Chinese wins Japan's 1st comics prize
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A Hong Kong Chinese artist has won Japan's first "Nobel Prize of Manga" for artists working in the comic book genre abroad.
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Norway's World champion Petter Solberg clinches the inaugural Rally of Japan after dominating throughout the race.
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China's first panda cub of the year has survived the crucial first three days of her life, state media reported Monday.
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com September 29, 2004, 1:04 PM PT. IBM claimed first place Wednesday in a supercomputer speed competition with an expanded version of its Blue Gene/L that beat out a Japanese machine from NEC.
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ATHENS -- Yukiko Ueno pitched the first perfect game in Olympic softball history, leading Japan to a 2-0 win over China yesterday and a spot in the semifinals.
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Japan's Honda wins a copyright case in Beijing, more evidence that China is doing more to protect intellectual property rights.
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Ai Shibata wore down French teen-ager  Laure Manaudou to win the women's 800 meters freestyle gold  medal at the Athens Olympics Friday and provide Japan with  their first female swimming champion in 12 years.
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Table tennis players Li Ching and Ko Lai Chak won here Saturday the first Olympic medal for Chinese Hong Kong since the former British-occupied territory returned to China on July 1, 1997.
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Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang won his first world title in the 110-meter hurdles Friday and returns to China with the weight of a country's expectations square upon his shoulders.
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A Chinese animator has won a court battle against the U.S. footwear and apparel maker Nike Inc. over the company's use of a stick figure illustration, state media reported Thursday.
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ATHENS - Mizuki Noguchi pulled away around the 27-kilometer mark and held on in sweltering heat to win the women&#39;s marathon gold medal at the Athens Olympics on Sunday, giving Japan its 13th gold of the Games, its best haul in 32 years.
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Ryu Seung-min broke down the Great Wall of China in table tennis, becoming the first South Korean player to win the gold medal in the men&#39;s singles since 1988.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Michael Schumacher won Sunday&#39;s Formula One Japanese Grand Prix, crossing the finish line 14 seconds ahead of runner-up and brother Ralf Schumacher.
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A 23-year-old student from China wins the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.
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Olympic champion Liu Xiang became the first Chinese man to win world athletics gold by claiming the 110 metres hurdles title in a pulsating final on Friday.
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Briton&#39;s Alison Williamson defeated Taiwan archer Yuan Shu-chi (  ), winning the bronze medal by by only 1 point, with a final score of 105 for Williamson to 104 for Yuan.
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Israeli Harel Levy defeated Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-1) on Monday in the first round of the $860,000 ATP/WTA Tour&#39;s Japan Open.