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Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Mar 28, 2017
Kubo plays instrumental role in Japan's rout of Thailand
Man-of the-moment Yuya Kubo scored a goal and set up two more as Japan took a step closer to a sixth straight World Cup appearance with a 4-0 drubbing of Thailand on Tuesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Aug 30, 2016
Japan hoping for fast start against UAE
Southampton defender Maya Yoshida says Japan must treat the United Arab Emirates "like Brazil" in its final-round World Cup qualifier in Saitama on Thursday and has warned the Blue Samurai that they cannot afford a repeat of the start they made against UAE in their quarterfinal defeat at last year's Asian Cup in Australia.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 17, 2016
Japan pushes mighty U.S. team before falling in rout
Japan's women's basketball team pushed the United States before crumbling after halftime on the way to a 110-64 quarterfinal defeat at the Rio Games on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Jun 8, 2016
Yoshida unsure of future with Southampton
Japan defender Maya Yoshida said Wednesday he is uncertain of how things will be at Southampton with manager Ronald Koeman reportedly on his way to Everton.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 3, 2016
Japan's Kagawa, Yoshida notch braces in rout of Bulgaria
Japan erupted for four first-half goals including a brace by Shinji Kagawa to slaughter Bulgaria 7-2 in the Kirin Cup on Friday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 8, 2016
Nakanishi, Takakuwa embrace chance to compete against able-bodied athletes
For Japanese amputee athletes Maya Nakanishi and Saki Takakuwa, the simple act of lining up to participate might have been more meaningful than it was for the other participants this weekend.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 17, 2016
Southampton defender Yoshida offers to help quake victims
Southampton's Japan international defender Maya Yoshida on Saturday offered his support to the victims of the series of powerful earthquakes that have rocked his native Kyushu over the past few days.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 6, 2016
'Lowlife Love': The shady love of the film industry
According to Eiren (Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan), 581 Japanese films were released domestically last year, many of which were low-budget productions shown in small numbers of theaters. Beneath these films "officially" recognized by Eiren is a substratum of straight-to-DVD fare. And at the very bottom is shot-in-an-afternoon porn that will never even see the inside of a Tsutaya rental store.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 25, 2016
Halilhodzic pleased with results from new system
National team manager Vahid Halilhodzic has challenged Japan to make it through the second round of 2018 World Cup qualifiers without conceding a goal after claiming a seventh clean sheet in seven games in Thursday's 5-0 win over Afghanistan.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 24, 2016
Japan thrashes Afghanistan in World Cup qualifier
Japan virtually guaranteed its place in the final round of 2018 World Cup qualifiers with a 5-0 win over Afghanistan on Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 17, 2016
Breaking into and out of Japanese show biz
Eiji Uchida's scabrous new comedy about the struggles of a down-and-out indie film director, "Lowlife Love" ("Gesu no Ai"), confirms what I have known for years: Japanese show business can be brutal to the weak or clueless. They end up used and discarded, like so many human Kleenexes.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 7, 2016
Yoshida scores winner as Southampton downs West Ham
Japan defender Maya Yoshida scored in Southampton's 1-0 win over West Ham on Saturday, striking his first Premier League goal of the season as the 10-man Saints held on for the points.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 12, 2015
Japan trounces Singapore in World Cup qualifier
Mu Kanazaki marked his return from the international wilderness with his first national team goal as Japan whipped Singapore 3-0 on Thursday in a second-round Asian qualifier for the 2018 World Cup.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 16, 2015
Yoshida warns Southampton to wake up
Southampton manager Ronald Koeman is still hobbling around on crutches after an Achilles operation. His team is limping just as badly in the Premier League.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 23, 2015
Trocks set to blend ballet and fun
It's Trocks time again, as that madcap melange of comedy and classical ballet trucks into Tokyo this weekend at the start of a monthlong nationwide tour — the troupe's 28th to Japan over more than 30 years.
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SOCCER
Jun 8, 2015
Yoshida finds silver lining in tough practices
As Japan's weeklong training camp wrapped up in Chiba on Sunday, Maya Yoshida felt he had been pushed to the max by new coach Vahid Halilhodzic.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
May 14, 2015
Maya Inoue makes a play to refine her father's theatrical legacy
Hisashi Inoue's death at the age of 75 on April 9, 2010, at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, was a major event in the postwar Japanese theater world. It moved many dramatists to stage works by the great author and playwright who combined comedy and searing social and political commentary into unique productions.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 4, 2015
Ashes of ballerina Plisetskaya to be spread over Russia
The ashes of Maya Plisetskaya, the renowned Bolshoi Theater ballerina who died this weekend, will be scattered over Russia in accordance with her wishes.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 3, 2014
Yoshida urges Japan to forget World Cup flop
Southampton defender Maya Yoshida has told his Japan teammates to flush the World Cup out of their system and try and restore bruised pride by giving new coach Javier Aguirre a win against Uruguay on Friday in his first game in charge.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 13, 2014
Yoshida excited to face Cote d'Ivoire in opener
Southampton defender Maya Yoshida is hoping he can draw on the experience of having faced some of Cote d'Ivoire's big guns at club level as he prepares for the biggest game of his career in Japan's opener at the World Cup finals on Saturday.

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