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Kumi Kinohara
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 29, 2002
Matsui nets pair as Kyoto gets first crack at Cup final
SAITAMA -- Kyoto Purple Sanga advanced to their first ever Emperor's Cup final after defeating Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-1 with two first-half goals from Daisuke Matsui on Saturday at Saitama Stadium 2002.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 28, 2002
Ihara to pursue coaching career
Urawa Reds and former Japan defender Masami Ihara admitted on Friday that hanging up his boots was a tough decision to make. But Japan's most-capped player made the decision in order to prepare for a new career as a future J. League coach.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 17, 2002
Ooft outlines plans for development of improving Reds
Former Japan manager Hans Ooft completed his first regular season with the Urawa Reds at the end of last month.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 8, 2002
Man United director Charlton has no complaints
England and Manchester United legend, Sir Bobby Charlton, is confident that his English Premiership club is back on track after last year's trophyless season despite its problems so far this season.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 6, 2002
Top players coming for Toray PPO
Jennifer Capriati will make her first appearance on a Japanese court since 1992 when the American plays in next month's Toray Pan Pacific tennis tournament, organizers announced Thursday in Tokyo.
SOCCER / J. League / ON THE BALL
Dec 3, 2002
J. League experiencing minor changes
The 2002 J. League season was completed on Nov. 30 after Jubilo Iwata won the league title for the third time by sweeping the two stages, and Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Consadole Sapporo both got relegated to Division Two.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 1, 2002
Sanfrecce gets kicked out
KOBE -- Vissel Kobe and Kashiwa Reysol managed to escape relegation, but Sanfrecce Hiroshima joined Consadole Sapporo on the trip to Division Two on Saturday, the final day of J. League Division One second-stage and regular-season action.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 30, 2002
Teams line up to snatch Emperor's Cup
Seeking the honor of being Japan's No. 1 soccer club and a cash prize of 100 million yen, qualifiers from each prefecture and teams from the semi-pro Japan Football League will challenge J. League clubs in the upcoming Emperor's Cup.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 25, 2002
FC Tokyo edges Reds
FC Tokyo forward Kenji Fukuda struck in the 119th minute to help the home team edge the Urawa Reds 1-0 in extra time on Sunday at Tokyo Stadium.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 24, 2002
Dunga sees the same fierce spirit in Jubilo
Jubilo Iwata's unprecedented sweep of both J. League stages was eagerly anticipated by at least one former player.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 24, 2002
Iwata seals second stage
IWATA, Shizuoka Pref. -- Jubilo Iwata became the first club in J. League history to sweep the first and second stages after edging Tokyo Verdy 1-0 in extra time.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 18, 2002
Reysol whips Verdy
KASHIWA, Chiba Pref. -- Kashiwa Reysol bettered its hopes of surviving in the J. League Division One by beating Tokyo Verdy 4-1, but Verdy's second-stage title chance vanished with the defeat on Sunday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 17, 2002
Sanfrecce ends Antlers' quest
KASHIMA, Ibaraki Pref. -- Defending J. League champion Kashima Antlers' second-stage title quest ended Saturday afternoon after bowing to relegation-threatened Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-0 at home.
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 12, 2002
Zico calls up newcomers for Argentina friendly
JEF United and 1998 World Cup defender Eisuke Nakanishi has been named to start against Argentina in the Nov. 20 friendly after winning a call-up for the first time since June 2000, Japan coach Zico announced Monday in Tokyo.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 7, 2002
Zico reveals his plans for Japanese team
In an exclusive interview with The Japan Times, Brazilian soccer legend and newly appointed Japan national team coach Zico aired his views on his philosophy and plans for the future of Japanese soccer.
SOCCER / J. League / ON THE BALL
Nov 3, 2002
Sapporo makes quickest ever exit from J1
Consadole Sapporo was relegated to Division Two with four more matches remaining in the season -- the quickest ever exit from the top division of the J. League.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 3, 2002
Oita gets promoted
SAITAMA -- Oita Trinita won promotion to J. League Division One at Omiya Soccer Stadium on Saturday, securing a top-two finish with a 1-0 win over Omiya Ardija thanks to a first-half winner through Iwao Yamane.
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 31, 2002
Reysol improves J1 survival chances
KASHIWA, Chiba Pref. -- Relegation threatened Kashiwa Reysol kept its J. League Division One survival hopes on track after edging Shimizu S-Pulse 1-0 on Edilson's first-half penalty on Wednesday night at Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium.
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 28, 2002
Verdy edges cold Reds
SAITAMA -- Defender Atsushi Yoneyama scored from a 30-meter strike in the 109th minute to help Tokyo Verdy 1969 edge hosts Urawa Reds 1-0 at Komaba Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 27, 2002
Takahara nets pair for Jubilo
Jubilo striker Naohiro Takahara scored two goals as Iwata downed the Yokohama F. Marinos 3-1 at National Stadium to maintain the J. League Division One second stage lead on Saturday.
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

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

Longform

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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