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TENNIS
Feb 21, 2014
Nishikori exits Delray Beach Open with leg injury
Kei Nishikori bowed out of the Delray Beach Open on Thursday, when he retired from his second-round match due to injury.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Feb 19, 2014
Nishikori ousts Elias in first round of Delray Beach Open
Kei Nishikori, who defended the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships for his fourth career ATP title last week, downed Gastao Elias of Portugal in three sets in the first round of the Delray Beach Open on Tuesday.
TENNIS
Feb 13, 2014
Nishikori reaches quarterfinals at U.S. National Indoor Championships
Kei Nishikori overcame a number of mistakes on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Feb 2, 2014
Japan ousts Canada in Davis Cup tie
Japan clinched its Davis Cup first-round tie with Canada 3-1 on Sunday when Canada No. 1 Frank Dancevic was forced to default his reverse singles match against Japan No. 1 Kei Nishikori due to injury.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Feb 1, 2014
Japan takes control in doubles
Japan took a 2-1 lead over Canada with a four-set victory (6-3 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-4) in doubles on Saturday in their Davis Cup World Group first-round match.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 31, 2014
Japan, Canada all square after first day of Davis Cup clash
Japan and Canada are deadlocked 1-1 following the opening day of play in their Davis Cup World Group first-round tie at Ariake Coliseum.
TENNIS
Jan 30, 2014
Nishikori to open Davis Cup action against Polansky
Japan ace Kei Nishikori will play Canada's Peter Polansky in singles on Friday to kick off their nation's Davis Cup World Group first-round fixture.
TENNIS
Jan 8, 2014
Nishikori begins Australian Open preparations with victory over Dimitrov
World No. 17 Kei Nishikori beat Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 7-6, 6-4 on Wednesday, the first day of the non-tour AAMI Kooyong Classic exhibition.
Japan Times
SPORTS / YEAR IN REVIEW 2013
Dec 25, 2013
A look back at the year's top 10 Japan sports stories
Japan Times editors selected these domestic sports stories as the most important of 2013.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 15, 2013
Kwansei Gakuin reaches Rice Bowl
Quarterback Kei Saito threw two touchdown passes to wide receiver Takato Kido and Junya Miwa kicked three field goals, leading the Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters to a 23-9 triumph over the Nihon University Phoenix on Sunday at Koshien Stadium in the 68th Koshien Bowl.
CULTURE / Music / MONEY AND MUSIC
Oct 15, 2013
Download law yet to bite after a year
It has been a year since Japan introduced penalties for downloading pirated music and video files.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 10, 2013
Tsonga outplays 12th seed Nishikori in third-round match
France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga scored a 7-6 (7-5), 6-0 victory over Kei Nishikori in the third round at the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Thursday.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 9, 2013
Nishikori beats Melzer at Shanghai Rolex Masters
Kei Nishikori moved into the third round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Austria's Jurgen Melzer on Wednesday night.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 8, 2013
Nishikori prevails over Dimitrov in opening round of Shanghai Rolex Masters
Kei Nishikori advanced to the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 4, 2013
Nishikori falls to Almagro in Rakuten Open quarters
Kei Nishikori's hopes of defending his Rakuten Open title were wrecked Friday as the ace was beaten in three sets by sixth-seeded Spaniard Nicolas Almagro in the quarterfinals.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 1, 2013
Nishikori stages impressive comeback against Melzer
Defending champion Kei Nishikori was two points from defeat in his first-round match at the Rakuten Japan Open on Tuesday, but stormed back to beat unseeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 6-2 with a huge show of will.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 18, 2013
Nishikori vs. McEnroe in charity match
Japan ace Kei Nishikori will square off against tennis legend John McEnroe in a November charity match, the Japan Tennis Association announced Tuesday.
TENNIS
Sep 17, 2013
Date-Krumm reaches second round
Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm advanced to the second round of the Korea Open on Tuesday with a first-round victory over Britain's Heather Watson.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 15, 2013
Japan returns to Davis Cup World Group after playoff fightback
Victories by Kei Nishikori and Go Soeda in reverse singles rallied Japan past Colombia to a 3-2 triumph in their Davis Cup World Group playoff at Ariake Colosseum on Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 14, 2013
Doubles victory puts Colombia in control of Davis Cup playoff
Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah gave Colombia a 2-1 lead with a straight-sets 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 victory over Tatsuma Ito and Yuichi Sugita in doubles at their Davis Cup World Group Playoff at Ariake Colosseum on Saturday afternoon.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, 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.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
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.
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.

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