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Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 6, 2022
Brazil dedicate World Cup win to ailing Pele
Following the last-16 match at Stadium 974 in Doha, the players unfurled a huge banner to the 82-year-old, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 6, 2022
World Cup not Modric's swansong, says Croatia coach Dalic
The Real Madrid player has now appeared in four World Cups and four European Championships.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 6, 2022
Penalty shootout agony for fans as Japan's World Cup dream comes to a disappointing end
Devastated fans brave rain and a midnight start to watch the Samurai Blue's historic chance at a quarterfinal appearance slip through their fingers.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 6, 2022
South Korea's luck runs out at World Cup as Brazil exposes gulf in class
Any dreams of South Korea replicating its historic World Cup run from 20 years ago have come crashing down with a 4-1 humiliation at the hands of five-times champions Brazil.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 6, 2022
Japan's World Cup run ends with shootout heartbreak against Croatia
The Samurai Blue's dreams of reaching their first-ever FIFA World Cup quarterfinals were dashed by the runner-up of the 2018 edition.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 5, 2022
England quickly shifts focus to showdown against France
England only spent a little time celebrating its 3-0 World Cup win over Senegal on Sunday before turning its thoughts to an intimidating quarterfinal against reigning champion France and Kylian Mbappe.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 5, 2022
Kylian Mbappe obsessed with leading France to second straight World Cup title
Kylian Mbappe said he dreamed of winning the World Cup for a second time after his brace helped France to a 3-1 win over Poland on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 5, 2022
Qatar World Cup spotlights health risks of a hotter planet
Researchers see a troubling pattern emerging among low-income migrants across the globe's hottest regions: an epidemic of chronic kidney disease.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 4, 2022
How Japanese soccer evolved to produce world-beating warriors
The Samurai Blue's upset wins over Germany and Spain at the 2022 FIFA World Cup are a result of decades of effort to expand the sport's footprint across the country.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 4, 2022
Socceroos coach Graham Arnold calls for greater funding and facilities
The 59-year-old said the government needs to do more if the Socceroos are to perform well again at future World Cups, starting with government investment.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 4, 2022
Japan super-sub Ritsu Doan aims to sink Croatia
The Freiburg winger would become the first Japanese player to score three goals at a single World Cup if he scores on Monday, but his focus is on helping his team reach the quarterfinals.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 4, 2022
Messi carries the load to help Argentina into the quarterfinals
Argentina reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup with a 2-1 win over Australia, but they might not want to consider what may have happened without Lionel Messi on the pitch.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 4, 2022
Dutch masters end American dream to reach World Cup quarterfinals
A clinical Netherlands ended the United States' World Cup dream on Saturday, sweeping into the quarterfinals with a ruthless 3-1 victory.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 3, 2022
Stephanie Frappart's hometown expresses pride as referee makes history in Qatar
When Stephanie Frappart stepped onto the Al Bayt stadium grass on Thursday, she became the first woman to referee a men's World Cup game to complete a journey that started almost 30 years ago on the outskirts of Paris.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 2, 2022
Japan adds another thrilling chapter to World Cup story with improbable victory over Spain
Japan's win sends the Samurai Blue into the round of 16 as the Group E winner. The team's next challenge is a showdown with Group F runner-up Croatia.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 2, 2022
Too close to call? Japan’s winning goal joins list of controversies
Ao Tanaka's goal may have rescued the Samurai Blue's World Cup campaign, but it was Kaoru Mitoma's touchline assist that has fans and pundits debating technology's place in refereeing.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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