0 win at Ingolstadt 04 on Sunday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 21, 2015
Kagawa scores to help spark Dortmund comeback
Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa scored his first competitive goal of the season and also set up the winner as Borussia Dortmund pulled off an extraordinary comeback to beat Norway's Odd 4-3 away in the first leg of their Europa League playoff qualifier on Thursday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 7, 2015
Kagawa leads Borussia Dortmund in rout of Kawasaki Frontale
Shinji Kagawa netted a brace and teenage compatriot Mitsuru Maruoka also found the net as Borussia Dortmund thrashed Kawasaki Frontale 6-0 on Tuesday in a friendly.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 16, 2015
Japan held to scoreless draw by 154th-ranked Singapore
Japan got its 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign off to an embarrassing start after being held to a 0-0 home draw by Singapore on Tuesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Jun 10, 2015
Halilhodzic looking to build on strong start as qualifiers begin
It would be unthinkable for Japan to begin its 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign with anything other than a win at home to Singapore next Tuesday, but manager Vahid Halilhodzic will be looking for more from his team than just three points.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 6, 2015
Kagawa hoping to take club form into Japan matches
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa is hoping to transfer his club form onto the international stage as Japan gets ready for the start of its World Cup qualifying campaign for Russia 2018.
SOCCER / J. League
May 19, 2015
Frontale to face visiting Dortmund in July friendly
Shinji Kagawa and Borussia Dortmund will play Kawasaki Frontale in a July friendly, the Bundesliga club announced on Monday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 23, 2015
Japan falls to UAE on penalty kicks in Asian Cup quarterfinals
Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa both missed penalties and Japan's hopes of defending its Asian Cup title were shattered with a sudden-death 5-4 shootout defeat to the United Arab Emirates after a 1-1 extra-time draw in the quarterfinals on Friday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jan 20, 2015
Honda strikes again as Japan prevails against Jordan, finishes atop Group D
AC Milan midfielder Keisuke Honda scored his third goal in as many games as Japan defeated Jordan 2-0 to reach the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup on Tuesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jan 17, 2015
Kagawa recalls Kobe earthquake
Twenty years on to the day, Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa on Saturday recalled the terrifying moment a massive earthquake struck his hometown of Kobe and said he hopes charity soccer matches will continue to be held to commemorate the disaster that claimed the lives of over 6,000 people.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jan 14, 2015
Kagawa beginning to feel pressure ahead of match against Iraq
Japan face Iraq in their first serious test at the Asian Cup in Group D on Friday and Shinji Kagawa is feeling the heat in more ways than one.
SOCCER
Jan 10, 2015
Kagawa has injury scare in practice
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa suffered an injury scare during training on Saturday, two days before Japan launches its Asian Cup title defense against Group D underdog Palestine.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2014
French bonsai expert says potted pines are now a global art form
A bonsai-besotted foreigner is so taken with the miniature trees he has set up home in Kagawa Prefecture, a major bonsai production area.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 22, 2014
Kagawa steers clear of questions about manager Aguirre
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa refused to comment on the match-fixing scandal engulfing Japan coach Javier Aguirre as he arrived back in Japan on Monday to prepare for the Asian Cup.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 11, 2014
Concussed Kagawa to miss Brazil friendly
Shinji Kagawa will not travel to Singapore for Japan's friendly against Brazil after showing symptoms of a concussion, the Japan Football Association said following Friday's 1-0 victory over Jamaica.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 4, 2014
Issues with weight followed 'Dokaben' Kagawa
Sad news came last week with the death of Nobuyuki "Dokaben" Kagawa, the roly-poly rotund catcher of the 1980s Nankai Hawks. He died of an apparent heart attack on Sept. 26 in Fukuoka at the age of 52.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
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.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
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.

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