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Rugby
Jan 30, 2017
Top League overhauls format again
The Top League will undergo yet another change next season, as the Japan Rugby Football Union tries to give Super Rugby side the Sunwolves more preparation time amid concerns for the welfare of the nation's top players.
Rugby
Jan 18, 2017
University rugby teams to be left out of national championships
University rugby, the traditional center of the game in Japan, will no longer have a place in the national championships, the Japan Rugby Football Union decided on Wednesday.
Rugby
Jan 15, 2017
NTT Docomo wins promotion to Top League
NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes were promoted to the Japan Rugby Top League on Sunday following a 30-14 win over Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars at Hanazono Rugby Ground.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jan 15, 2017
Suntory winger Nakazuru named Top League MVP
Takaaki Nakazuru was named Japan Rugby Top League MVP on Sunday, a day after helping Suntory Sungoliath clinch their fourth Top League title.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jan 15, 2017
Rugby star Pocock preparing to swap Japan for African wilderness
Australian rugby star David Pocock has enjoyed locking horns with the big beasts of Japan's Top League since joining the Panasonic Wild Knights in December.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jan 14, 2017
Unbeaten Suntory claims Top League title
Suntory Sungoliath were crowned Japan Rugby Top League champions Saturday following a 27-15 win over Kobe Kobelco Steelers.
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.
Rugby
Jan 8, 2017
Honda relegated from Top League after defeat
Honda Heat were relegated from the Japan Rugby Top League on Sunday following a 41-21 defeat to NEC Green Rockets at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jan 7, 2017
Sungoliath thrash Brave Lupus in Top League duel
A hat trick of tries from Takaaki Nakazuru and another near-faultless display from Kosei Ono helped Suntory Sungoliath move ever closer to their fourth Top League title Saturday as they hammered Toshiba Brave Lupus 48-0.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 3, 2017
The special effect of Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Apichatpong Weerasethakul pokes a little fun at Thailand's superstitions.
Japan Times
Rugby
Dec 24, 2016
Suntory routs Yamaha in marquee matchup
Suntory Sungoliath put themselves in the driver's seat for theTop League title Saturday thanks to a 41-24 win over Yamaha Jubilo in a showdown between first- and second-place teams.
Japan Times
Rugby
Dec 17, 2016
Suntory runs winning streak to 12
Suntory Sungoliath maintained their unbeaten run in the Top League on Saturday with a 37-24 victory over Toyota Verblitz.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 13, 2016
Tokyo: photogenic to its very core
Care to take a guess what the new exhibition "Tokyo, Tokyo and Tokyo" at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum is about? In fact there are two exhibitions with the same name running concurrently, so it's "Tokyo, Tokyo and Tokyo" and "Tokyo, Tokyo and Tokyo."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 29, 2016
20 Year Anniversary: TOP Collection — Tokyo Tokyo and Tokyo
Until Jan. 29
Rugby
Oct 29, 2016
Green Rockets outplay Steelers in Top League clash
The Kobe Kobelco Steelers missed out on a golden opportunity to keep pace with the Top League leaders on Saturday, losing 38-24 to the NEC Green Rockets.
Rugby
Oct 23, 2016
Ricoh rookie Matsuhashi bags hat-trick in win over Toshiba
A try from Ricoh rookie Shuhei Matsuhashi — his third of the day — seconds before the final hooter handed the Black Rams a 33-28 win over Toshiba Brave Lupus on Sunday in the Japan Rugby Top League.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 22, 2016
Jubilo, Sungoliath remain on collision course for Top League supremacy
Yamaha Jubilo and Suntory Sungoliath maintained their unbeaten runs Saturday and made it even more likely their Christmas Eve clash will determine this season's Top League champion.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 16, 2016
Wild Knights use experience to take down Red Sparks
It was "30-something" day at Kumagaya Sports and Culture Park on Sunday as Panasonic Wild Knights topped Coca-Cola Red Sparks 45-12 in the Japan Rugby Top League.
Rugby
Oct 9, 2016
Unbeaten Yamaha Jubilo crush Kubota Spears
Yamaha Jubilo showed Sunday why they remain most people's favorites to lift the Top League crown at the end of the season.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Oct 8, 2016
Designer Tony Crosbie: 'Do what you want to do, not what's expected of you'
British stylist on interviewing soccer star Pele and hanging out with Jack Nicholson.
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.
U.S. envoy to Japan makes landmark visit to front-line island near Taiwan
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel meets with members of the Self-Defense Forces stationed on Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, on Friday.
Japan to review romanization system for first time in 70 years
An advisory panel to the education ministry will consider how the Japanese language should be transcribed into the Latin alphabet, including unifying different romanization styles currently in use.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Japan’s economy contracts as consumers and firms cut spending
Japan's gross domestic product shrank at an annualized pace of 2% in the three months through March.
Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no.
The Tokyo court's ruling comes amid ongoing debates on how to regulate generative AI and is part of a transnational class action lawsuit.
A new initiative rethinks old Tohoku crafts
The colored patterns of Tsuguru "nuri," made in Aomori Prefecture, are achieved by applying multiple coatings of lacquer, which are later polished down to reveal layers of colors beneath.
Xi and Putin mark ‘new era’ amid efforts to counter U.S. ‘containment’
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend an event in Beijing on Thursday. During Putin's visit, the leaders showed off their growing alignment amid efforts to push back against the U.S.-led world order.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.

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