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BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 3, 2004

Officials confirm Nagashima's absence

Japanese national baseball team manager Shigeo Nagashima, who is undergoing rehabilitation from a stroke suffered in March, has decided not to travel to Athens to lead the squad at the Olympics later this month, team officials said Monday.
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2004

Nagashima won't manage Japan

Former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima, who is rehabilitating from a stroke suffered in March, will not lead the Japan national baseball team at the upcoming Athens Olympics, an informed source said Saturday.
BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2004

Electrical appliance sales down 3%

Sales of household electrical appliances at major retailers fell 3.29 percent in June from a year earlier to 162.06 billion yen, the Nippon Electric Big-Store Association said Monday in a preliminary report.
OLYMPICS
Jul 25, 2004

Japanese delegation launched

The Japanese delegation for the upcoming Olympic Games in Athens was officially launched with a ceremony Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2004

Hiroshima Carp building baseball academy in China

The Hiroshima Carp are developing a pitching academy in the Chinese province of Guangdong in cooperation with a local team, the first such attempt by a Japanese professional baseball team.
OLYMPICS
Jul 17, 2004

Takahara misses out

Feyenoord midfielder Shinji Ono and teenage striker Sota Hirayama were included in Japan's final squad for next month's Athens Olympics, but Naohiro Takahara's faint hopes of playing in Greece ended after he was omitted from the 18-man party named by the Japan Football Association on Friday.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 17, 2004

Suetsugu may opt out of 200 meters

Japanese sprinter Shingo Suetsugu, world bronze medalist in the men's 200 meters, said Friday he will focus most of his energy on running in the men's 100 meters and 4x100-meter relay at next month's Athens Olympics.
OLYMPICS
Jul 15, 2004

Japan's Olympic soccer team suffers setback

Japan suffered a setback in its preparations for next month's Olympics after a 1-0 home defeat to Tunisia in a friendly Wednesday evening.
OLYMPICS
Jul 14, 2004

Tani injured again in training

Japanese judoka Ryoko Tani has sustained a leg injury, suffering a setback in her preparations for the defense of the women's 48-kg title at the upcoming Athens Olympics, judo officials said Tuesday.
OLYMPICS
Jul 13, 2004

Yuka Murofushi named to team

Yuka Murofushi, who set a national record in women's hammer throw last month, was one of six Japanese newly named to the Athens Olympics squad by the Japan Association of Athletics Federation on Monday.
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 11, 2004

Ono, Takahara tabbed

The Japan Football Association has named a 30-man provisional list of players for the men's team for next month's Athens Olympics, which features European-based "over-age" players Shinji Ono and Naohiro Takahara.
OLYMPICS
Jul 8, 2004

Takahara to join camp

Hamburg SV striker Naohiro Takahara will join Japan's Olympic team training camp being held on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa, Japan Under-23 coach Masakuni Yamamoto said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2004

Children's environment symposium to be held in Tokyo

All children living in Japan are invited to take part in an international symposium on the environment to be held in Tokyo on July 18.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 29, 2004

Giants, Hawks dominate 2004 All-Star voting

Catcher Shinnosuke Abe was one of six Yomiuri Giants players picked by fans for the 11 available positions in the Central League team as the final count of the All-Star balloting returns was announced Monday.
OLYMPICS
Jun 24, 2004

Women spikers plan marvelous warm-up

The Japanese women's volleyball team will play V. League side JT Marvelous next week in a warm-up match ahead of this summer's Athens Olympics, the Japan Volleyball Association said Wednesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jun 19, 2004

Selfishness short-circuited Lakers

NEW YORK -- If it helps them to sleep better at night thinking the result of The NBA Finals would be reversed had Karl Malone remained healthy, Laker fans, by all means, are encouraged to dream on.
OLYMPICS
Jun 15, 2004

Japanese quartet to play in Athens

Ai Sugiyama, Saori Obata, Shinobu Asagoe and Akiko Morigami all won berths for the Athens Olympics through the latest WTA singles rankings released Monday, having cleared the standard set by the International Tennis Federation.
OLYMPICS
Jun 15, 2004

JAAF offers rewards for medal winners

The Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) said Monday it will provide cash bonuses for medal winners at the Athens Olympics as well as for their coaches.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
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.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
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.
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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