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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Oct 24, 2015

Naoto Hirooka: 'I say sprint while you can'

Fashion designer on Jackie Chan, shocking pink and feeling nervous the day before a big match
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 14, 2015

Brave Blossoms determined to capitalize on rugby boom

Around 500 fans were waiting for the Brave Blossoms at Haneda airport on Tuesday, dousing them in a flood of camera flashlights.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 13, 2015

Brave Blossoms return to hero's welcome

Japan's Rugby World Cup heroes returned home on Tuesday with a vow to continue their new "winning culture" when the country hosts the event in four years' time.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Oct 4, 2015

Chance chat in Gaza alters a life

Kenji Sekine might have ended up as a wine importer at a supermarket chain in Tokyo had it not been for a chance encounter with a Palestinian boy during a trip to the Middle East in early 1999.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 2, 2015

Fukuoka among three finalists to host 2021, '23 swimming worlds

Only three cities, all in Asia, remain in the running to host the 2021 and 2023 World Swimming Championships after two more potential bidders dropped out, FINA, swimming world's governing body, told Reuters.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 12, 2015

Sweeping beauties of Kumano's brush area

In the soft morning drizzle, a handful of people line up before an altar-like mound of stones where a small fire crackles and hisses. Each person in turn throws a handful of old brushes into the blaze. The local garbage incinerator? No — this is ritual cremation.
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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 11, 2015

Manchester United-Liverpool rivalry always fierce, bitter clash

This is a game Louis van Gaal dare not lose. English football's clasico between Manchester United and Liverpool today is, like Barcelona vs. Real Madrid, not a derby, but it represents the fiercest and most hostile rivalry in English football.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 10, 2015

Golf's slide in Japan sees course owners taking a swing at noncorporate clients

After decades of stagnation and decline, Japan is trying to break the traditional male-dominated elitism of the bubble days and usher in a new era of growth. We're talking about golf.
BUSINESS / 'SUMMER DAVOS' SPECIAL 2015
Sep 9, 2015

Young Global Leaders are the vanguard in business, politics and society

In March, the World Economic Forum announced this year's Forum of Young Global Leaders (YGLs), the most exceptional leaders 40 years of age and younger, who are believed to be the architects of future society.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 5, 2015

Feast from the forest: foraging for edible plants in Japan

In the opening poem of "Kokin Wakashu" ("Collection of Japanese Poems of Ancient and Modern Times"), the Emperor writes about harvesting sansai (wild plants). The emperors of the Heian and Nara periods made it a rule to seek sansai in the forests in order to collect food and predict the harvest.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2015

Troubles in Russia, China slow Kremlin's pivot to Asia

A growing economic crisis in Russia and a growth slowdown in China that has rattled world markets means about $113 billion worth of joint projects ranging from gas pipelines to power grids have been stalled or delayed.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 26, 2015

New web service aims to match aspiring athletes with scouts, teams

Catching the attention of scouts is often vital for pursuing a successful career path in sports, but this isn't easy if athletes weren't part of a famous school team.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 20, 2015

Iwate signs versatile power forward Harris

Forward Alandise Harris brings big athletic potential as he embarks on a pro career.
SOCCER
Aug 19, 2015

Okazaki adjusting game to thrive in Premier League

Leicester City summer recruit Shinji Okazaki says he is reaping the benefit of changing his game to adapt to the demands of Premier League soccer.
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MORE SPORTS
Aug 17, 2015

Bubka targets doping fight as IAAF's top priority

Former Olympic champion Sergey Bubka thinks the fight against doping is the main task facing whoever triumphs in Wednesday's IAAF presidential election, a vote he is still confident he will win.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Aug 14, 2015

The shock of the old; boy band melodrama; CM of the Week: Kirin Beverage Co.

The shock of the old and abandoned is the theme of the late night "road movie" documentary series "Haikyo no Kyujitsu" ("Holiday in the Ruins"; TV Tokyo, Fri., 12:52 a.m.). Two teams of TV personalities — one in the United States and the other in Japan — explore man-made facilities that are no longer...
Rugby
Aug 12, 2015

Lomu tops greatest World Cup try poll

The English backs brushed away like breadcrumbs may still find it hard to watch but Jonah Lomu's bulldozing try for New Zealand in 1995 has been voted the best in World Cup history.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 7, 2015

China awarded 2019 FIBA World Cup

China will host the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the sport's global governing body announced on Friday night in Tokyo.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Aug 7, 2015

Detective mystery in Tokyo; child soldiers of World War II; CM of the Week: Toyota

Actor Sho Aikawa used to be the king of straight-to-video movies. He's now all over the place, and stars as officer Ken Kobayashi in the occasional mystery series, "Setagaya Chuzai Keiji" ("Setagaya Police Substation Detective"; TBS, Mon., 9 p.m.).
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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 7, 2015

Big guns set to rule the roost again as fun, games begin

Jose Mourinho mocks Arsene Wenger yet again; the high priest of pragmatic football accused Arsenal of being defensive as it beat Chelsea 1-0 in the Community Shield; the Hypocritical One also tells Señora Benitez she should put Rafa on a diet.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 2, 2015

Venue for 2019 Rugby World Cup final still undecided

World Rugby officials are still undecided about where the 2019 World Cup final will be played after the Japanese government scuttled their proposal to stage the match in Tokyo's new Olympic stadium.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Aug 1, 2015

Wine joins whisky in Japan's 'Napa Valley'

The small town of Yoichi in Hokkaido has become famous recently as the setting for much of an NHK TV series titled "Massan" that was screened every day, Monday to Saturday, from September 2014 to March this year.

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