Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) Yokohama F. Marinos said Friday they have named former Marinos star Kazushi Kimura as their manager for next season. Kimura, who scored 26 goals in 54 matches for Japan during his playing career through 1994, will take over from Kokichi Kimura and manage a J. League club for the first time.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
A gunman in the Japanese city of Yokohama committed suicide after having shot and seriously injured three men in a money dispute on Friday, Japanese media said.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Yokohama's Yamashita Park will turn into an outdoor gallery on the weekend of Oct. 30-Nov. 1, with the Yokohama International Open-Air Art Fair 2009 — featuring artworks by U.S. and Japanese artists. The three-day event, organized by the nonprofit International Art and Craft Promotion and the City of Yokohama, is the first of its kind in Japan and aimed at providing people with opportunities...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
The Yokohama BayStars are making a "concentrated effort" to bring Bobby Valentine back to Japan. That was the word reported by FOX Sports on Tuesday, days after the manager returned to the U.S. after his final season managing the Chiba Lotte Marines. Citing a major-league source, FOX Sports is also reporting that Valentine is on a list of candidates who will receive interviews for the Cleveland...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
YOKOHAMA — Japan needed a late own-goal to open the door to a 2-0 win over Scotland on Saturday, as Takeshi Okada's side struggled to find its rhythm in what had effectively become a B international. Okada responded to 10 withdrawals from the Scots' squad by fielding a second-string side of his own for the friendly at Nissan Stadium, and was rewarded with a performance befitting his players'...
Malaysia Property News (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
BERJAYA Land Bhd (BLand) is expected to start construction of its maiden US$3 billion (RM10.4 billion) mixed development township project in South Korea in the second half of next year. "We are at the design stage now. We target to complete that and start construction next year," Berjaya Hotels & Resorts chief executive officer Joseph Won said in an interview with Business Times in Kuala...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
"Mile High Miracle, Mile High Magic, Rocky Mountain High, whatever you want to call it, but baseball in Colorado is spectacular again this year." So says Ken Shimada, a Japanese fan living in Denver who dumped the team but is now back at Coors Field as an avid supporter. His reclaimed Rockies are in the National League playoffs following a spectacular comeback and a resurrection from the...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
Staff writer Edan Corkill rolled up with his camera to last weekend's 40-km "Tokyo City Cycling 2009" event to celebrate the joys — and utility — of urban bicycling, and asked participants how often they ride, where they like to ride and how they think bike-riding in Japan could be made safer. Tatsuya Kondo (48): I cycle for leisure — about 40 km once a week on my days off....
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Beer aficionados will be able to taste more than 120 different craft beers at the annual Great Japan Beer Festival 2009 in Yokohama. After paying the entrance fee, visitors can taste 50-ml beer samples brewed from both local and international brewers. Different styles such as English ale, German lager, wheat beer and American ale will attempt to satisfy your thirst. Visitors are able to taste as many...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
ILOILO CITY, Sept. 16 (PNA) -- Iloilo City was recognized for the implementation of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) initiatives of the United Nations (UN) during the CITYNET Congress in Yokohama, Japan last week.
Some People Are On The Pitch (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
Many countries hoping to host a World Cup find themselves having to build new stadia in order to meet the strict FIFA standards. Japan, however, only need build an 80,000-seater stadium in which to hold the 2018 World Cup Final, and there are plans in place to do so. There is a problem, however - namely that the stadium will only be built if Tokyo wins its bid to host the 2016 Olympics. No Olympics...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Ayako Uehara shot a 4-under-par 68 to set the early pace Thursday at the Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup, the second major of the season. The 25-year-old Uehara, winner of the Yokohama Tire PRGR Ladies Cup back in March, made five birdies and one bogey to establish a two-shot lead over Chie Arimura and Yasuko Sato at Gifuseki Country Club. Read the full story
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
ILOILO CITY, Sept. 11 (PNA) -- Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas is joining over 2,600 participants globally including 260 key members of local governments, United Nations (UN) agencies and leading authorities on urban issues for a CITYNET Congress in Yokohama, Japan that kicked off Monday.
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
Until Thursday the 9th, the US scientific drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution (JR) is docked up at Yokohama daikoku warf (大黒埠頭). Via some nifty CG effects, this ship made a cameo appearance in the not particularly good, 2006 remake of Nippon Chinbotsu. In the original, Japan sank. However, In the remake, thanks to [...]
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
Fade in. Swansea, Wales. The scene opens on a hushed front room. A 6-year-old boy taps away on an old-fashioned typewriter, the keys punctuating his thoughts in the gathering shadows. It is past his bedtime, but he fights drowsy temptations, determined to write a novel while his parents sleep. Four hours, scant pages later, his eyes close, his arms drape across the keyboard. Cut to Yokohama, present...
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