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Jul 7, 2015
WBO strips Mayweather of welterweight title
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been stripped of the welterweight world title he won after beating Filipino Manny Pacquiao this year for failing to comply with rules, the World Boxing Organization said on Monday.
Japan Times
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May 30, 2015
Tanaka, 19, claims WBO minimumweight title
Kosei Tanaka won the WBO minimumweight crown on Saturday in his fifth pro fight, defeating Julian Yedras of Mexico by unanimous decision.
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Apr 22, 2015
WBO won't authorize Kameda unification bout
The World Boxing Organization announced Tuesday that it would not authorize a proposed unification bout in Texas on May 9 between Japan's WBO bantamweight champion Tomoki Kameda and Britain's WBA champion Jamie McDonell.
Japan Times
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Apr 2, 2015
Ex-world champion Ao to fight for WBO lightweight title in Las Vegas
Former double world champion Takahiro Ao will enter the ring for the vacant WBO lightweight belt against Mexico's Ray Beltran on May 1 — the eve of the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao megafight — at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
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Feb 28, 2015
Ikeyama defends WBO atomweight title
WBO atomweight champion Nao Ikeyama rewrote her own record as the oldest fighter in Japan to successfully defend a title with a unanimous decision over challenger Norj Guro of the Philippines on Saturday.
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Jul 5, 2014
Bantamweight champ Tomoki Kameda to face Thai challenger in Las Vegas
WBO bantamweight champion Tomoki Kameda will make his second title defense against No. 1 contender Pungluang Sor Singyu of Thailand on July 12 in Las Vegas, the Kameda Gym announced on Saturday.
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Feb 5, 2014
Tomoki Kameda set to make bantamweight title defense
Tomoki Kameda will make the second defense of his WBO bantamweight crown against top-ranked Thai boxer Pungluang Sorsingyu, the Kameda Gym announced Wednesday.
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Nov 27, 2013
Tomoki Kameda expresses confidence before title bout
WBO bantamweight champion Tomoki Kameda said Wednesday he is brimming with confidence ahead of his first world title defense against sixth-ranked challenger Immanuel Naidjala of Namibia at Osaka's Bodymaker Colosseum on Dec. 3.
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Jun 19, 2013
Boxing: Kiyota lays down gauntlet to champion Stieglitz
Japanese super middleweight Yuzo Kiyota has a message for WBO champion Robert Stieglitz: since you think I'm the underdog, you won't mind if I bite you.
Reader Mail
Nov 4, 2007
A measure of the lack of trust
Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama's advocacy of the fingerprinting law is full of holes. His recent remarks tell us that no one is to be trusted, least of all a government that mishandles everything it touches, from pensions to Japan Self-Defense Force missions. I had never been fingerprinted before coming to Japan some years ago. The practice was once terminated because it was obviously outrageous.
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.
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.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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