OITA (Kyodo) Oita Trinita, currently bottom of the J. League first division, are set to acquire striker Fernandinho from Brazilian second-division side Vasco da Gama, it was learned Friday. The 28-year-old Brazilian, who will join Oita as early as July 10, played for Gamba Osaka in 2004-06 and Shimizu S-Pulse in 2007 before splitting the 2008 season between Shimizu and Kyoto Sanga. Read the full story...
The Imperial Hotels in Tokyo and Osaka will swing to the sound of jazz in August when they hold their annual, star-studded "Imperial Jazz Complex 2009" festival. The festival takes place at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo on Aug. 11 (Tue.) and 12 (Wed.) and the Imperial Hotel Osaka on Aug. 14 (Fri.) and 15 (Sat.). With one-day tickets, guests can enjoy any of some 20 performances. Read the full...
The Happiness Realization Party, the political wing of the Happy Science religious movement, has produced this scary promotional video and uploaded it to YouTube: A summary: Salarymen sit in an office watching news bulletins about North Korea launching missiles. Large explosions are being reported in Osaka and Nagoya. Missiles are headed for the Kanto region. Patriot missile [...]
An update from Asahi TV on the horribly overweight monkeys of Ohama park in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture: As reported in June, the monkeys have made remarkable progress with their diet. Almost all of the dangerously heavy monkeys are down to safer weights, and they have been moved to a new enclosure with barriers [...]
YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) Hideo Hashimoto helped chase away Gamba Osaka's Asian Champions League blues by scoring the winner in a 2-1 defeat of Yokohama F. Marinos in the J. League on Sunday. Hashimoto capitalized on a blunder by Yokohama goalkeeper Hiroki Iikura to give Gamba its first league win in four matches while champions Kashima Antlers also rebounded from their ACL exit to beat bottom club Oita Trinita...
The Colonel Sanders statue that was fished out of the Dotombori River in March has been exorcised: “The curse is completely broken,” chief priest Tsunetada Mayumi said at Sumiyoshi Shrine in Osaka, home to the Hanshin Tigers, after reciting a prayer in front of a life-sized doll of the bearded, bespectacled colonel. The statue of the KFC [...]
United Nations World Tourism Organization affiliated offices (Osaka and Korea) were recently audited with regards to the various programs that are using the UNTWO logo.
"Tadao Ando Exhibition 2009: The City of Water/Osaka vs. Venice" seems like a fixed fight. Many would even balk at the idea of the match-up. Venice is one of the world's most beautiful cities, while Osaka, not spared U.S. bombing raids in World War II as Kyoto was, became divided by expressways and ramshackle urban development as the city spurred Japan's rapid postwar economic development....
Remember the story from a few months ago about the Colonel Sanders statue that came floating onto a riverbank after being stolen from a KFC in Osaka over 20 years ago and chucked overboard? Well, here's a picture of him...
Inspired by films that make cycling look like video games Matthew Weaver decided to make his own bike film with a bodged up bike-mounted camera During the Tube strike in London a couple of weeks ago I came across a wonderful video that perfectly illustrated the logic and thrill of riding a bike into work. The cyclist and YouTuber, called kmcyc , whizzed passed miles of gridlocked traffic and bus queues...
Some video from TBS news showing a stray dog that squeezed through some fencing and ran around the runways of Osaka International Airport: It took 5 hours of chasing to convince the dog to leave the grounds of the airport. — Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe) dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe) Kirainet.com – A geek [...]
SUITA, Osaka Pref. — Kawasaki Frontale staged a memorable comeback to knock holders Gamba Osaka out of the Asian Champions League and advance to the quarterfinals with a thrilling 3-2 win on Wednesday. Nagoya Grampus also advanced to the last eight after Keiji Tamada's 67th-minute goal earned a 2-1 win at home to South Korea's Suwon Bluewings, but reigning J. League champions Kashima Antlers...
A few months ago, it was announced that fitness guru Billy Blanks had married a Japanese woman. Here’s a video of their wedding ceremony, which was held several days ago in Osaka: — Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe) dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe) Kirainet.com – A geek in Japan (Subscribe)
THE Fiji Under-20 side lost its final match at the Junior World Championship, falling 10-27 to Argentina at the Hanazono Stadium in Osaka, Japan, yesterday.
The Takamatsu Five Arrows did not renew the contract of head coach Motofumi Aoki, the bj-league team announced on Wednesday. Aoki, 44, had led the team since its inception, and the Five Arrows went 88-48 over the past three seasons. Aoki guided Takamatsu into the postseason in each of the past three seasons, including a runnerup finish to the Osaka Evessa in the 2006-07 season. He was the bj-league's...
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