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Freedoms on the outer limit

Japan Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

There's something special about places on the outer limits of great nations or continents; a sort of liberated and reflective space, away from it all, yet still connected to it. Think Alaska, Vancouver Island, the Koh Chang islands in Thailand, Xining in far western China or the pearl of Sri Lanka hanging off the neckace of India. On Ishigaki in the Yaeyama Island group, some 400 km southwest of Okinawa,...

Korean, Saudi sides meet in AFC Champions League final

France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday

Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia take on Pohang Steelers of South Korea in the AFC Champions League final this weekend with both sides aiming for a record third continental championship. In Saturday's match, the Saudi giants, who defeated Japan's Nagoya Grampus 8-3 on aggregate in the semi-finals, will have a chance to regain the AFC Champions League title they won in 2004 and 2005. The Korean powerhouses,...

Ichihashi rhinoplasty ran amok?

Japan Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

CHIBA (Kyodo) Police on Thursday released a new photo of Tatsuya Ichihashi, the suspect in the slaying of a British woman in 2007, that was taken last month at a Nagoya clinic before he underwent cosmetic surgery there but after he apparently had had at least one face-lift elsewhere. Several facial features have apparently changed — he now has double-fold eyelids, a higher nose and thin lips....

• The new face of Tatsuya Ichihashi - Japan Probe

Ichihashi seen with new face in Nagoya

Japan Times (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

CHIBA — Fugitive Tatsuya Ichihashi, wanted in connection with the murder of a British woman in 2007, apparently underwent a face-lift last month in Nagoya and may have had other other cosmetic surgeries performed to alter his looks, investigative sources said Wednesday, adding police plan to soon release postoperative photo images. Ichihashi, 30, allegedly murdered Lindsay Ann Hawker, 22, who...

Suspect in murder of British woman had face-lift in Nagoya - Kyodo News

Osaka City (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

A fugitive suspect in the 2007 murder of a British woman had cosmetic surgery at a clinic in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture last month, investigative sources ...

Tatsuya Ichihashi had plastic surgery

Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

The Japanese media is reporting today that suspected murderer Tatsuya Ichihashi has had some plastic surgery done to his face: Police also received information that a man who looks similar to Tatsuya Ichihashi, 30, had cosmetic surgery at a clinic in Nagoya, the sources said. Ichihashi is wanted for suspicion of abandoning the body of Lindsay [...]

Al Ittihad Stand In Way Of Pohang's Asian Dream

Soccerphile Football | Soccer Blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Pohang Steelers are just 90 minutes away from making soccer history. On Saturday night, the team from Gyeongsang province could become the most successful club in Asia – ever. The South Koreans meet Saudi Arabia’s Al Ittihad in Tokyo in the final of the Asian Champions League. The opposition also has two wins under its belt. No team from the giant continent has ever won three but that is...

Biodiversity: Japan Urged To Do More Before Nagoya UN Meeting

Kurashi - News From Japan (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Last week was busy with several visitors from international NGOs who are urging Japan to make more efforts to prepare for the UN Conference in Nagoya in October, 2010 about biodiversity. Consumers Union of Japan and other NGOs were able to bring Christine von Weizsäcker of Ecoropa, co-founder of Diverse Women for Biodiversity, and the CBD Alliance to Japan. She visited Nagoya and Tokyo to discuss...

Japanese Hit That Reached No. 2 in Download Rankings - A WiiWare Original Escape Game 'Aha! I Got It!' Escape Game is Available!!

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009

NAGOYA, Japan, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Ateam Inc. is pleased to announce the November 2, 2009 release of their original Escape Game for WiiWare(TM) titled "Aha! I Got It!" Escape Game.

League Cup final a local affair

Soccerphile Football | Soccer Blog (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009

All the colour of the Japanese Yamazaki Nabisco League Cup final will descend upon the National Stadium in Tokyo on November 3, with this year's showpiece event set to be an all-local affair. FC Tokyo have reached their first League Cup final since 2004, with Hiroshi Jofuku's team winning through on the back of some impressive displays. The capital club topped their group from 2008 finalists Shimizu...

Futures Tour Q-School Starts Tomorrow!

Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009

Check out who's entered the Futures Tour Q-School ! Virada Nirapathpongporn, Azahara Munoz, Mariajo Uribe, Tiffany Joh, and Mallory Blackwelder are among the headliners profiled by Lisa Mickey on both the LPGA and FT sites. But there are so many players entered, they're doing shotgun starts at 8 am tomorrow over 4 courses--in foursomes ! I'll be curious to see how Japanese players Yukiko Ishizaka (Kanagawa),...

Grampus, Marinos safely through

Japan Times (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009

Nagoya Grampus rebounded from their midweek Asian Champions League exit to beat non-league Honda Lock 2-0 and advance to the fourth round of the Emperor's Cup on Sunday. Yokohama F. Marinos also went through after thrashing Fukushima United 4-1 at home, leaving Meiji University, a shock 3-0 winner at Montedio Yamagata on Saturday, as the only amateur side to make the last 16.

Toyota's new hires headed for plants

Japan Times (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009

NAGOYA (Kyodo) In an unusual move, Toyota Motor Corp. plans to start using all of the 900 or so college graduates who joined the automaker this spring as factory workers in January to boost production of fuel-efficient vehicles, company officials said. The new employees will be dispatched to Toyota's auto factories in Aichi Prefecture to cover labor shortages, the officials said.

CSO gets unusual ovation in Japan

Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009

The city of Nagoya gave the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra the warmest welcome yet on its Japan tour