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From samurai threat to Asian Games as Japan cricket fights obscurity
AFP, Published on 13/06/2025
» SANO (JAPAN) - Legend has it that death threats from disgruntled samurai warriors were behind Japan's first cricket match in 1863 and the sport has battled for recognition in the baseball-mad country ever since.
Let the court decide: Vanuatu's climate push raises hopes
AFP, Published on 13/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH (EGYPT) - Seeking to speed up global efforts against climate change, Vanuatu is leading efforts to get the International Court of Justice involved, a move praised by activists at UN talks.
Virus delay, overseas fan ban: turbulent Olympic timeline
AFP, Published on 20/03/2021
» TOKYO: From a historic coronavirus postponement, to a decision to bar overseas specators, the path to Tokyo 2020 has been littered with hurdles.
Must be love: the Tokyo 'clinic' treating stuffed toys
AFP, Published on 05/11/2020
» TOKYO - At a Tokyo clinic, a woman in a white coat carefully records the particulars of the newest patient: a sheep-shaped stuffed toy.
Women fight for a place at the table as sushi chefs in Japan
AFP, Published on 08/04/2020
» TOKYO - Women have warm hands, their periods alter their sense of taste and they can't work long hours -- just some of the claims from those in Japan who believe women can't be sushi chefs.