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Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Nov 11, 2015

Japan keen to work off frustration in World Cup qualifiers

Japan heads into this week's World Cup qualifiers only in second place in Group E, but Vahid Halilhodzic's side will be hungry to set the record straight against opponents Singapore and Cambodia.
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.).
MORE SPORTS
Mar 11, 2015

Budapest named replacement host for 2017 FINA World Championships

Budapest will replace Guadalajara, Mexico, as the host of the 2017 FINA World Aquatics Championships, governing body FINA said on Wednesday.
Figure Skating
Mar 7, 2015

Higuchi earns bronze medal at world juniors

Wakaba Higuchi earned the bronze medal at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships on Friday night in Tallinn, Estonia.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 6, 2014

Japan's World Heritage Sites

It was in September 2003 that I visited Kiyomizu-dera — exactly 11 years ago. I was in Japan for the first time, and during an excursion to meet an old friend in Osaka, she suggested driving us down the road to Kyoto to see the ridiculous number of staggeringly striking temples. Grand old Kiyomizu-dera,...
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 22, 2014

Japan defeats China, improves to 3-0 in FIVB World Grand Prix Finals

Japan remained unbeaten on the third day of play in the FIVB World Grand Prix Finals with a straight sets (25-21, 25-17, 25-21) victory over China at Ariake Colosseum on Friday night
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Jun 21, 2014

France makes short work of Japan in World League match

France scored a clinical three-set (25-23, 25-18, 25-16) victory over Japan in the fifth round of World League play on Saturday afternoon at Shimadzu Arena.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2014

Ambitious Japanese fans deflated by Samurai Blue’s first-match loss in World Cup

Japanese soccer fans fall into a funk after the national team loses its first World Cup match, including nearly 12,000 who watched the game at a Yokohama stadium.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 14, 2014

Argentina prevails against Japan in World League Pool D opener

Argentina improved its record to 4-3 with a straight sets victory (25-21, 25-20, 25-15) over Japan in their FIVB World League Pool D opener at Komaki Park Arena on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2014

Police to flood Shibuya as Japan kicks off World Cup campaign

Tokyo police will deploy about 800 officers in the Shibuya area Sunday to control crowds and reduce jams, noise and possible vandalism as Japan faces Cote d'Ivoire in the opening round of soccer's World Cup.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 18, 2014

World Cup 2014 views from Ishikawa: USA and Australia

A Team USA fan and a Socceroo follower in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, discuss their teams' prospects in next month's FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Apr 30, 2014

World Cup squad shaping up as Zaccheroni weighs options

With national team manager Alberto Zaccheroni set to name his World Cup squad on May 12, Soccer Scene takes a look at the candidates. Names in bold are those predicted to make the final 23-man roster:
Crashed Jeju jet’s black box failure shows decadeslong gap in power rules
The flight data recorder retrieved from Jeju Air flight 2216, which crashed killing 179 people in December. Black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the flight stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, South Korea's transport ministry said Saturday.
Kyoto to raise accommodation tax to a maximum ¥10,000 per night
Tourists visit Fushimi Inari Shrine in the city of Kyoto on Monday.
Bird flu cases surge as new year begins
Agriculture minister Taku Eto speaks during a meeting on measures against bird flu at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japanese space startup launches second bid for historic moon landing
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Ispace's Resilience lunar lander lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday.
Trump’s immigration crackdown will be swift and ugly. Here’s how.
Migrants wait to be processed on U.S. soil after crossing from Mexico in El Paso, Texas, in May 2023.
With new regional party, Shinji Ishimaru touts rebirth
Shinji Ishimaru announces details of his new regional party at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Nippon Steel’s case against Biden probably unwinnable, attorneys argue
U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Steel Works in Braddock, Pennsylvannia, in 2019. Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel face significant legal challenges in their case against the United States.
Japanese companies rush to up English-language disclosures in 2025
The Tokyo Stock Exchange will soon require some companies to publish their financials in English in addition to Japanese.
Tokyo plans to subsidize epidurals, but are hospitals ready?
Epidurals during childbirth have long been uncommon in Japan, though they have been growing more popular in recent years.
Due north: Foreign-born guides introduce Hokkaido’s unique charms
Lantoko, a company operated by Taiwan native Ping-Fang Lan, offers drift ice walking tours and other exhilarating experiences in and around Shiretoko National Park.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

It's back to the classroom for some residents as municipal governments across the country conduct lessons to learn how to use new technologies.
Can aging Japan go digital without leaving anyone behind?
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