Top Sports Stories in Japan… (July 20)

Cooler day today, off to the Sumo this afternoon.

Today’s top headlines in sports (in Japan)…

• Japan out for revenge (Asian Cup)… [Asahi News]
• Japanese Reporter punished… for asking for an autograph!… [Mainichi Shimbun]
• Both Australia & Japan want ‘underdog’ label (Asian Cup)… [Japan Times]
• Kotomitsuki stays on course… [Daily Yomiuri]
• Uehara All-Star starter (NPB)… [Daily Yomiuri]
• Japan have made steps, say Aussies (Asian Cup)… [Daily Yomiuri]

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Top Sports Stories in Japan… (July 17)

Nice weather today… lil’ cooler.

Anyway, top stories in Japan today – sports!

• Nagoya Sumo – Hakuho & Kotomitsuki still winning [editor’s note: going to this on Friday, so hopefully pictures & a story!]… [Mainichi Shimbun]
  
• Asian Cup – clash with Australia imminent!… [Daily Yomiuri]
• Giants win… (NPB) [Daily Yomiuri]

And off to the baseball (NPB – Chunichi Dragons vs Yakult Swallows) on Wednesday evening… hopefully photos/story on Thursday!

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Top Sports Stories in Japan… (July 12)

Damn wet here today, really big storm (I guess that’s why they call it rainy season! 😉 )…

Today’s top sports stories in Japan:

• Ichiro the highlight of the MLB All Star game… [Mainichi Shimbun]
• Minnows give Asian Cup a boost… [Japan Times]
• Hakuho tied for lead (sumo)… [Mainichi Shimbun]
• Japan under pressure against UAE (Asian Cup)… [Daily Yomiuri]
• Again, Tigers beat Giants (NPB)… [Daily Yomiuri]

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Top Sports Stories in Japan… (July 11)

I really despise the rainy season in Japan…

Today’s stories in sports in Japan!

• Asian Cup – Osim tears Japanese team… [Daily Yomiuri]
• Sumo fights back over ‘match fixing’ claims… [Mainichi Shimbun]
• Kawaguchi rips into team-mates (Asian Cup)… [Japan Times]
• Tigers beat Giants!… (NPB) [Daily Yomiuri]

Top Sports Stories in Japan… (July 9)

Humid, humid, humid.

Today’s top stories in sports, in Japan…

• Fighters sweep Marines… [Daily Yomiuri]
• Hakuho wins first, Asa loses!… [Japan Times]
• Mizuki Noguchi wins Sapporo half-marathon… [Daily Yomiuri]

A wrap-up of Asian Cup matches, and a discussion on Sumo to follow later today/tomorrow…

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