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John Maylam
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE EXTRA
Jun 6, 2002
Sapporo rocks to a friendly beat
SAPPORO -- Pack 100 or so delirious Italians and another 50 frustrated Ecuadoreans into a bar already filled with locals expecting a quiet drink after work on a Monday night and what would you expect?
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 4, 2002
Italy continues impressive run in World Cup play
SAPPORO -- Italy had only lost one game (vs. Ireland in U.S.A '94) in regulation time in the World Cup since Mexico '86, conceding only 10 goals in those 19 games. This record was to remain untarnished as Italy used two goals from Christian Vieri to cruise to a 2-0 win over Ecuador in their Group G game...
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 2, 2002
Germany routs Saudi Arabia 8-0
SAPPORO -- The World Cup finally arrived in Japan on Saturday and Germany ensured that opening day will long be remembered. In one of the most one-sided games in World Cup history, Germany beat Saudi Arabia 8-0 at the Sapporo Dome in their Group E match.
SOCCER / World cup
May 26, 2002
Troussier's troops ready for battle
A second-half own goal by Swedish defender Johan Mjallby earned Japan a deserved 1-1 draw in their Kirin Challenge Cup friendly at Tokyo's National Stadium on Saturday. Sweden had taken a first-half lead through the deadly finishing of English Premier League side Aston Villa's latest recruit Marcus Allback....
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Apr 30, 2002
Japan kicks off Kirin Cup campaign with 1-0 victory
Japan's national soccer team got its Kirin Cup campaign off to a winning start with a 1-0 victory over Slovakia at Tokyo's National Stadium on Monday.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 17, 2002
Antlers down JEF for first win
Mitsuo Ogasawara curled in a second-half free kick that David Beckham would have been proud of to seal a 2-0 win for the Kashima Antlers over JEF United Ichihara, their first of the season.
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 24, 2002
S-Pulse wins Super Cup
If ever there was a cup hero for Shimizu S-Pulse it was Shohei Ikeda. Ikeda scored the winning goal for Shimizu in the Asian Cup Winners Cup two years ago and repeated that feat by slotting home the penalty that clinched the 2002 Xerox Super Cup at Tokyo National Stadium on Saturday.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jan 31, 2002
Backhand compliment earns volley
The most significant volley that Marcelo Rios had to face at this year's Australian Open was the volley of abuse he received from female professionals after describing the women's game as a "joke."
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 3, 2001
Antlers battle back for draw
FUKUROI, Shizuoka Pref. -- First-stage winner Jubilo Iwata and second-stage winner Kashima Antlers played to an entertaining 2-2 draw in the first leg of the J. League Championship finals at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa on Sunday.
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 28, 2001
Bayern Munich wins Toyota Cup
A goal by Samuel Kuffour in the 19th minute of extra time gave Bayern Munich a 1-0 victory over Boca Juniors and the Toyota Cup at Tokyo's National Stadium on Tuesday night.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 22, 2001
Dark clouds looming in the Sky
I wish Southampton would buy a Japanese player. Sky-Perfect TV would get all excited, send over an army of media and TV crews and, "presto," I would be watching Southampton games every weekend. Christmas would have come early for a frustrated Saints fan who hardly ever gets to see his team play, apart...
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 8, 2001
Japan, Italy battle to draw
In a game of two contrasting halves, Japan and Italy played to a 1-1 draw in an international soccer friendly in front of 61,833 spectators at the Saitama Stadium 2002 on Wednesday night.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 8, 2001
Baseball hits cricket for a home run
"Baseball is better than cricket."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 21, 2001
K-1 hits the spot
Blood spurts from his nose. Another crunching blow to the head. His lights go out as he drops to the floor unconscious. Thousands of dollars go down with him.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Sep 27, 2001
Arsenal's Inamoto adapting to quicker pace
It's an uphill battle for Junichi Inamoto.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 9, 2001
Teetering Toto scores on own goal
A rush of adrenaline ran through my inebriated body when I read the Toto results one Saturday evening a few months back. Hang on, better check that again, was my thinking at the time. According to the numbers on my computer screen, I had all the day's numbers correct with only three games to be played...
SPORTS / TALK OF THE TIMES
Jun 26, 2001
Horan gives Japanese rugby a lift
His mates call him "trucky" because when he first hit the international scene he used to eat a truckers breakfast when everyone else would be eating a healthy pre-match breakfast of fruit and yogurt. Others call him "helmet" because of his immovable hair style, a 25-knot south-westerly blowing off Moreton...
MORE SPORTS
Jun 18, 2001
Home team improves, but still gives up eight tries to Wales
Wales outclassed Japan 53-30 in the second test in front of 23,000 spectators at the Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Stadium in Tokyo on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 7, 2001
Minding your P's and Q's
"F*** your mother"
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
May 3, 2001
Tackling the man without the ball
Japan entered the home leg of the World Sevens Series hoping to put itself on the international rugby map and to give the sport in this country a much-needed morale boost.
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.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
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.

Podcast

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