Japan Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
There's something special about places on the outer limits of great nations or continents; a sort of liberated and reflective space, away from it all, yet still connected to it. Think Alaska, Vancouver Island, the Koh Chang islands in Thailand, Xining in far western China or the pearl of Sri Lanka hanging off the neckace of India. On Ishigaki in the Yaeyama Island group, some 400 km southwest of Okinawa,...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia take on Pohang Steelers of South Korea in the AFC Champions League final this weekend with both sides aiming for a record third continental championship. In Saturday's match, the Saudi giants, who defeated Japan's Nagoya Grampus 8-3 on aggregate in the semi-finals, will have a chance to regain the AFC Champions League title they won in 2004 and 2005. The Korean powerhouses,...
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The Japanese media is reporting today that suspected murderer Tatsuya Ichihashi has had some plastic surgery done to his face: Police also received information that a man who looks similar to Tatsuya Ichihashi, 30, had cosmetic surgery at a clinic in Nagoya, the sources said. Ichihashi is wanted for suspicion of abandoning the body of Lindsay [...]
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Nagoya Grampus rebounded from their midweek Asian Champions League exit to beat non-league Honda Lock 2-0 and advance to the fourth round of the Emperor's Cup on Sunday. Yokohama F. Marinos also went through after thrashing Fukushima United 4-1 at home, leaving Meiji University, a shock 3-0 winner at Montedio Yamagata on Saturday, as the only amateur side to make the last 16.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
After selling out seven of their 11 "Just a Moment" CD release gigs in May and June, it came as little surprise that posthardcore act Ling Tosite Sigure's upcoming "Tornado Z" solo trek would be an anticipated affair. Performing at Japan's six Zepp music halls in November, all 2,700 Tokyo tickets and the nearly 2,220 tickets for Osaka were rapidly purchased less than 60 minutes...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad moved into the Asian Champions League final Wednesday with a 2-1 win away against Nagoya Grampus in the second leg of the semifinals. Two-time champions Al Ittihad went through 8-3 on aggregate and will meet the winner of a later semifinal between Umm Salal of Qatar and South Korea's Pohang Steelers. Pohang hold a 2-0 lead from the first leg.
Japanese Hand Craft owner blog (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
There are only 12 remaining original castles in Japan that are still standing since the 16th or the 17th century. The rest of the castles in Japan were rebuilt after being destroyed in World War II. Osaka castle and Nagoya castles are the most famous of the rebuilt castles. There many rebuilt castles and abandoned castles all over Japan. No fewer than 36 of the capital cities of Japan’s 47 prefectures...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Kazuhiro Wada hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the third inning and the Chunichi Dragons continued to widen their lead Monday en route to beating the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7-4 in a decisive Game 3 of the Climax Series first stage. Second-place Chunichi rallied from a one-game deficit to win the final two games of the best-of-three series. The Dragons will face the Yomiuri Giants, who...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Masahiro Araki delivered a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning as the Chunichi Dragons edged the Yakult Swallows 3-2 to even the first stage of the Central League Climax Series at one game apiece on Sunday. Game 3 on Monday will decide which team will face the CL champion Yomiuri Giants in the second stage. Second-place Chunichi can clinch the series even with a tie against third-place...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Rearing up 27 meters on Nakanoshima in the center of Osaka, the huge blue-and-white striped tent looked like a spaceship that had landed among all the concrete buildings. But the massive marquee is actually the current home of Cirque du Soleil's "Corteo" spectacular, the magical circus troupe's hugely successful show whose title means "procession" in Italian. The circus company...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
It dangles down from Nagoya, dividing Ise Bay from Mikawa Bay in the inglorious shape of one of yesterday's socks. While the upper, northern end soaks up the industrial overspill from Japan's fourth-largest city, its southern half works as a calming antidote to the madding metropolitan crowd. It goes by the name of the Chita Peninsula. The association with summer's least wholesome item of clothing...
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
“Champions” puts artists who specialize in rhinestone decoration to work on transforming an old Mt. Fuji painting inside a bathhouse into a fabulous “deco” Fuji: The head of the project, Tadasuke Miyazawa, runs a shop in at the Sunshine Sakae shopping center in Nagoya and also works as a “deco” teacher. — Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan [...]
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
The day before Typhoon Melor hit Japan, Fuji TV rolled out some computer generated footage of a super strong typhoon hitting Japan and flooding the streets of Nagoya: The doomsday scenario shown in the animation was created based on the predictions of researchers who believe an ultra strong super typhoon may hit Japan in the next [...]
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Japan international midfielders Kengo Nakamura of Kawasaki Frontale and Gamba Osaka's Yasuhito Endo are on the shortlist for the 2009 Asian Player of the Year award, the Asian Football Confederation said Thursday. Nagoya Grampus defender Maya Yoshida, who helped his side beat Kawasaki to reach the semifinals of the Asian Champions League, is the third Japanese player in contention on the initial 15-man...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Australian striker Josh Kennedy fired Nagoya Grampus into the semifinals of the Asian Champions League with a dramatic late goal in a 3-1 win over J. League rivals Kawasaki Frontale on Wednesday. Kennedy, who scored Nagoya's crucial away goal in last week's 2-1 defeat in the first leg of the quarterfinal, tapped home to send his side through 4-3 on aggregate after Eiji Kawashima could...
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