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Wales' wing Josh Adams tries to catch the ball during a match against Japan in Kobe on Saturday.
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Jul 12, 2025
Wales look to future after ending 18-game losing run with Japan win
The Welsh survived another second-half comeback from Eddie Jones' side in Kobe to pick up their first victory since the 2023 World Cup.
Brave Blossoms head coach Eddie Jones will be relying on an inexperienced lineup again as Japan looks to beat Wales for a second time on Saturday in Kobe.
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Jul 10, 2025
Jones urges Brave Blossoms to 'create history' against Wales
The Brave Blossoms came from behind to beat the Welsh last weekend and they are now looking to claim consecutive wins over a Tier One country for the first time.
Brave Blossoms players celebrate after Japan beat Wales on Saturday in Kitakyushu.
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Jul 5, 2025
Brave Blossoms extend Wales losing streak to 18 with 24-19 win
Japan fought its way back into the game after a slow start to earn the win in Kitakyushu.
Fiji's Albert Tuisue celebrates at the end of the match against Australia at World Cup 2023 in France.
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Jul 2, 2025
Fiji looks to soften up Wallabies before Lions series
Fiji's Australian coach Mick Byrne has brought a strong squad for Sunday's test in Newcastle, the hosts' last warmup before facing the British and Irish Lions.
Eddie Jones began his second stint as Japan coach in 2023.
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Jun 19, 2025
Wales' Josh Macleod expects stiff challenge from Eddie Jones' Brave Blossoms
Wales travels to Japan having lost 17 straight tests — a record for a major nation — since it last enjoyed a victory.
New Zealand's Ardie Savea in action against Ireland at Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Nov. 8
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Jun 17, 2025
All Black Savea to skip Super Rugby for Japan sabbatical in 2026
Moana Pasifika coach Tana Umaga said Savea, who was the inaugural Super Rugby Pacific Player of the Year this season, would be welcomed back with open arms in 2027.
Toshiba's Richie Mo'unga runs with the ball at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium on May 24.
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Jun 2, 2025
Mo'unga shrugs off broken hand to win Japanese title
The fly-half has finished every season in top-level domestic rugby since 2017 with a winner's medal, and he picked up another with Toshiba.
Japan captain Michael Leitch
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May 13, 2025
Japan rugby tightens eligibility rules on foreign-born players
More than half of the players who started last season's final of the Japan Rugby League One championship were born overseas.
An investigation by World Rugby found that JRFU Chairman Kensuke Iwabuchi did not breach Asia Rugby's code of conduct.
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Apr 25, 2025
Furious Japan seeks apology after 'no basis' found for chairman's Asia Rugby ban
World Rugby was called in to investigate in February when Asia Rugby banned Iwabuchi from its executive committee for a potential code of conduct breach.
Japan coach Eddie Jones (right) shakes hands with France coach Fabien Galthie before a match in Saint-Denis, France, on Nov. 9, 2024.
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Apr 17, 2025
Japan coach Eddie Jones at peace after messy exit from Australia
Jones oversaw Australia's worst Rugby World Cup performance at the 2023 tournament in France.
Japan Head Coach Eddie Jones
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Apr 15, 2025
Jones' under-23 Japan team beaten by his old club Randwick
The Japan team's defeat came after it was hammered 54-27 by Australia's under-20 side in Coffs Harbour last week.
New Zealand's Mark Tele'a in action in October 2023
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Apr 15, 2025
All Black wing Tele'a announces Japan switch
Media reports have suggested that the 28-year-old will join Toyota Verblitz.
France's scrumhalf Nolann Le Garrec holds the trophy as France's players celebrate winning the Six Nations tournament on Saturday at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.
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Mar 16, 2025
Record-breaking France clinches Six Nations title with Scotland win
Les Bleus matched England's number of titles since Italy joined the championship in 2000 and did so in style, scoring 30 tries in a pulsating campaign.
France scrumhalf Antoine Dupont runs with the ball during his team's Six Nations match against Italy in Rome on Sunday.
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Feb 24, 2025
France's Antoine Dupont looking ahead to blockbuster showdown against Ireland
France trails Ireland by three points in the Six Nations standings.
Japan head coach Eddie Jones looks on during the warm up before his team's match against France on Nov. 9, 2024.
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Feb 19, 2025
Eddie Jones hails Japan 'tour of a lifetime' with Ireland and Wales games
Jones has made an underwhelming start since returning for his second stint as Japan coach in January last year.
England's Elliot Daly celebrates scoring a try with Tommy Freeman and Marcus Smith
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Feb 9, 2025
England ends losing run with dramatic win over France
England stuns France 26-25 at Twickenham as Elliot Daly’s last-gasp try sealed a dramatic Six Nations victory.
All Blacks flyhalf Beauden Barrett takes a selfie with children at an event in Yokohama on Nov. 28, 2017.
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Feb 6, 2025
Beauden Barrett wants Japan back in expanded Super Rugby
"I'd love to see the Japanese become part of the competition," Barrett said. "I feel like we need to grow the competition and in that respect, that would be great."
Eddie Jones watches warmups before Japan's test against France in Paris on Nov. 9, 2024.
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Jan 31, 2025
Australia lines up test against Eddie Jones and Japan in Tokyo
Japan's Brave Blossoms are coached by Eddie Jones, who took the role after leading Australia to a disastrous finish at the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
France's Antoine Dupont runs with the ball during a practice in Marcoussis, France, on Sunday.
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Jan 30, 2025
France set to open Six Nations campaign against 'transitioning' Wales
France's results have vastly improved since Galthie took over in 2020.
Australia's Michael Hooper during the 2019 World Cup in Oita.
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Jan 15, 2025
Wallabies great Michael Hooper set for comeback with Japan move
The 33-year-old played the last of his 125 test matches in 2023 before being unceremoniously axed by then-coach Eddie Jones.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Tropical Storm Nari moves northward, with possible landfall Tuesday
Tropical Storm Nari's forecast path as of Monday morning
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.

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