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Feb 3, 2006
Sharapova on track
Top seed Maria Sharapova began her defense of the Pan Pacific Open title in Tokyo on Thursday with a comfortable 6-4, 6-4 win over American qualifier Lisa Raymond.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 3, 2006
Reds end 25-year wait with final victory
Urawa Reds beat Shimizu S-Pulse 2-1 at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday to win their first Emperor's Cup in 25 years.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 25, 2005
Urawa Reds breeze into Cup semifinals
SAITAMA -- Urawa Reds eased through to the semifinals of the Emperor's Cup with a convincing 2-0 win over Kawasaki Frontale on Saturday.
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Dec 19, 2005
Sao Paulo claims third title in Japan
YOKOHAMA -- Sao Paulo beat Liverpool 1-0 to win the FIFA Club World Championship final at International Stadium Yokohama on Sunday, Mineiro's goal settling a game in which the Reds had three goals disallowed.
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Dec 18, 2005
Reds captain Gerrard confident ahead of championship decider
YOKOHAMA -- England international Steven Gerrard believes the current Liverpool side is the best he's ever played in and is raring to go ahead of Sunday's Club World Championship soccer final against Sao Paulo.
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Dec 17, 2005
Blatter backs off previous remarks
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has changed his mind over the participation of a local team at the Club World Championship in a bid to boost ticket sales after this year's fan turnout was badly affected by the absence of a Japanese side.
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Dec 17, 2005
Sydney FC finishes in fifth place
Oceania champion Sydney FC beat African champion Al Ahly 2-1 to avoid the wooden spoon in the fifth-place playoff of the Club World Championship on Friday at Tokyo's National Stadium.
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Dec 16, 2005
Reds blank Saprissa, 3-0
YOKOHAMA -- European champion Liverpool went through to the Club World Championship final and set a new club record with its 11th-straight clean sheet as it beat Deportivo Saprissa 3-0 at International Stadium Yokohama on Thursday.
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Dec 15, 2005
Sao Paulo edges Al Ittihad to book spot in final
Marcio Amoroso scored twice and goalie Rogerio Ceni converted a penalty on Wednesday as South American champion Sao Paulo beat Al Ittihad 3-2 to go through to the final of the Club World Championship.
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Dec 13, 2005
Embattled Ittihad halts Ahly's 55-match unbeaten streak with 1-0 win
Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad beat Al Ahly 1-0 in the FIFA Club World Championship curtain raiser on Sunday, ending the Egyptians' remarkable 55-match unbeaten run.
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Dec 13, 2005
Blatter rules out host nation team at CWC
The only way a J.League club will get an invite to the Club World Championship next year is if it wins the Asian Champions League, said FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Sunday.
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Dec 11, 2005
FIFA pins hopes on six-team event
FIFA is keeping its fingers crossed that the Club World Championship captures the imagination of fans in Japan and around the world when it kicks off on Sunday.
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 11, 2005
Japan drawn with Brazil for 2006 World Cup
Japan avoided the "Group of Death" but still ended up having to play defending champion Brazil in the first round of next year's World Cup finals after the draw was made in Leipzig, Germany, on Friday.
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Dec 10, 2005
Sao Paulo focused as tourney nears
Sao Paulo coach Paulo Autuori is taking nothing for granted ahead of the Club World Championship.
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Dec 9, 2005
Ittihad, Ahly caught up in player eligibility row
Egypt's Al Ahly and Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad are involved in a row over unregistered players ahead of their opening match Sunday at the FIFA Club World Championship.
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Dec 7, 2005
Al Ahly aims to keep unbeaten streak alive
To say Al Ahly has hit a purple patch heading into the FIFA Club World Championship is a bit of an understatement.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 4, 2005
Fantastic finish
TODOROKI, Kanagawa Pref. -- Gamba Osaka clinched its first-ever J. League championship on a dramatic final day of the season Saturday, beating Kawasaki Frontale 4-2 as Cerezo Osaka conceded a last-gasp equalizer to FC Tokyo that denied it the title.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 27, 2005
Cerezo on top, but wild finish looming
YOKOHAMA -- The chase for the J. League title will go down to the final day of the season after Cerezo Osaka moved to the top of the table on Saturday with a 1-1 draw against Yokohama F. Marinos as Gamba Osaka dropped to second after going down 2-1 at home to JEF United.
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 17, 2005
Sub fires in winner as Japan tops Angola
It was the late, late show from Japan once again on Wednesday night as substitute Daisuke Matsui powered in a last-minute header to give Japan a 1-0 win over fellow World Cup qualifier Angola in a friendly at Tokyo's National Stadium.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 6, 2005
Maki, JEF United shoot down Gamba to win Nabisco Cup
Seiichiro Maki bounced back from the heartache of seeing his goal disallowed in the last minute of normal time to fire in the winning spot-kick as JEF United Chiba beat Gamba Osaka after a penalty shootout to win the J. League Nabisco Cup on Saturday afternoon.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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