Japan Probe (Free subscription) | yesterday
NTV’s “Bankisha” investigates a massage parlor in Yokohama that pays high school-aged girls to rub their bodies against male customers: Similar businesses in Nagoya and Hokkaido have been shut down by the police and there are strong suspicions that this place may be breaking the law as well. NTV’s reporters discover that the store pays [...]
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Japan settled for the bronze medal as Brazil crushed the host in straight sets to successfully defend its World Grand Champions Cup title on Monday. World No. 1 Brazil (5-0) beat Japan 25-12, 26-24, 25-22 at Nippongaishi Hall to finish the competition undefeated at 5-0 and won its third overall title.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
NAGOYA: Top-ranked Brazil overpowered Japan in straight sets on Monday to win the volleyball World Grand Champions Cup. The South American champion raced out to an 8-1 lead in the first set en route to a 25-12, 26-24, 25-22 win and a ...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Japan suffered its first defeat at the men's World Grand Champions Cup on Sunday, losing to Cuba in straight sets. The loss came after Poland's win over Iran earlier in the day guaranteed that Japan will finish the tournament in the top three for its first men's volleyball medal in a major international competition since 1977.
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
NTV news reports on a press conference that announced an exhibition of artifacts from Pompeii that will be coming to Japan next year: Fukuoka City Museum Tuesday, Jan. 5, through Sunday, March 7, 2010 Yokohama Museum of Art Saturday, March 20, through Sunday, June 13, 2010 Nagoya City Museum Thursday, June 24, through Sunday, August 29, 2010 The Niigata Prefectural Museum of [...]
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Formed in 2007 in Nagoya, emo- rockers Coldrain have a commodity that is rare among Japanese bands: English-language lyrics that don't suck. That's mainly down to vocalist Masato being part American. Yet while their lyrics are written in English, the band's presence online is entirely in Japanese. Coldrain are aimed squarely at the domestic market. After pulling off the impressive feat of selling 2,000...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Back to black Black can be dreary, dark and damning, but in the case of Comme des Garcons' new line titled "Black," it is delightful and . . . discounted. Black is a lower-priced range that features perennially popular Comme des Garcons styles in mostly black and white. The items are sold at 11 stand-alone shops around the world. There are three locations in Tokyo — Ginza Mitsukoshi,...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The Japan Series champion Yomiuri Giants will host a three-game series against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows at Tokyo Dome when the Central League opens the 2010 regular season on March 26, the league said Wednesday. In the other opening matchups, the Chunichi Dragons will take on the Hiroshima Carp at Nagoya Dome while the Hanshin Tigers will face the Yokohama BayStars at Kyocera Dome.
My Life!!! (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
I thought as i was in the land of nothing to do, Japan, i would try and go through my flying log book and see how many flights i had actually done in the 20 years from December 1988-November 2008 ( not included 2009 until end of year) also i missed my first 6 months of flying as did not make a note of the flights from March 88-December 88, shame!!! But here are the results Arrecife 14 Abuja 7 Malaga...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
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.
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