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LEICESTER

Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 27, 2017
Tottenham keeps title hopes alive with narrow victory
With less than a month of the Premier League season left, it remains Chelsea's title to lose but Tottenham Hotspur defiantly stayed in contention by grinding out a 1-0 victory at Crystal Palace on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 7, 2017
Shakespeare writing new script for revitalized Leicester
When Diego Simeone shakes hands with Craig Shakespeare next Wednesday the Atletico Madrid coach will have little idea about his opponent. In fairness, even in England few do. When your club reaches the last eight of the Champions League the manager has usually excelled in the competition and won domestic...
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 17, 2017
Leicester City's precipitous slide continues unabated
The champion of England plays a League One side in the F.A. Cup fifth round Saturday. Few are predicting a surprise result as hardly anyone thinks Leicester City will beat Millwall.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 15, 2017
Chelsea shrugs off Costa's absence
Chelsea made light of striker Diego Costa's absence to extend its lead at the top of the Premier League to seven points on Saturday with a 3-0 win at champion Leicester City.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 30, 2016
Premier League champion Leicester's rapid descent easy to see coming
One of the attractions of football is the inability to understand how the near impossible happens. The best coaches, the leading pundits, the most experienced observers and the club's fans could not really explain how or why Leicester City won the Premier League last season. You still think you should...
Japan Times
SPORTS
Dec 30, 2016
The top sports stories of 2016
The Japan Times newsroom selected these sports stories as the most important of 2016.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 11, 2016
Arsenal goes top; Leicester recovers sparkle
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SOCCER
Aug 10, 2016
Leicester's Ranieri signs new contract until 2020
Manager Claudio Ranieri has signed a new contract with Leicester City that would keep him at the club until June 2020, the Premier League champion announced on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Jun 20, 2016
Wenger says Vardy will stay at Leicester
Striker Jamie Vardy is likely to turn down a move to Arsenal and stay at Premier League champion Leicester City, the north London club's manager, Arsene Wenger, has said.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 6, 2016
With title clinched, relegation battle takes center stage
The Premier League trophy will be presented to Leicester City captain Wes Morgan before Saturday's game against Everton after the most incredible, memorable and unpredictable title race in English football history was decided by the 2-2 draw between Chelsea and Tottenham on Monday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 2, 2016
Leicester's Vardy named Football Writers' Player of Year
Leicester City's Jamie Vardy has been voted Player of the Year by the Football Writers' Association (FWA) in the latest twist to his fairy-tale ride from minor-league journeyman to international striker.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 29, 2016
Leicester's feel-good story drawing nearer to fairy-tale conclusion
Seeing a team win the Premier League title at Old Trafford is nothing new, but on Saturday that honor could go to Leicester City, not Manchester United.
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.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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.

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