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OSAKA

Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 4, 2015
Frontale beat Gamba in thriller to stay in title contention
Yoshito Okubo scored twice and Kawasaki Frontale kept alive their hopes of winning the second-stage title with a thrilling 5-3 win over defending champions Gamba Osaka in the J. League first division on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 1, 2015
Hashimoto, Matsui launch new national party focused on Osaka
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto and Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui have once again ventured into national politics, announcing their new national party and saying it would be Osaka-focused.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 1, 2015
Defending champion Hamamatsu aims for another title in league's final season
The 11th and final bj-league season gets underway on Friday night, signaling an end to several months of massive changes within the league.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 29, 2015
Determined Gamba ready to face Evergrande in ACL semifinals
Gamba Osaka manager Kenta Hasegawa says his team will pull out all the stops to overcome China's Guangzhou Evergrande in the first leg of their Asian Champions League semifinal on Wednesday night.
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JAPAN
Sep 29, 2015
Stylist's hair-donation program provides wigs for kids
Beauty salon worker Kiichi Watanabe believes the best way he can contribute to society as a hairdresser is by fitting wigs made of human hair to children who have none.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 28, 2015
Osaka eyes law to evict quasi-legal drug dealers
Osaka Prefecture plans to reform its ordinance to prohibit accommodation operators from allowing dealers of quasi-legal drugs to stay, following the recent eradication of such dealers' outlets in the prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Sep 27, 2015
For Hashimoto, much at stake in name of new national party
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who is trying to form a new national party to represent the Kansai region, is tasked with deciding on a suitable name.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 23, 2015
San Francisco unanimously adopts measure to build 'comfort women' memorial
San Francisco decided to build a memorial to commemorate the “comfort women,” despite protests from Toru Hashimoto, mayor of its sister city of Osaka.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 21, 2015
Radwanska advances, Osaka ousted at Pan Pacific Open
Seventh seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland beat American Coco Vandeweghe to advance to the second round of the Pan Pacific Open on Monday, but there was an early exit for Japanese wild card Naomi Osaka.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 20, 2015
Kurata's 93rd-minute strike gives Gamba a draw with Matsumoto
Substitute Shu Kurata scored deep into stoppage time to rescue a point for Gamba Osaka in a 1-1 draw away to struggling Matsumoto Yamaga in the J. League on Sunday.
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JAPAN
Sep 18, 2015
Huh? Kissing nothing to sneeze at? Osaka doctor's allergy relief study bags Ig Nobel award
A Japanese scientist won the spoof Ig Nobel medicine prize in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday for a study that revealed kissing could reduce allergic reactions in humans.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 16, 2015
Gamba advances to Asian Champions League semifinals
Gamba Osaka beat Jeonbuk Motors in a 3-2 thriller at Osaka's Expo Stadium on Wednesday night to set up an Asian Champions League semifinal against Chinese heavyweights Guangzhou Evergrande, ensuring Japan will have a representative in Asia's premier club competition's final four.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 12, 2015
Usami brace steers Gamba past Antlers
Japan striker Takashi Usami scored his 17th and 18th goals of the season to fire Gamba Osaka to a 2-1 win away to high-flying Kashima Antlers in the J. League second stage on Saturday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 12, 2015
Man held over Osaka girl's murder served second arrest warrant
Police served an arrest warrant for murder on Saturday on a man already being held on suspicion of dumping the body of a 13-year-old girl in Osaka Prefecture last month.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 11, 2015
Husband, wife, Vietnamese compatriot held in Osaka knife assault that left one dead, pair wounded
Three Vietnamese have been arrested in Osaka on suspicion of attacking three Vietnamese men with a knife, killing one and severely wounding the other two, Osaka police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 9, 2015
Heads roll as Matsuno shakes up Ishin no To leadership
Yorihisa Matsuno, head of Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party), has sacked three of the party's four top executives, a move likely to accelerate the unfolding disintegration process of the nation's second-largest opposition force.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 9, 2015
Will he, won't he? Osaka Mayor Hashimoto keeps public guessing about future role in politics
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto continues to fuel speculation that his political career will not end in November and that he might end up as an outside adviser to, or even a non-elected member of, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet by the end of the year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 8, 2015
Current, former Osaka police officers arrested over gang rape
A current and a former officer in the Osaka Prefectural Police have been arrested on suspicion of gang-raping and confining a woman in her 20s.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 7, 2015
Hashimoto's new national party likely to closely resemble Ishin no To
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's new national political party, expected to be launched next month, will pursue the same basic neoliberal economic and structural reform policies as those of Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party).
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 7, 2015
One man killed, two hurt in Osaka brawl
One man was killed and two others were seriously injured Sunday night in Osaka after being attacked by a group armed with knives and a baseball bat, police said.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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