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Yokohama dance squad riding high after US victory: The Yokohama Soei Senior High School dance squad solidified its status as one of
Cycling routes promoted for foreigners around Seto Island: A cycling event co-hosted by the Ehime prefectural government and a major Taiwanese bicycle
Cute anime girls come to the rescue of rural districts: It is no longer original for struggling Japanese municipalities to try to revive their
Japanese actress Ueto Aya attended Tiffany & Co.’s 175th anniversary party, LEGENDARY FOR 175 YEARS.
The actress wore a necklace and ring totaling over one hundred million yen as well as a beautiful blue dress to the event. “It’s such an honor. My heart is pounding. I’d love to be a woman who can put [jewelry like this] on of my own accord,” she commented.
AKB48's Maeda Atsuko (20) made last month a formal announcement regarding her graduation and her participation in the 'AKB48 27th Single General Election' which will be held on June 6th at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo.
Japanese Olympic hopeful Takashi Usami has had an offer to join German first-division club Hoffenheim from Bayern Munich, a Gamba Osaka source said Wednesday.
Usami, who had been on loan to Bayern from Gamba this season, made just three appearances in the Bundesliga and his deal expires at the end of June.
Hoffenheim are the second Bundesliga club after Nurnberg to make an offer for Usami. The 20-year-old has told Gamba he wants to continue playing abroad and the former Asian club champions have expressed their willingness to respect his wishes.
Yokohama F Marinos rattled off their fifth straight win, roaring back from a goal down in the last seven minutes to defeat holders Kashima Antlers 3-2 in the Nabisco Cup on Wednesday.
Shingo Hyodo, Manabu Saito and Masashi Oguro scored for Marinos, who produced their first victory of the league cup while dealing Group B leaders Kashima their first defeat of the competition.
Japan midfielder Hiroshi Kiyotake will join Bundesliga club Nurnberg in July, his J-League club Cerezo Osaka announced Wednesday.
Kiyotake made his pro debut in 2008 as an 18-year-old with Oita Trinita. Since 2010, he has been a central part of Cerezo's attack and has displayed strong overall skills. Kiyotake has appeared in five games for Japan since 2011, and is currently a member of the Under-23 squad.
Seth Greisinger pitched three-hit ball over eight innings, leading the Lotte Marines to a 3-1 win over the Chunichi Dragons in a battle of league leaders as interleague play got under way on Wednesday.
Greisinger (4-1) struck out eight and walked one and Yasuhiko Yabuta finished off at Nagoya Dome as Lotte won its fifth in a row and improved to 11-4 with two ties on the road.
Morning Musume member Niigaki Risa will be releasing her own physical cover album “Hello Cover“ .
“Hello Cover” was a special cover series in which the Hello! Project members covers Hello! Project tunes, and releases them limitedly as digital downloads from December 2010 until March 2011.
For the release of the physical CD, three more songs, “Chu! Natsu Party“, “25 ~Vingt-Cinq~“, and “My Days for You“, which were newly recorded during this month, will be added into the track list.
Japanese child actress Ashida Mana held a release event for her 2nd single “Zutto Zutto Tomodachi“ at Ario Kameari in Tokyo.
Despite it being a weekday, over 2,000 people gathered at the event. Ashida called out, “In 3 days I did my best to memorize the song!” and performed her new song for the very first time.
After her performance, Ashida held a high touch event with 500 fans.
FC Tokyo went down 1-0 away to South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai in the Asian Champions League on Wednesday, a first defeat of the competition costing the Emperor's Cup holders a home tie against J-League champions Kashiwa Reysol in the round of 16.
Both teams had already qualified for the next stage but tournament debutants Tokyo only needed a draw to secure top spot in Group F and home advantage against Reysol, who finished second in Group H after a gutsy 2-0 win at Jeonbuk Motors on Tuesday.
Hideki Matsui went hitless in his minor league debut on Tuesday.
The 37-year-old, who recently signed a minor-league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays, batted fourth as the Triple-A Durham Bulls' designated hitter against Pawtucket. He struck out once in four at-bats.
"The level of pitching was higher than I've seen so far," said Matsui, who has appeared only in practice games. "Physically, I felt good and didn't have any trouble seeing the ball."
Shinji Kagawa's future destination appears to be in England, the Japan midfielder saying on Wednesday he wants to play in the Premier League after meeting Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.
"It was good to meet and actually talk to him. He had some nice things to say to me," Kagawa said of Ferguson, who was on hand to watch the 23-year-old in Borussia Dortmund's 5-2 victory over Bayern Munich in Saturday's German Cup final.
Japanese Olympic hopeful Takashi Usami will transfer to Hoffenheim from Bayern Munich, the German daily Bild reported Tuesday.
The 20-year-old Usami, who had been on loan to Bayern from the J-League's Gamba Osaka this season, made just three appearances in the Bundesliga and his exit from the Bavarian club had all but been guaranteed.
To help promote her new album, popular singer Amuro Namie will also be releasing an additional “PLAYBUTTON” version .
The ‘PLAYBUTTON’ is a music playback device that looks similar to a tin badge. Users can insert their headphones into the ‘PLAYBUTTON’ and listen to the tracks off her new album straight from the device.
Fuji TV announced that they will live broadcast AKB48’s ‘4th Senbatsu General Election‘ on June 6th.
This will be the first time to live broadcast on a TV station.
