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Japan Times
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Nov 28, 2015
Champion Cuadras outpoints Eto in WBC super flyweight title fight
Okinawa's Koki Eto failed in his bid to win the WBC super flyweight title on Saturday, losing on points to Mexico's unbeaten title-holder Carlos Cuadras.
Rugby
Nov 25, 2015
New SANZAR boss confident Sunwolves will be ready
Despite not having a coach or officially naming a single member of their playing roster, Japan's new Super Rugby side, the Sunwolves, will be ready to take part in the competition, according to new SANZAR chief executive Andy Marinos.
Japan Times
Rugby
Nov 4, 2015
Goromaru joins Reds instead of Sunwolves
Japan fullback Ayumu Goromaru will join the Queensland Reds for the 2016 Super Rugby season on a one-year deal, the Reds said on their official website on Wednesday.
Rugby
Oct 24, 2015
Goromaru won't play for Sunwolves
Japan's new Super Rugby side, the Sunwolves, took a hit Saturday with the news that Ayumu Goromaru is set to turn his back on the team and play for the Reds instead.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 7, 2015
Fiji coach McKee denies Japan rumors
Fiji coach John McKee refuted rumors Tuesday that he was heading to Japan after the Rugby World Cup.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 5, 2015
Japan eyes World Cup heroes for Super Rugby's Sunwolves
Japan's new Super Rugby franchise is hoping to ride the wave of the national team's World Cup success when it enters the competition next season.
Rugby
Sep 28, 2015
Japan's new franchise on Super Rugby slate
Japan will get its first taste of Super Rugby action at Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground in Tokyo on Feb. 27 when the new Japanese franchise hosts the Lions of Johannesburg, tournament organizers said on Monday.
Japan Times
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Sep 11, 2015
Super featherweight Miura to defend WBC crown against Vargas in November
Takashi Miura will make the fifth defense of his WBC super featherweight crown against top-ranked Mexican Francisco Vargas in Las Vegas on Nov. 21, his Teiken Gym announced on Friday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 5, 2015
An analysis of 'Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack'
Is the soundtrack to the original Super Mario Bros. game a musical achievement and pop-culture milestone on par with Miles Davis' Bitches Brew? Author Andrew Schartmann sets out to build exactly this case in "Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack" — part of Bloomsbury's 33 ⅓ series on classic albums — by developing arguments he made in his earlier work on video-game music, "Maestro Mario."
Rugby
Sep 2, 2015
Japan's Super Rubgy participation remains uncertain
Japan's participation in next season's Super Rugby competition is still by no means certain, Kyodo News learned Wednesday.
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Aug 31, 2015
Kono, Kameda to square off in title bout
WBA super flyweight champion Kohei Kono will take on second-ranked Koki Kameda on Oct. 16 in Chicago, the Watanabe Boxing Gym announced Monday.
Japan Times
Rugby
Aug 30, 2015
Japan looking to draw strength from off-field rugby turmoil
Japan captain Michael Leitch fears that Japanese rugby is in danger of squandering the momentum it has built up in recent years following a harrowing week for the sport.
Rugby
Aug 29, 2015
Japan working to get Super Rugby tasks completed, JRFU executive says
Japan has signed the number of players it needs to take part in Super Rugby and remains confident it will not lose its franchise in the competition, Japan Rugby Football Union general secretary Noriyuki Sakamoto said on Saturday.
Japan Times
Rugby
Aug 26, 2015
Japan rugby chiefs tight-lipped over Super Rugby exit claims
Eddie Jones' decision to leave Japan after the Rugby World Cup has led to widespread reports that the nation's new Super Rugby franchise will be taken away.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Aug 22, 2015
Newest "Super Mario," Forza Motorsport" and Metal Gear Solid" games set to impress
"Super Mario" takes you to a whole new level
Japan Times
Rugby
Aug 19, 2015
Jones admits to Stormers talks
Japan coach Eddie Jones admitted Tuesday he was in talks with the Stormers, but he stopped short of saying he had signed a deal with the Cape Town-based Super Rugby side.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Aug 8, 2015
Robbie Deans: 'Keep learning regardless of the outcome'
New Zealand rugby coach on the difference between a winning team and a losing team
Rugby
Jul 30, 2015
Tui snubs Japan's Super Rugby side
Japan's new Super Rugby team took another knock Thursday with the news that Hendrik Tui had opted to re-sign with the Queensland Rugby Union and play for the Reds next season.
Rugby
Jul 4, 2015
Tanaka in place to break new ground in Super Rugby
A day ahead of the Super Rugby Final against the Hurricanes, Japan and Highlanders scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka worked out on his own on Friday.
Rugby
Jun 25, 2015
Leitch to stay Brave Blossoms captain
Japan coach Eddie Jones, who will also serve as director of rugby of the new Japanese Super Rugby side, said Thursday that Michael Leitch would remain captain of the Brave Blossoms even though he had re-signed to play for the Chiefs next year rather than the new Tokyo-based franchise.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Three men rearrested over brokering of overseas prostitution
A woman speaks of her experience of being sent to Macau by an overseas prostitution broker during an interview in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on April 8.
Ex-METI bureaucrat given 10-year sentence for drugging and raping women
The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former industry ministry bureaucrat to 10 years in prison for drugging six women with sleeping pills and then raping or groping them in 2022.
Money stolen via online transfers up fivefold in Tokyo
Special fraud cases in Tokyo in which stolen money was sent via online banking services grew some fivefold from the previous year in 2023.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.
Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.

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