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MR RUGBY

Japan Times
Rugby
Mar 5, 2015
Jones announces 31-man Brave Blossoms squad for Asian Rugby Championship
Japan coach Eddie Jones named a 31-man squad for the Asian Rugby Championship on Thursday, saying the door was all but closed for anyone outside this squad and 11 players currently unavailable to make the cut for this year's Rugby World Cup.
Rugby
Mar 4, 2015
Rugby World Cup boss says Japan has much work to do
Rugby World Cup head Alan Gilpin has stressed the local organizing committee and the Japan Rugby Football Union need to make the most of the remaining four years to ensure the World Cup tournament is a success.
Japan Times
Rugby
Mar 3, 2015
Twelve cities selected for 2019 RWC
Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, one of the Tohoku locales that was seriously damaged by the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami four years ago, is among the 12 cities that will host the 2019 Rugby World Cup matches.
Rugby
Feb 18, 2015
Host cities for 2019 Rugby World Cup to be announced in March
The Japanese organizing committee for the 2019 Rugby World Cup said Wednesday the host cities for the tournament will be announced on March 2.
Rugby
Feb 17, 2015
Fukuoka petition pushes for 2019 Rugby World Cup games in city
The mayor of Fukuoka on Tuesday submitted a petition signed by about 100,000 people calling for the city to host games during the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Rugby
Feb 9, 2015
JRFU chairman Yabe sketchy on Super Rugby details
Japan Rugby Football Union chairman Tatsuzo Yabe gave a few clues Monday as to how Japan's new Super Rugby team will be structured and hinted that Japan's participation could result in changes in how the sport is run domestically.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jan 5, 2015
Jones names provisional Rugby World Cup squad
The road to Rugby World Cup 2015 became clearer Monday with Japan head coach Eddie Jones naming a provisional squad of 41 players, and the Japan Rugby Football Union confirming the Brave Blossoms' schedule ahead of the tournament, which kicks off in England on Sept. 18.
Rugby
Dec 15, 2014
Yokohama puts hand up for Rugby World Cup matches
The Yokohama stadium that staged the 2002 soccer World Cup final between Brazil and Germany has been added to the list of potential venues for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Rugby
Nov 20, 2014
Japan gains entry to Super Rugby in 2016
SANZAR, the organization that runs Southern Hemisphere rugby, officially approved Japan's participation in Super Rugby from 2016 at an executive committee meeting on Thursday.
Rugby
Oct 25, 2014
Top League set for shorter season
With Japan set to be named the 18th Super Rugby team when the competition is expanded in 2016, the 2015-2016 Top League season will be abbreviated.
Rugby
Oct 8, 2014
Tanaka to return to Highlanders for 2015 Super Rugby season
Japan international Fumiaki Tanaka, will be returning to play for the Highlanders for the 2015 season, the club said on its official website on Wednesday.
Japan Times
Rugby
Sep 18, 2014
Japan coach Jones says team sets target of reaching 2015 Rugby World Cup quarterfinals
National rugby team head coach Eddie Jones believes Japan can reach the quarterfinals of next year's Rugby World Cup by flummoxing the opposition with "samurai eyes and ninja bodies."
Rugby
Jun 20, 2014
Brave Blossoms expect tough test against Azzurri
Italy captain Quintin Geldenhuys may have said Friday that the pitch at the Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground was a "quick fast track," and that he was looking forward to an "open, running game" when the Azzurri take on Japan on Saturday, but Japan coach Eddie Jones wasn't buying into it.
Japan Times
Rugby
May 25, 2014
Japan punches ticket to Rugby World Cup in final sporting event at national stadium
Japan booked its place at the 2015 Rugby World Cup with a 49-8 win over Hong Kong on Sunday in the final sporting event at National Stadium before it is demolished and rebuilt to stage the 2020 Olympics.
Rugby
May 24, 2014
Japan set for historic Rugby World Cup qualifier
The Brave Blossoms are hoping the end of one sporting era will also mark the start of another as they look to send the National Stadium off in style on Sunday.
Rugby
May 17, 2014
Japan closing in on Rugby World Cup qualification
Japan moved within one win of an automatic spot at next year's Rugby World Cup with a 62-5 drubbing of South Korea on Saturday.
Rugby
May 1, 2014
Brave Blossoms make changes ahead of Asian 5 Nations
Japan open their Asian 5 Nations campaign on Saturday against the Philippines with a starting XV that shows nine changes and one positional switch from the team that played last weekend's warm-up game against Asia Pacific Dragons.
Rugby
Apr 26, 2014
Asia Pacific Dragons outclass Brave Blossoms
Japan got the hard physical game it wanted leading into it upcoming Rugby World Cup qualifiers, but it didn't get the result it was after as a Brave Blossoms XV went down 35-29 to Asia Pacific Dragons on Saturday.
Rugby
Mar 25, 2014
Shimizu chosen as secretary general for 2019 Rugby World Cup organizing committee
Former internal affairs ministry man Akira Shimazu was named secretary general of the 2019 Rugby World Cup organizing committee by its board on Tuesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 15, 2014
1866 and all that: the untold early history of rugby in Japan
The history of rugby in Japan is arguably longer than that of every major rugby-playing country in the world outside of the British Isles and Australia. Very sorry France, New Zealand and South Africa! Regarding early documented rugby history, Japan wins. Until the recent discovery of an 1864 article in a Welsh newspaper, it seemed that rugby in Japan had a longer history than club rugby in Wales, too.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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