Sports

Texas Rangers Sign Yu Darvish

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) MLB: Newspapers dated January 19, 2012 report about Yu Darvish’s contract with the Texas Rangers in Arlington, TX, United States. (Photo by Thomas Anderson/AFLO) (JAPANESE NEWSPAPER OUT) (Click on the image above to view the full gallery) FILE PHOTO: Yu Darvish pitches the ball during [...]

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Burton Rail Days presented by MINI

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) November 19, 2011, Tokyo, Japan – Snowboarder Stevie Bell (USA) rail slides down the ledge during the “Burton Rail Days presented by MINI” snowboarding event at Roppongi Hills Arena. (Photo by Christopher Jue/AFLO) (Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Snowboarder Zac [...]

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WBA Minimum Weight Title Pornsawan Porpramook v.s Akira Yaegashi

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) (L to R) Pornsawan Porpramook (THA), Akira Yaegashi (JPN), October 24, 2011 – Boxing : Akira Yaegashi of Japan hits Pornsawan Porpramook of Thailand during the WBA Minimum weight title bout at Korakuen, Tokyo, Japan. Akira Yaegashi won by TKO after the fight was stopped [...]

Sports

2011 Canon Open Golf Tournament

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) October 6, 2011 – Ryo Ishikawa watches his approach shot to the 13th green during the Canon Open Golf Tournament 1st Round at Totsuka Country Club, Kanagawa, Japan. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO SPORT) (Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Masamichi Ito [...]

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2011 Badminton YONEX Japan Open

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) (L to R) Shintaro Ikeda (JPN) and Reiko Shiota (JPN) hit the shuttlecock over the net during the 2011 YONEX Open Japan, Mixed Doubles at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, September 21, 2011. (Photo by Daiju Kitamura/AFLO SPORT) (Click on the image above [...]

Features

Yabusame – Japan’s Horse Archers

File Photo :  Tokyo, Japan- A Yabusame rider from Takeda-ryu rides past spectators at Yabusame horse-back archery event at Meiji shrine during celebrations for Culture Day on Nov 3, 2009.  (Photo by Bruce Meyer-Kenny)

Sports

ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2011

Japanese figure skater, Mao Asada, poses on the ice during ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2011 Women’s Free Skating at Ice Palace Mega Sport in Moscow, Russia, April 30, 2011. (Photo by YUTAKA/AFLO SPORT)

Sports

25th Winter Universiade Erzurym 2011

Sayaka Yoshimura (JPN) looks ahead during the curling competition at the 25th Winter Universiade Erzurym 2011 between Japan Women’s and Germany Women’s in Erzurum, Turkey. (Click on the image below to view the full gallery.)

Sports

Stoner gets his win in the Aragon GP

Casey Stoner claimed his first race win of the MotoGP season at the Aragon Grand Prix in Spain, in the front of Dani Pedrosa (Honda) and Nicky Hayden (Ducati).

Sports

Pedrosa wins Indianapolis GP

The Spaniard Dani Pedrosa scored his third victory of the season, in front of the MotoGP rookie Ben Spies.

Sports

Dani Pedrosa won German MotoGP

New victory for Dani; Rossi missed third-place, returning after a broken leg.

Society

Lorenzo win his third consecutive race

Jorge won for the third race in a row at the Catalunya MotoGP in Spain.

Sports

Lorenzo consolidates his position in Assen win

Lorenzo takes his fourth first-place of the season in the Netherlands.

Sports

Jorge Lorenzo wins British Grand Prix ‎

Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo extended his championship lead to 37 points.

Sports

World Cup: Netherlands 1, Japan 0

A victory over Denmark on Thursday would put Japan in the final 16.

Sports

Dani Pedrosa wins Italian Grand Prix

Dani Pedrosa won his first seasonal victory; Rossi broke his leg in practice.

Sports

Tokyo Open 2010 Bodybuilding

Mix of 116 male / female bodybuilders in the competition on Sunday.

Sports

Claudio Cucinotta wins the third stage of Tour of Japan

The Italian made it two wins in a row.

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