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Kumi Kinohara
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 9, 2001
Choi tallies twice as JEF tops Reds
South Korea forward Choi Yong Soo scored two goals in the first half as JEF United Ichihara downed the Urawa Reds 2-1 at Tokyo's National Stadium on Saturday night.
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 6, 2001
Kofu upsets Omiya Ardija 2-1
SAITAMA -- J. League Division Two cellar dweller Ventforet Kofu stunned Division One hopeful Omiya Ardija 2-1 at Omiya Soccer Stadium on Wednesday night.
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 5, 2001
Luxury ticket packages set to go on sale
Luxury ticket packages for World Cup games to be played in Japan next year, called "Prestige Program," will go on sale on Wednesday, the Japanese World Cup Organizing Committee announced Tuesday in Tokyo.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 31, 2001
Marinos, Antlers into semis
KAWASAKI -- The Yokohama F. Marinos set up a Nabisco Cup semifinal showcase with Nagoya Grampus Eight after beating Division Two club Kawasaki Frontale 5-0 on aggregate Wednesday night.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 30, 2001
Jubilo moves into Nabisco semifinals
ICHIHARA, Chiba Pref. -- Jubilo Iwata advanced to the semifinals of the J. League Nabisco Cup after beating JEF United Ichihara 4-2 on aggregate on Wednesday night.
SOCCER / J. League / ON THE BALL
Aug 28, 2001
J. League bosses don't always get enough support from front office
Before the start of the J. League Division One second stage earlier this month, four clubs -- the Yokohama F. Marinos, Kashiwa Reysol, Nagoya Grampus Eight and Tokyo Verdy 1969 -- changed their managers. Last week Cerezo Osaka also changed its boss with the departure of Hiroshi Soejima and the arrival...
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 22, 2001
Alex tops voting
Shimizu S-Pulse midfielder Alex topped the voting for the J. League foreign players team, World Dreams, to play against the league's Japanese players side, Japan Dreams, in the JOMO Cup on Sept. 2 (kickoff 5 p.m.) at Tokyo's National Stadium, the J. League announced.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 15, 2001
ISL collapse threatens future of Toyota Cup
The future of the Toyota Cup, including this year's game in November, has been thrown into doubt as a result of the bankruptcy of marketing company ISL, Japan Football Association (JFA) vice president Junji Ogura said Monday in Tokyo.
SOCCER / J. League / ON THE BALL
Aug 14, 2001
World Cup volunteers require effective training
The Japanese World Cup Organizing Committee recently announced the results of volunteer applications for next year's World Cup.
SOCCER / World cup
Aug 11, 2001
Troussier opts for Nakamura
Yokohama F. Marinos midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura has been recalled to the Japan national fold but Jubilo Iwata midfielder Hiroshi Nanami has been excluded from the squad for next Wednesday's AFC/OFC Challenge Cup match against Oceania champion Australia at Ecopa Stadium in Shizuoka, Japan manager Philippe...
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 10, 2001
Missing faces as J. League resumes action
After a three-week interval, Division One of the J. League kicks off again Saturday with the start of the second stage.
SPORTS / TALK OF THE TIMES
Aug 6, 2001
Iwabuchi hoping for big season this year
Saracens and Japan flyhalf Kensuke Iwabuchi is hoping for a great season this year in England.
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 23, 2001
Grampus star 'Pixy' goes out a winner
Nagoya Grampus Eight star Dragan "Pixy" Stojkovic celebrated his final game at the end of a 20-year professional soccer career with a 3-0 win over Tokyo Verdy 1969 on Saturday night, the final day of the J. League Division One first stage, at Tokyo Stadium.
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 21, 2001
Oita gearing up to play World Cup host
Oita, one of the 10 World Cup hosts in Japan, expects two things from hosting the World Cup next year -- to promote the southern city around the world and to make Oita Stadium recognized as a major sporting and cultural destination.
SOCCER / J. League / ON THE BALL
Jul 17, 2001
Cohosting requires harmonious effort
"Cohosting is like a three-legged race," Lee Yun Taek, co-chairman of the South Korean World Cup Organizing Committee said last month at the Korea-Japan soccer journalists seminar in Seoul.
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 16, 2001
Ono leaves home on a winning note
SAITAMA -- Shinji Ono, playing in his final home game before moving to Dutch club Feyenoord, struck the tie-breaking goal in the second half as the Urawa Reds beat JEF United Ichihara 3-1 on Saturday night.
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 10, 2001
Jubilo downs Marinos to wrap up first stage
YOKOHAMA -- After failing to collect any domestic titles last year, Jubilo Iwata got back to winning ways on Saturday, wrapping up the J. League Division One first-stage crown with a 2-1 extra-time victory over the Yokohama F. Marinos at Yokohama International Stadium.
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 6, 2001
Japan clinches Kirin Cup
OITA -- Junichi Inamoto's first-half goal gave Japan a 1-0 win over Yugoslavia and the Kirin Cup title Wednesday night at the brand-new Oita Stadium.
SOCCER / J. League / ON THE BALL
Jul 3, 2001
Time for Japan to take a lesson from Seoul
"Are you from Japan?"
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 1, 2001
Hiroyama has a point to prove with Japan
After a disappointing 2000, both with Japan's Olympic team and in the J. League with JEF United, midfielder Nozomi Hiroyama, now with Cerro Porteno of the Paraguayan League, is aiming to prove himself when Japan plays Paraguay in the Kirin Cup. "After being dropped from the Olympic squad, many people...
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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