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Andrew MCKIRDY
Andrew McKirdy is a sports writer for The Japan Times. His main beat is soccer, but he has also covered rugby, tennis, volleyball, golf and even tug-of-war. A native of the Scottish Borders, he has written for The Scotsman newspaper and organized filming for a program on Japanese soccer for ITV television.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 19, 2010
Urawa trounces rival Frontale, climbs into first place in J. League
SAITAMA — Urawa Reds thrashed championship rival Kawasaki Frontale 3-0 on Sunday to move into first place in the J. League.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Apr 15, 2010
Old faces need new approach with World Cup looming
National team manager Takeshi Okada has run out of games to assess contenders for his World Cup squad, but the real question now is not so much who he takes to South Africa as how he uses them.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Apr 8, 2010
Japan outclassed by Serbia
OSAKA — Japan's World Cup preparations took another heavy blow after being outclassed by a second-string Serbia in a 3-0 defeat on Wednesday night.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 4, 2010
Nakamura, Kurihara hurt in loss to S-Pulse
Shinji Okazaki struck twice, Shunsuke Nakamura limped off midway through the first half and Shimizu S-Pulse held off a frantic late onslaught to beat Yokohama F. Marinos 2-1 on Saturday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 1, 2010
Just business as usual for league-leading Antlers
If Kashima Antlers' rivals were hoping the champions' thirst for success had been quenched by three straight championships, the first month of the new campaign suggests otherwise.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 28, 2010
S-Pulse waste opportunity against fatigued Frontale
Shimizu S-Pulse failed to take advantage of Kawasaki Frontale's early-season fatigue in a flat 0-0 draw on Saturday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Mar 25, 2010
Honda breathes life into Japan's World Cup aspirations
When Keisuke Honda arrived at Narita airport late last month for Japan's Asian Cup qualifier against Bahrain, he insisted he was "no savior" for a national team that had seriously lost its way. But with every impressive performance he gives, the 23-year-old is finding it harder to get people to listen....
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 21, 2010
Osako's late heroics lift Antlers over Ardija
SAITAMA — Teenage substitute Yuya Osako scored with his first touch less than a minute after coming off the bench to give Kashima Antlers a 1-0 win over Omiya Ardija on Saturday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 18, 2010
Flying start suggests Frontale finally mean business
Received wisdom dictates that a league table is not even worth looking at until two months of a new season have passed, but one glance after just two weeks of this year's J. League campaign says plenty about Kawasaki Frontale.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 14, 2010
Nakamura relishes win in long-awaited return to Marinos
YOKOHAMA — Shunsuke Nakamura enjoyed a winning return to the J. League as Yokohama F. Marinos cruised past Shonan Bellmare 3-0 on Saturday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 7, 2010
Antlers show class against Reds
KASHIMA, Ibaraki Pref. — Kashima Antlers gave yet another example of their pedigree as the defending champions opened the new J. League season with a masterful 2-0 win over Urawa Reds on Saturday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 4, 2010
Stojkovic hopeful newcomers will bolster Grampus
With every year that passes in his tenure as manager of Nagoya Grampus, the stakes Dragan Stojkovic has to play with just keep getting higher. But if the Serbian is feeling the pressure as he prepares to begin his third season at the helm against Gamba Osaka this weekend, his poker face is a good one....
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 3, 2010
Frontale placing hopes on Inamoto
If there was a certain inevitability about the way Kawasaki Frontale failed to win their first piece of major silverware last season, it did not go unnoticed by anyone at the Kanagawa club.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 2, 2010
Finke's vision slowly taking root at Urawa
Volker Finke knew his job was not going to be easy when he took over as manager of Urawa Reds last season, and so it proved.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 28, 2010
Endo's miss helps Antlers top Gamba in Fuji Xerox Super Cup shootout
A rare penalty miss from Yasuhito Endo handed Kashima Antlers the Fuji Xerox Super Cup with a 5-3 shootout win after a 1-1 regulation-time draw on Saturday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 27, 2010
Oliveira says Antlers hungry for another title
Kashima Antlers manager Oswaldo Oliveira insists success has left his record-breaking team hungrier than ever, and intends to prove the point in Saturday's Fuji Xerox Super Cup against Gamba Osaka.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Feb 18, 2010
Time for Okada to step back and take stock
National team manager Takeshi Okada vowed to get straight back in the saddle after his public dressing-down on Monday. After the beating he has just taken, a period of quiet reflection might be a better option.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Feb 16, 2010
Okada escapes sack
Under-fire national team manager Takeshi Okada will lead Japan at the World Cup after surviving showdown talks with Japan Football Association president Motoaki Inukai on Monday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Feb 15, 2010
Japan blows chance to win E. Asian title
Japan had to settle for third place in the four-nation East Asian Football Championship after a frantic, incident-packed 3-1 defeat to South Korea on Sunday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Feb 12, 2010
Tamada guides Japan to 3-0 win over Hong Kong
Japan overcame its dry patch in front of goal but still made heavy weather of a 3-0 win over minnows Hong Kong in the East Asian Football Championship on Thursday.
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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