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Japan Times
Rugby
Jul 1, 2009

Japanese squad wins historic rugby match

There's a fine line between friendship and rivalry, and for now, South Korea's only women's rugby team is on the friendly side of the line with its Japanese counterparts.
Rugby
May 22, 2007

Suntory develops rugby talent

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It was a bittersweet goodbye for Naoya Nomura and Takeshi Fujiwara, Suntory Sungoliath's two promising rookies who left the Wellington club team Western Subs last Friday after a two-month training session to return to their team in Japan.
Rugby
May 26, 2005

Brave Blossoms fell Romanian Oaks to set up rugby final against Canucks

Daisuke Ohata may well be the pin-up boy of Japanese rugby but 19-year-old Ayumu Goromaru is the face of the future and the two combined on Wednesday to send Japan into the final of the Toshiba Super Cup as the Brave Blossoms beat the Oaks of Romania 23-16 at Tokyo's National Stadium.
Rugby
May 9, 2005

Japan steamrolls Hong Kong 91-3 in Rugby WC qualifier

Japan opened its qualifying campaign for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in emphatic style on Sunday with a 91-3 drubbing of Hong Kong at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya Rugby Field.
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.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 28, 2002

Kobe Steel set to face Suntory in rugby final

The 39th All-Japan Rugby Union Championship will be a repeat of the company final following the two semifinals played on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 5, 2001

Asian Rugby World Cup qualifying slated

South Korea and a third Asian entry will vie for a berth in the 2003 Rugby World Cup in an Asian qualifying tournament next June and July, the Japan Rugby Union said Monday.
Japan Times
Rugby
Apr 25, 2023

Springboks captain Siya Kolisi could miss World Cup with knee injury

A South African Rugby Union insider said on Monday that the 31-year-old World Cup-winning skipper had seen specialists and is set to meet another on Tuesday.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jul 13, 2023

Springboks have to defy history to beat All Blacks in Auckland

It has been 86 years and nine tests since South Africa last won in Auckland, where it suffered a 57-0 drubbing against New Zealand in 2017.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jan 13, 2023

Japan's Tevita Tatafu to join Bordeaux-Begles following Rugby World Cup

Japan No. 8 Tevita Tatafu will join French outfit Bordeaux-Begles next season, his Japanese side Suntory Sungoliath announced on Thursday.
Japan Times
Rugby
Dec 20, 2022

New England boss Steve Borthwick wants to revive Twickenham 'roar'

The appointment comes after Australian Eddie Jones was fired following England's worst year of results since 2008, with only five wins from 12 games and the 2023 Rugby World Cup looming.
Japan Times
Rugby
Nov 24, 2022

Michael Hooper ruled out as Australia vows to investigate 'unprecedented' injury crisis

Rugby Australia will probe the Wallabies' "unprecedented" injury toll as part of its season-ending review as Dave Rennie's side limps into its final test against Wales on Saturday.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 14, 2022

New boy Ihaia West helps Toulon 'get jump on' La Rochelle

Ex-All Blacks playmaker West, won the European Champions Cup and was a Top 14 runner up before switching the Atlantic for the Mediterranean this summer.
Japan Times
Rugby
Aug 28, 2022

Ian Foster pleads for patience as pressure mounts on All Blacks

New Zealand's head coach said he was aware Saturday's defeat to the Pumas will throw fuel on the fire for critics, but asked for more time to get his side playing to a higher standard.
Japan Times
Rugby
Aug 15, 2022

Ian Foster's future with All Blacks in limbo despite win over Springboks

Ian Foster's future as head coach of New Zealand remained up in the air on Monday despite the All Blacks' impressive turnaround against South Africa in the Rugby Championship over the weekend.
Japan Times
Rugby
Aug 2, 2022

Springboks eye Southern Hemisphere crown with All Blacks in crisis

Back-to-back tests against South Africa to start the Rugby Championship are far from the dream scenario for a New Zealand team looking to turn around a poor run of form.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 21, 2021

Michael Leitch dropped to bench as Japan names squad for Australia test

The match in Oita will be Japan's first at home since losing to South Africa in the World Cup quarterfinals.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jun 14, 2021

Rugby World Cup star Ayumu Goromaru has no regrets about retirement

Former international fullback Ayumu Goromaru, one of the stars of Japan's 2015 Rugby World Cup campaign, said Monday he had "no regrets" and "felt refreshed" following his retirement from the sport.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 9, 2021

Former rugby player calls on athletes to speak out on Tokyo Games

Tsuyoshi Hirao, now a professor of sports education, believes that it's time for Olympic participants to take a stand on whether they want the event to go on.
Japan Times
Rugby
Feb 14, 2021

Eddie Jones hails Jonny May's spectacular 'rugby league' try

England coach Eddie Jones said that Jonny May's extraordinary try in Saturday's 41-18 Six Nations victory over Italy reminded him of a rugby league finish, though the flying up-and-over dive would have probably been more at home in last week's Super Bowl.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jan 29, 2021

New Zealand to face Australia in World Cup opening-night blockbuster

Host and reigning champion New Zealand will take on neighbor Australia at Auckland's Eden Park on the opening night of the women's Rugby World Cup in September, organizers said on Friday.
Japan Times
Rugby
Nov 2, 2019

Steve Hansen says World Cup pain will fuel All Blacks

Outgoing New Zealand head coach Steve Hansen warned the rest of the rugby world to expect a backlash from the dethroned Rugby World Cup champions over the next four years, after leading the All Blacks to a third-place finish on Friday night.
Japan Times
Rugby
Nov 1, 2019

New Zealand hammers Wales in bronze-medal match

New Zealand claimed third place at the Rugby World Cup with a 40-17 win over Wales on Friday night.
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.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
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.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
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.

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