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NAKAJIMA

Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 24, 2018
Japan salvages draw with Mali
Shoya Nakajima capped his national team debut with a last-minute equalizer as Japan salvaged a 1-1 friendly draw with Mali on Friday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Mar 21, 2018
Halilhodzic leaves door open as World Cup draws closer
Japan's squad for this summer's World Cup appears to be taking shape, but don't bet against manager Vahid Halilhodzic ripping up the blueprint before he submits it in time for the June 4 deadline.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 3, 2018
Nadeshiko tops Iceland at tourney
Japan rebounded from an opening-day loss to defeat Iceland 2-1 on Friday in their second Algarve Cup Group C match.
SOCCER
Jan 30, 2018
Shoya Nakajima gives big spark to Portimonense in rout of Rio Ave
Midfielder Shoya Nakajima scored his second goal in January and Brazilian striker Fabricio completed a hat trick as Portimonense beat Rio Ave 4-1 at home Monday in the Portuguese first division.
SOCCER
Jan 9, 2018
Nakajima goal lifts Portimonense to draw
Midfielder Shoya Nakajima nailed his seventh goal of the season on Monday to salvage a 1-1 draw for his Portuguese first-division side Portimonense away to Pacos Ferreira.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 8, 2017
Japan's Mana Iwabuchi delivers winning goal in 83rd minute against South Korea
Mana Iwabuchi hit a late winner as the Japan women's team edged South Korea 3-2 in their opening game of the E-1 Football Championship on Friday night.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 2, 2017
Pachinko parlors are losing their balls while Japan considers a cashless economy
With the Diet's passing of a law last December that will legalize casino gambling, many are wondering how this development will affect the few forms of tightly controlled gambling and gaming that have been permitted up to now — like pachinko (a type of pinball machine).
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 19, 2017
Nakajima nets brace in home debut for Portimonense
Midfielder Shoya Nakajima scored two goals in the space of seven minutes in his home debut for Portuguese side Portimonense on Monday, contributing to a 2-1 victory over Feirense.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 23, 2017
FC Tokyo's Nakajima to join Portuguese side on loan
FC Tokyo midfielder and Rio Olympics under-23 squad member Shoya Nakajima will join Portuguese club Portimonense on a loan deal, the J. League first-division club said Wednesday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 16, 2017
Kobayashi grabs pole position for 24 Hours of Le Mans
Kamui Kobayashi clocked the fastest-ever qualifying lap as he drove his Toyota into overall pole position for the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS
May 16, 2017
Toyota changes driver lineup for 24 Hours of Le Mans
Toyota announced a shakeup in its driver lineup for the 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 17-18, reuniting the three who finished second last year.
Rugby
Jan 12, 2017
JRFU hands Kobe's Nakajima a 10-match ban
Kobe Kobelco Steelers lock Vakauta Isileli Nakajima was handed a 10-match ban by the Japan Rugby Football Union on Thursday for a tip tackle during last weekend's Top League game against the Kubota Spears.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 4, 2017
'Our Meal for Tomorrow': Changing roles in romantic drama
Gender-bending comedy certainly exists in Japanese films, though it may not be mainstream. In Yosuke Fujita's "Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats" ("Fukufukuso no Fukuchan," 2014), popular female TV comedian Miyuki Oshima starred as a male house painter who becomes allergic to the opposite sex after being jilted by the girl of his dreams. She played the hero, quite convincingly, as a shy, ordinary guy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 28, 2016
'14 That Night': Not quite abreast of teenage angst
Japanese films about high schoolers are many; junior high schoolers, few. One reason is that producers can cast a film about 17 year olds with 27-year-old actors who have massive fan followings. The result: bigger box office than if they had used newcomers barely into adolescence.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2016
Nakajima's strike salvages draw against Colombia
Shoya Nakajima spared Hiroki Fujiharu's blushes with a 74th-minute equalizer as Japan came from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Colombia on Sunday and keep alive its hopes of progressing to the men's soccer quarterfinals at the Rio Olympics.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 29, 2016
Japan cruises past South Africa in Olympic warmup
Japan thrashed South Africa 4-1 in its Rio Olympic send-off led by a first-half brace by Shoya Nakajima on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 31, 2016
Japan rallies past South Korea for Asian U-23 crown
Substitute Takuma Asano struck twice in the second half as Japan came back from two goals down to beat archrival South Korea 3-2 to win the Asian Under-23 Championship on Saturday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 23, 2016
Nakajima lifts Japan in extra time
Shoya Nakajima scored twice in extra time to keep Japan on course for a place at this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics with a 3-0 win over Iran in the quarterfinals of the Asian Under-23 Championship on Friday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 20, 2015
'Nakajima Kiyoshi Retrospective'
Nov. 3-Jan. 11
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 11, 2015
Japan U-22 squad hammers Myanmar
The Japan under-22 national team walloped Myanmar 9-0 behind first-half hat tricks by Musashi Suzuki and Shoya Nakajima on Wednesday in their last warm-up ahead of the upcoming 2016 Olympic qualifiers.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
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.
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.
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.

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