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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Tennis Calendar Hit Hard by COVID-19 Pandemic
The Rakuten Japan Open, a men’s ATP Tour event, was canceled in June, and the Hana-Cupid Japan Women’s […]
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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] SOCCER | Gamba Osaka’s Yasuhito Endo Sets Mark for Most Appearances in J1
Durability is a defining trait of Yasuhito Endo’s soccer career. The Kagoshima native has been a fixture in [&hellip
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RUGBY | Ex-Scotland Captain Greig Laidlaw Signs with Top League’s NTT Communications Shining Arcs
Former Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw will resume his club career with the NTT Communications Shining Arcs next season
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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] MLB Impasse, COVID-19 Pandemic Raise Doubts about 2020 Season
(Feature Photo: Baseball: the 2020 Nippon pro baseball season has started.) The clock is ticking. MLB […]
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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Almond Eye Obliterates Competition in Victoria Mile, Ties G1 Turf Record
French jockey Christophe Lemaire rode Almond Eye to an impressive victory in the 15th Victoria Mile last Sunday at [&h
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The Japanese National Rugby Team: Samurai by Another Name
Rugby fever continues to grip Japan even though the World Cup finished several months ago. In 2020, […]
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List of Affected, Rescheduled Events As Coronavirus Outbreak Enters ‘New Phase’ in Japan
Tokyo is canceling several major events in the next few weeks, as China’s novel coronavirus contagion spreads to Japan
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Can Japan Sustain Its Rugby Fever After the 2019 World Cup?
A new year has dawned, but the success of the 2019 Rugby World Cup is still fresh in the […]
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Brave Blossoms’ Legacy Will Live Long Past the 2019 Rugby World Cup
The Rugby World Cup action in Japan will have drawn to a close with the championship match between England […]
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Can Japan Do an ‘Invictus’ at the Rugby World Cup?
The 2009 movie Invictus, directed by Clint Eastwood, told the inspiring story of how former South African president Ne
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Haiku for the Rugby World Cup
The Japanese started playing rugby in the late 1890s, just a few decades after the foundation of the Rugby Union [&helli
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Japan Gears Up for Long-Lasting Effects of Typhoon Hagibis, As Death Toll Rises to 74
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Tuesday, October 15, that the government was “putting out its full effort to [&