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SOCCER / J. League
Mar 12, 2014
Usual suspects top the table early
The new J. League season is just two weeks old, but already there is a familiar look about the top of the table.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Mar 8, 2014
Blanco out to prove stellar 2013 was no fluke
Tony Blanco was very good in 2013. Ridiculously good even, considering the already solid performer shattered a slew of career highs in one fell swoop.
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SOCCER / J. League
Mar 2, 2014
New signings get Marinos off to winning start
Jungo Fujimoto and Sho Ito both opened their Yokohama F. Marinos accounts as the Emperor's Cup holders beat Omiya Ardija 2-0 in their J. League season opener on Sunday.
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SOCCER / J. League / 2014 J. LEAGUE PREVIEW
Feb 28, 2014
Cerezo looking to end Sanfrecce stranglehold
The following is the second of a two-part preview for the upcoming J. League season. Team-by-team previews of the nine highest-ranking teams competing in the first division are listed.
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CULTURE / Art
Feb 26, 2014
'Fascinating Japanese Woodcut Prints'
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the Yokohama Museum of Art is holding an exhibition of around 220 works selected from its 1,600-strong collection of ukiyo-e (woodcut prints)
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SOCCER / J. League
Feb 26, 2014
Jeonbuk Motors picks apart Marinos in pivotal stretch
Three goals in 10 second-half minutes condemned Emperor's Cup holders Yokohama F. Marinos to a 3-0 defeat away to South Korea's Jeonbuk Motors in their Group G opener in the Asian Champions League on Wednesday night.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 26, 2014
Reed finding niche in Yokohama
Shooting guard Omar Reed is one of the top newcomers in the bj-league season.
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BASKETBALL
Feb 23, 2014
Tokyo edges Yokohama, earns series split
The one-two punch of Yuji Ide and Ricky Woods guided the Tokyo Cinq Reves to a 74-71 victory over the host Yokohama B-Corsairs on Sunday.
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SOCCER / J. League
Feb 22, 2014
Sanfrecce open with win
Teenage strikers Gakuto Notsuda and Takuma Asano put Yokohama F. Marinos to the sword as Sanfrecce Hiroshima opened the new soccer season with a 2-0 victory in the Xerox Super Cup on Saturday.
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SOCCER / J. League
Feb 21, 2014
Sanfrecce aim for revenge against Marinos in season-opening Fuji Xerox Super Cup
Sanfrecce Hiroshima, the reigning champions, may have pipped Emperor's Cup holders Yokohama F. Marinos to the title on the final day of the 2013 league campaign, but the Purple Arrows will be hungry for revenge when the two sides meet on Saturday in the Fuji Xerox Super Cup, the curtain-raiser for the...
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SOCCER / J. League
Feb 5, 2014
J. League player of year Nakamura rules out international return
Reigning J. League Player of the Year Shunsuke Nakamura has ruled out the possibility of coming out of international retirement and is fully focused on his club career with Yokohama F. Marinos.
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Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 23, 2014
New-year festivities all set to start in Yokohama
From the end of next week, Yokohama's Chinatown begins its spring festival to ring in the Year of the Horse.
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 10, 2014
Nakamura, Marinos finalize contract for upcoming J.League campaign
Yokohama F.Marinos said Friday they have signed 2013 J.League Player of the Year Shunsuke Nakamura to a new one-year ¥130 million deal for the coming season.
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SOCCER / J. League
Jan 2, 2014
Marinos capture Emperor's Cup
Yokohama F. Marinos got payback for their heartbreaking defeat to Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the J. League title race with a 2-0 victory in the last Emperor's Cup final at the existing National Stadium on Wednesday.
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SOCCER / J. League
Jan 1, 2014
Marinos take Emperor's Cup, settle the score with Sanfrecce
Yokohama F Marinos get payback for their bitter defeat to Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the J-League title race with a 2-0 victory over the two-time defending league champions to win the Emperor's Cup.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / A TASTE OF HOME
Dec 31, 2013
Juicy Chinese dumplings will Shanghai your taste buds
People have opinions about xiao long bao. And for good reason: xiao long bao (or XLB, or soup dumplings, or shoronpo as they're called in Japanese) are enchanting: semi-translucent satchels of dough encasing balls of minced pork suspended in, curiously, soup. In that magnificent way that the Chinese...
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SOCCER / J. League
Dec 31, 2013
Marinos looking to take revenge on Sanfrecce in Emperor's Cup final
Yokohama F Marinos got payback for their heartbreaking defeat to Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the J-League title race with a 2-0 victory in the last Emperor's Cup final at the existing National Stadium on Wednesday.
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SOCCER / J. League
Dec 29, 2013
Sanfrecce, Marinos book places in Emperor's Cup final
Japan international Shusaku Nishikawa produced three clutch saves in the shootout as J. League champion Sanfrecce Hiroshima reached the Emperor's Cup final with a 5-4 victory on penalties over FC Tokyo on Sunday.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 26, 2013
Veteran midfielder Fujimoto to transfer to Marinos
Jungo Fujimoto, a midfielder with national team experience, will move from Nagoya Grampus to Yokohama F. Marinos, it was learned Thursday.The 29-year-old native of Kanagawa Prefecture, moved from J.League club Shimizu S-Pulse to Grampus in 2011. Fujimoto scored three goals in 28 games for the Nagoya-based...
BASEBALL
Dec 25, 2013
Swallows acquire lefty pitcher Narveson
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows announced Wednesday that they have signed 32-year-old pitcher Chris Narveson.

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