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Rich Freeman
Rugby
Mar 31, 2005
Asian rugby hoping to build on success of Hong Kong Sevens
While Waisale Serevi and his Fijian team were busy stealing the headlines with their superb performance in winning the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2005 in Hong Kong last week, Asian rugby was showing, both on and off the field, that it could play a huge role in the future development of the game.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 10, 2005
Will the 'Brave Blossoms' soon be drinking champagne?
It's often said that it is a brave man who owns up to being wrong.
Rugby
Feb 28, 2005
Rugby gods smile on Green Rockets
Having shown their allegiance to Wales in its cracking win over France in Paris on Saturday, the rugby gods traveled quickly to Tokyo to cast their celestial eyes over the 42nd All Japan Championship final at Chichibunomiya on Sunday.
Rugby
Feb 27, 2005
Rugby legends Johnson, Eales to visit Tokyo
Two giants of rugby union -- both in terms of ability and stature -- are heading to Tokyo in June.
Rugby
Feb 24, 2005
IRB chairman points the way forward for Japanese rugby
When Dr. Syd Millar talks rugby, people generally stop and listen.
Rugby
Feb 20, 2005
Toyota's old, young and brave hold off Toshiba in All Japan semifinals
If Toyota ever decides to branch out into making soap operas it could do no worse than call its show "The Old, the Young and the Brave," based on the performance of its rugby team at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya on Saturday, as it beat Toshiba Brave Lupus 24-19 in the semifinal of the 42nd All Japan Championship....
Rugby
Feb 7, 2005
Brave Lupus add name to rugby Cup
The second name to be inscribed onto the Microsoft Cup will be Toshiba Brave Lupus following Sunday's final at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya.
Rugby
Jan 31, 2005
Toshiba, Yamaha set to do battle in Microsoft Cup final
The Microsoft Cup final on Feb. 6 at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya will see Top League champion Toshiba Brave Lupus take on runnerup Yamaha Jubilo following Sunday's two semifinals.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jan 28, 2005
Top student players need to get a 'real' rugby education
The university final earlier this month between Waseda and Kanto Gakuin highlighted all that is good and bad about college rugby in Japan.
Rugby
Jan 24, 2005
Steelers upset Green Rockets in Microsoft Cup
The Microsoft Cup will have a new name inscribed on it after the NEC Green Rockets, last-year's winners, were beaten 51-16 by the Kobe Kobelco Steelers at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya on Sunday.
Rugby
Jan 11, 2005
Kintetsu, IBM relegated from Top League
The Top League championship may well have been decided on the last weekend of 2004 -- Toshiba Brave Lupus 38-12 victory over archrival Suntory Sungoliath on Saturday simply being the icing on the cake -- but there was still plenty to play for in the four games played on Monday.
Rugby
Jan 10, 2005
Waseda reclaims rugby title from Kanto
The 41st University Rugby Football Championship final was the fourth time in a row that Waseda University has taken on Kanto Gakuin University and this year it was Waseda that walked away with the silverware following its 31-19 win at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday.
Rugby
Dec 30, 2004
Inventive approach from Toshiba's coach is rewarded with Top League crown
The Toshiba Brave Lupus players may well have made some last-minute additions to the New Year cards they sent out this year following last Sunday's two Top League games.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 26, 2004
Victory can't save IBM from relegation
IBM Big Blue may have recorded its first win of the year, in beating World Fighting Bull 37-28 at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya on Saturday, but it wasn't enough to prevent it from taking up one of the two automatic relegation spots from the Top League.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 19, 2004
NEC takes its chances to end up on top of World
There's an old saying in rugby that you take the points whenever they are offered to you. And it's a lesson that the World Fighting Bull players will do well to remember after Saturday's 33-31 loss to the NEC Green Rockets at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya.
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 17, 2004
Germany whips Japan
YOKOHAMA -- Bayern Munich midfielder Michael Ballack gave the 61,805 fans who braved the cold at Yokohama International Stadium on Thursday, something to remember as Germany beat Japan 3-0 in the home team's last game of a busy 2004.
Rugby
Dec 5, 2004
Ricoh downloads IBM; Toshiba bumps Sanyo
Following a four-week break -- supposedly to allow Japan to take its best team on what turned out to be a disastrous tour of Europe -- Top League rugby action made its return on Saturday.
Rugby
Dec 2, 2004
Tokyo's rugby community honors former teammate
Rugby players haven't always enjoyed the best of reputations.
Rugby
Oct 24, 2004
Brave Lupus bruise Big Blue
The Toshiba Brave Lupus juggernaut kept rolling along on Saturday as the most feared pack in Japanese rugby brushed aside IBM Big Blue 67-18 at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 17, 2004
Spears tackle Sungoliath to reach top spot in league
Rugby fans in Tokyo certainly got their money's worth on Saturday at Chichibunomiya.
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.
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.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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