Japanese star fuels rumours on Manchester Utd. transfer
Japanese football midfielder Shinji Kagawa, who plays in Germany for Borussia Dortmund, met Sir Alex Ferguson, the boss of Manchester United, for a two hour discussion which fuels rumours for…
Japan’s women soccer team scouts super-tall goalkeeper
World champion Japan has called Erina Yamane, a product of the “Supergirl Project”, designed to search for new goalkeeping talents, to join the team at the upcoming London Olympics. The…
Japan Olympic swimmers dismiss altitude fears
The Olympic swimming team of Japan will continue as planned with its altitude training schedule, despite the recent death of Norwegian swimmer Alexander Dale Oen, at a high altitude training…
Japanese comedian fails to run for Cambodia at the Olympics
Kuniaki Takizaki, a 34-year-old Japanese comedian who recently became a Cambodian citizen, was denied his participation at the London Olympics as a representative of Cambodia at men’s marathon. The International…
Japanese swimmer mourns death of Norwegian rival
Kosuke Kitajima, holder of two swimming Olympic gold medals for Japan, wrote on Twitter that his “tears won’t stop” after finding out the news of his Norwegian rival Alexander Dale…
Baseball star Yu Darvish rewarded for spectacular U.S. debut
Japanese baseball player Yu Darvish is living up to the high expectations surrounding his move from Japan to the U.S. baseball major leagues. He was just named the American League…
Japanese horse rider to be oldest Olympian at London Games
Japanese dressage rider Hiroshi Hoketsu, at age 71 will be the oldest participant at this year’s London Olympics, says he is only getting in better shape and has not set…
First Arab sumo fighter dreams of triumph in Japan
Egypt’s Abdelrahman Ahmed Shaalan is the first professional sumo wrestler coming from both the Arab world and the African continent to seek glory in Japan. His ambition and passion are…
Japan’s women soccer team wins another trophy
Japan’s women soccer national team beat Brazil 4-1 and won the Kirin Cup, a three-team tournament where the United States rival was the other participant. Japan won the trophy after…
Charges dropped against US player in Japan
OSAKA, Japan (AP) — Former Indiana basketball player Lynn Washington has been released from an Osaka jail after charges he attempted to smuggle marijuana into Japan were dropped. The 33-year-old…
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