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WORLD XV

Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Jun 27, 2023
Pakistan drawn to play in India in Cricket World Cup
The tournament will begin with reigning champion England taking on New Zealand on Oct. 5 at the world's biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, India, which will also host the final.
Japan Times
SOCCER / Women's World Cup / From the Spot
Jun 27, 2023
Broadcaster standoff shows fragile state of Japanese women's soccer
Failure to find a television home for the upcoming FIFA Women's World Cup could all but cripple the sport's hopes of mainstream acceptance in the country.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 27, 2023
Rui Hachimura to skip World Cup to focus on next NBA season
The Lakers forward was among Japan's 25-man roster, which will be trimmed down to 12 players ahead of the tournament.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 27, 2023
Victor Wembanyama to skip FIBA World Cup, focus on NBA rookie season
France is the reigning Olympic silver medalist with an eye on winning the World Cup in September.
Japan Times
SOCCER / Women's World Cup
Jun 26, 2023
Women's World Cup fever builds in Sydney
Thousands of soccer fans marched over the Sydney Harbor Bridge on Sunday to mark 25 days before the Women's World Cup starts in Australia and New Zealand.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 25, 2023
United States to host expanded FIFA Club World Cup in 2025
The current version of the FIFA Club World Cup, an annual competition with seven teams, will be discontinued after 2023.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jun 25, 2023
Michael Hooper and James Slipper to co-captain Wallabies at World Cup
Head coach Eddie Jones also named a 34-man squad for the Rugby Championship that included eight uncapped players.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Jun 25, 2023
Kazuto Ioka defeats Joshua Franco to win WBA super flyweight title
Two judges scored the bout 116-112, while the other scored it 115-113.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 25, 2023
Tokyo hosts Asia’s first ‘Nobel Prize in gastronomy’ award
For the first time, the Basque Culinary Center brought its annual summit to Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 24, 2023
Paris finance summit breaks new ground in climate and poverty fight
France hammered home a key underlying principle for the reforms under discussion — that 'no country should have to choose between fighting poverty and fighting for the planet.'
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 23, 2023
France's Victor Wembanyama could be coming to Japan for World Cup warmup game
Tokyo Olympics men's basketball silver medalist France and bronze medalist Australia will play an exhibition game in Tokyo on Aug. 20, the Japan Basketball Association said Friday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Jun 23, 2023
Joshua Franco loses title after failed weigh-in before defense against Kazuto Ioka
The World Boxing Association stripped Joshua Franco of his super flyweight belt Friday after the American failed to make weight on the eve of his championship defense against Kazuto Ioka.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 22, 2023
Veteran star Megan Rapinoe to play new role for U.S. in fourth appearance at Women's World Cup
The 2019 Golden Boot and Golden Ball winner turns 38 next month, making her two decades older than the youngest member of the U.S. squad, 18-year-old forward Alyssa Thompson.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2023
Making development bank lending safe for poor countries
The Macron Summit on global financing will seek to enhance fragile economies’ access to the funds needed to cope with development challenges.
Japan Times
SOCCER / Women's World Cup
Jun 22, 2023
Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan make fourth U.S. World Cup team
The two-time defending champion will be without captain Becky Sauerbrunn, 2023 leading scorer Mallory Swanson and veterans Sam Mewis and Catarina Macario due to injuries.
Japan Times
SOCCER / Women's World Cup
Jun 20, 2023
Nadeshiko coach says Women's World Cup TV blackout will harm game
FIFA had threatened a blackout in major European markets before reaching an agreement with broadcasters in Britain, Spain, France, Germany and Italy last week.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jun 20, 2023
Ethnic Korean Lee Seung-sin hopes to set example in Japan's RWC squad
The fly-half was among 36 players named in Japan's test squad as Jamie Joseph begins his preparations for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 15, 2023
Mana Iwabuchi leaves Arsenal after contract expires
Japan attacker Mana Iwabuchi has left Arsenal following the expiration of her contract, the English Women's Super League side announced Wednesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 13, 2023
Posh Miami enclave to become U.S. soccer hub
Gianni Infantino, FIFA’s highly-connected president, is expected to relocate to Miami in the run-up to the 2026 World Cup.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Women at Work
Jun 13, 2023
From Japan to the U.S. and back: Thriving as a woman in international finance
Chikako Matsumoto achieved her dream of joining the World Bank, and later returned to her home country and executive roles there.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
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.

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Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
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