Tag: sapporo

As one of the new sports added to the program for 2020 Tokyo Olympics, surfing is arguably the most glamorous and is sure to bring a new dimension as the IOC seeks a younger audience. The big question ... ( read original story ...)

After the Kyoto attack, Aoba told police he had done it because the studio had plagiarized his novel, Kyodo news reported. Kyoto Animation is well known in Japan and abroad for its series and ... ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO - Jay Bothroyd scored a pair of headed goals Saturday to lead Consadole Sapporo in a 5-2 win over Shonan Bellmare. Starting up front alongside Japan forward Musashi Suzuki, the 190-cm Bothroyd ... ( read original story ...)

Just this month Yokohama launched their new All Terrain tire, the Geolandar X-A/T. Designed to fill the gap between their regular All Terrain and Mud Terrain tires, the new X-A/T promises to be both ... ( read original story ...)

Chelsea vs Kawasaki Frontale, LIVE – Latest score and updates as Frank Lampard's side continue pre-season schedule against J-League champions Chelsea continue their busy pre-season fixture list ... ( read original story ...)

Kawasaki Frontale are expected to give the Blues a stern test. They have won the last two J-League championships and currently sit in third place this season. Follow all the action from the Nissan ... ( read original story ...)

That means fans could of Yokohama could see an attacking pair line-up with a combined age of 93! Yokohama confirmed the news of Nakamura's signing on Thursday tweeting that he will be 'a trump card ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA—A cross-dressing specialty shop has seen a surge in business in this central Japan city, where men dressed like women have increasingly become a common sight. Ryu no Tsuki (Dragon’s moon), ... ( read original story ...)

Japan had summoned South Korea's ambassador to protest Seoul's refusal to join an arbitration panel to settle a dispute over Second World War labour. (Masanobu Kumagai/Kyodo News via AP) Japan's ... ( read original story ...)

When asked about the possibility of taking the forced labor dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasutoshi Nishimura told a regular news ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party is heading ... The LDP-led block is expected to take at least 70 of the 124 upper house seats up for grabs, a Kyodo News poll released this ... ( read original story ...)

KYOTO, Japan (Reuters) - A man suspected of torching ... “I did it,” Aoba told police when he was detained, Kyodo news said, adding that he had started the fire because he believed the studio ... ( read original story ...)

He cited “severe conditions of Japan-South Korea relations caused by the South Korean side,” according to Kyodo News service. Japan says all compensation issues had been settled under the 1965 ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo is considering taking the issue to the International Court of Justice. Kyodo News service says Foreign Minister Taro Kono summoned South Korean Ambassador to Japan Nam Gwan Pyo on Friday morning ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — The man suspected of torching an animation studio and killing 33 people in Japan’s worst mass killing in two decades had been convicted for robbery and treated for mental illness ... ( read original story ...)

A suspected arson attack at an animation production company in Japan killed 33 people and injured dozens more ... or who had suffered burns all over their body," a 53-year-old woman told the Kyodo ... ( read original story ...)