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MANCHESTER UNITED

Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 3, 2015
Carrick's fragility an ongoing issue for club, country
According to Sir Alex Ferguson, his former Manchester United manager, Michael Carrick is "the best English player in the game."
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 6, 2015
Premier League powers generate most interest in F.A. Cup
The F.A. Cup does not have a sponsor. Remarkably, football's oldest domestic knockout competition is the only tournament in the top tier not to have any naming rights.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 13, 2015
Van Gaal gets defensive with Man United struggling
"Am I so brilliant or are you so thick?"
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 16, 2015
Manchester United's high-priced squad fails to inspire
It is only Louis van Gaal's cv that is preventing him from receiving the sort of merciless criticism directed at David Moyes last season.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 12, 2014
Manchester United improving, but van Gaal still faced with many issues
A football club is like a family.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 21, 2014
Welbeck move benefited both Arsenal, Man United
It is almost three months since Manchester United sold Danny Welbeck to Arsenal for £16 million because Louis van Gaal did not think the striker was good enough to play for the Reds.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 14, 2014
Rooney will never reach pantheon of England greats
In most countries the leading international goal scorer and the player who has won most caps would be revered. Both would be held in the highest esteem, national legends admired by all.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 18, 2014
Refreshed Moyes ready to come back
David Moyes, who has been out of soccer since leaving Manchester United in April, says he is ready to resume his managerial career and is waiting for the right club to come along either in England or overseas.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Sep 15, 2014
Kagawa capable of making most of fresh start at Dortmund
It cannot have been easy for Shinji Kagawa to leave Manchester United, but if his performance in his first game since returning to Borussia Dortmund is anything to go by, the move is definitely in his best interests.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 12, 2014
Welbeck sale makes perfect sense for United
Gary Neville was baffled. So was Bryan Robson. Football writers inevitably questioned Manchester United's decision to sell Danny Welbeck to Arsenal for £16 million after he scored both goals in England's 2-0 win over Switzerland in Basel.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 29, 2014
United faces crisis as transfer window closes
Five years after Manchester United should have strengthened its squad and invested heavily in the transfer market, Louis van Gaal is doing what Sir Alex Ferguson did not do before retiring.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 22, 2014
Tan's revenge spells end for Mackay
If revenge is a dish best served cold, Vincent Tan's retribution on his former Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay came straight from the freezer.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 2, 2014
Gerrard may end up tragic figure in Liverpool's title bid
One mistake during a 38-game season does not decide who wins the title, but Steven Gerrard will be haunted for the rest of his life if Liverpool does not win the Premier League.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 25, 2014
Moyes was wrong man from start for Man United
When David Moyes was the manager of Everton, he told a television interviewer that he would never criticize his players in public — "only in the dressing room."
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 28, 2014
Moyes, Wenger on hot seat as teams struggle
The case for the prosecution is gathering momentum while the defense's Groundhog Day excuses lose credibility with each poor result.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 6, 2014
Kagawa invigorated by performance against New Zealand
Shinji Kagawa believes he can rescue his Manchester United career after starring in Japan's 4-2 friendly win over New Zealand on Wednesday night.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 28, 2014
Moyes' Manchester United dream rapidly turning sour
Imagine you are Malcolm Glazer, the owner of Manchester United who is the Howard Hughes of sport. Glazer, also the owner of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, never speaks to the media, probably doesn't even read newspapers.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 24, 2014
Mata's arrival likely signals end for Kagawa at Man United
There can be a fine dividing line between knowing when you are well off and lacking ambition.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 17, 2014
Mourinho in form ahead of Man United showdown
With Jose Mourinho it is usually a metaphorical knife in the ribs followed by a supportive arm around the shoulder.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 10, 2014
Not fair to blame Moyes for Man United's troubles
The television camera zoomed in on David Moyes' face and there was no hiding place for the Manchester United manager.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Voters in Tokyo reflect shifting political views across Japan
Pedestrians walk in front of an election notice board displaying posters of candidates in Tokyo on Sunday.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood
The self as a muse: Leonard Foujita's world in paintings and photos
One of Leonard Foujita’s biggest muses was himself. He painted self-portraits, often with a cat on his side, looking back at the viewer. He posed for photographers throughout his life, the displayed photos showing he retained his signature bowl cut and round glasses.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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