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SOCCER
Apr 24, 2021

Urawa and Sendai share spoils as WE League preseason begins

Nadeshiko Japan regular Yuika Sugasawa's penalty kick was negated by Hinata Miyazawa's second-half equalizer in front of a healthy 1,504 fans at Komaba Stadium.
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SOCCER
Mar 7, 2021

Soccer ‘stock market’ slashes payouts and works to fix cash crunch

A U.K. gambling website that calls itself a "real money virtual stock market” offering bets on soccer players said it’s in talks to fix a liquidity crunch and paused a technology project with Nasdaq.
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SOCCER
Nov 30, 2020

Lionel Messi leads tributes as soccer mourns Diego Maradona

Messi paid tribute on Sunday by stripping off his Barcelona top to reveal a shirt honoring Maradona after he scored the final goal in a 4-0 rout of Osasuna.
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SOCCER
Apr 27, 2020

Spanish soccer season unlikely to resume before summer

The Spanish soccer season, halted like most major sporting competitions due to the coronavirus pandemic, is unlikely to return until the summer, the country's health minister Salvador Illa said on Sunday.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 29, 2020

A letter to Lionel Messi: Stop, please!

The great soccer player and humanitarian is making it hard on writers to come with new ways to compliment him.
Japan Times
SOCCER / From the Spot
Jan 15, 2020

Toronto midfielder Tsubasa Endoh awaits breakthrough moment for MLS in Japan

When newly minted FC Cincinnati striker Yuya Kubo makes his MLS debut in March, few will be more eager to welcome him than Tsubasa Endoh.
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JAPAN
Oct 8, 2019

Japan's Rising Sun flag: A bone of contention for South Korea

Late last month, South Korean lawmaker An Min-suk of the ruling Democratic Party stood before the media in Seoul to explain a resolution proposed in the National Assembly.
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BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2019

Japan tax agency launches sake branding panel featuring former soccer pro Hidetoshi Nakata

The National Tax Agency has created an expert panel tasked with coming up with a branding strategy to boost exports of sake.
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SOCCER / From the Spot
May 22, 2019

Blown call leaves Japanese soccer world scrambling to enact reforms

Friday night's 3-2 win by Shonan Bellmare over Urawa Reds showcased everything great about the J. League, with the plucky underdogs winning in stoppage time to cap a dramatic comeback.
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PARALYMPICS
Aug 24, 2018

Para Arena a barrier-free home base for athletes

With the start of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics just two years away, para athletes have begun to ramp up preparations and intensify their training. But many face major disadvantages due to a lack of training facilities with features such as air conditioning or barrier-free entrances.
SOCCER
Aug 22, 2018

Ichiritsu Funabashi becomes Japan's first public school to sign uniform deal for soccer team

Ichiritsu Funabashi High School announced a partnership with job listing site MyNavi on Tuesday, becoming the first public school in the country to sign a uniform sponsor for its soccer club.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 8, 2018

Four boys from Thai soccer team trapped in flooded cave are rescued

Four of 12 schoolboys have been rescued so far from a flooded Thai cave after divers launched a daring and dangerous mission to free the children and their soccer coach, who were trapped underground for more than two weeks, Thai officials said.
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JAPAN
Jun 29, 2018

Japanese and Polish fans experience mixed feelings over Samurai Blue's teamwork, World Cup progress and passive approach

Japanese and Polish soccer fans were left with mixed feelings Friday morning, after Japan's World Cup game against Poland — the last in the tournament's group stage — showcased not only the Samurai Blue's teamwork and fair play but a passive approach that almost had them packing their bags.
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SOCCER / World cup
Jun 13, 2018

U.S. counterspy warns World Cup travelers' devices could be hacked

The top U.S. counterintelligence official is advising Americans traveling to Russia for soccer's World Cup beginning this week that they should not take electronic devices because they are likely to be hacked by criminals or the Russian government.
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LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 4, 2018

J. League's Vissel Kobe welcomes Spanish soccer legend Iniesta

Vissel Kobe holds an event at the Noevir Stadium Kobe to welcome midfielder Andres Iniesta, who joined J1 team Vissel Kobe from Spanish La Liga team Barcelona.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
May 23, 2018

Zen and the art of Premier League dominance: Buddhist philosophy links Manchester United, Arsenal and Japan

Can the success of Alex Ferguson's 'kids' and Arsene Wenger's 'Invincibles' be linked to Buddhist philosophy? It's worth a try.
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WORLD / Politics
Aug 9, 2017

Argentine soccer great Maradona vows to be 'soldier' for Maduro, gets Caracas opposition invite to view disaster

With Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro facing criticism from around Latin America and the world amid a deepening political crisis, Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona said he was willing to fight for the embattled leftist regime.
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WORLD
Nov 29, 2016

Plane carrying Brazil's Chapecoense soccer team crashes in Colombia, 76 dead

Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense, heading for the biggest game in their history, were on board a plane that crashed into Colombian jungle, killing 76 people, police said on Tuesday.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Aug 21, 2015

History of a health-obsessed shogun; soccer star beauty challenge; CM of the Week: Asahi Beer

Every Japanese schoolkid knows that Tokugawa Ieyasu was the first shogun of Japan and initiated the long, war-free Edo Period (1603-1868), but few know that he didn't rule from Edo (present-day Tokyo). He ostensibly handed rule of the country over to his son, Hidetada, only two years after establishing...
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SOCCER
Jun 29, 2015

Czech soccer legend Masopust dies at 84

Josef Masopust, who led Czechoslovakia into the 1962 World Cup final and was considered the country's greatest ever player, died on Monday after a long illness, his former club Dukla Prague announced. He was 84.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2013

Video of Tokyo cop's crowd-control comments goes viral

A Tokyo police officer is winning praise for quick-witted comments that kept excited soccer fans from getting out of hand Tuesday night in Shibuya after Japan won a ticket to the 2014 World Cup.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
May 5, 2013

Two documentaries on the rougher side of sports; CM of the week: Bandai Namco's Gundam games

The life of a pro athlete can be grueling, but 37-year-old soccer player Dan Ito has a perverse determination to make his even more so.

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