Yanagisawa, in extremis
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MESSINA - Il Messina si aggiudica il primo Memorial Giuseppe Franza battendo la Reggina grazie ad un gol del giapponese Yanagisawa nel finale della gara. Ai giallorossi serviva la vittoria e cosÃ¬ Ã¨ stato nell&#39;unico vero acuto della partita.
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Tycho:  Mario Hoops 3-on-3 is impressive in many ways, as I've suggested: certainly as a technical showcase, it's nice to have in your bag.  As a catalogue of Japanese aggression toward gamers, it's clear now that future generations will refer to these advanced cups as a deeply scandalous exhibit.  I have seen a Goddamn ninja weave a dark circle, disappear with a burst of leaves in some strictly Hattori Hanzo type shit, and then phase back into the physical plane to haunt our mortal hoops.
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Akiko Morigami outlasted the qualifier Akgul Amanmuradova from Uzbekistan yesterday to earn a 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3 win and her second finals berth in three years at the Western & Southern Financial Group Womenâs Open in Mason Ohio.Morigami, the seventh seed from Japan, had 17 chances to break Amanmuradovaâs serve and converted just four. The most crucial came in the sixth game of the third set, when Morigami returned a second serve deep to Amanmuradovaâs backhand. Amanmuradova hit her return volley into the net.âIt was a little bit tough,â Morigami said. âI kept telling myself not to think about the breaks and just to focus on the next point.âShe will face the winner of the semifinal match between top-seeded Anna Chakvetadze of Russia and third-seeded Sania Mirza of India.
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The equipment manufacturer may have hit its peak.
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Travel: Night skiing in Niseko is the best in the world. The aprÃ¨s in volcanic pools is merely a bonus, says Tom Collinson
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Col. Masanobu Tsuji was a fanatical Japanese militarist and brutal warrior, hunted after World War II for massacres of Chinese civilians and complicity in the Bataan Death March.
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Science has dealt a blow to a Japanese legend which says the country was twice saved from a Mongolian fleet thanks to a "divine wind," or kamikaze, that destroyed the invaders' ships.
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Arjuna Seneviratna witnessed and survived the tsunami wave that struck Sri Lanka. He talks about the harrowing experience.
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IBM Corp. has announced it has built a supercomputer that surpasses the performance of the Earth Simulator in Yokohama, Japan, the computer widely regarded as the worldâs most powerful.
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Shohei Takagiwa wanted more than anything to see his three friends graduate from college, but he couldn't travel halfway around the world from his native Japan to Northampton Community College in Bethlehem.
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Here in the Gion geisha district of Japan's ancient capital, even one bad hair day can cost a girl her career. So it is no wonder that Tetsuo Ishihara is the man with the most popular hands in town.
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Its name means "peaceful nation," but the Yasukuni shrine to Japan's war dead generates a lot of rage. Asian neighbors attack it as a promoter of militarism, Japanese have filed a slew of lawsuits against official visits there, and the U.S., Japan's main ally, finds its take on history disturbing.
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Science & environment: A perilous three-way hunt is under way as rival eco-warriors pursue a Japanese fleet
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PARIS, Aug 17 (IPS) - The fatal accident at the Japanese nuclear power  plant Mihama last week has raised fears about French nuclear  facilities -- and also the desire to have more.
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The Formula One circus has moved east for this Sunday&#39;s Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, the penultimate race of the season. For the teams and drivers, it&#39;s a chance to take in the bright lights of Tokyo.
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Japan tunes in to witness creature's birth.
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By Dean Baker, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep.