KAKEGAWA, Shizuoka — High-ranking officials of a nongovernmental organization (NGO) visited the bereaved family of a staff member who was murdered in Afghanistan to pay their respects.
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A Taliban spokesman has told the Mainichi that Taliban forces were responsible for the kidnapping of a Japanese nongovernmental organization member near Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan.
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Taliban sources claim involvement in kidnapping of Japanese agricultural worker
The border of Aomori and Akita Prefectures on Lake Towada has been left undefined for nearly 140 years since 1871 when the domain system of the Edo Era was abolished.
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Aomori, Akita prefectures to finally define border after 140 years
An Edo senryu, a Japanese poetic form similar to a haiku, reads: "Noon shower, Passes away, From those not in a hurry." You just need a brief shelter for the noon shower to pass by, it says.
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Yoroku: Summer weather pulls new trick: guerilla squalls
OITA (Kyodo) Yasuhito Morishima was on target as surprise package Oita Trinita stayed in the thick of the title race with a 1-0 defeat of Kyoto Sanga in the J. League on Thursday. Morishima headed home Uelsei’s cross to clinch victory at Kyushu Oil Dome on 23 minutes, extending unfashionable Oita’s unbeaten streak to 10 games and keeping them within a point of Nagoya Grampus, who ran out 3-2 winners over Shimizu S-Pulse on Wednesday thanks to a double from Japan striker Keiji Tamada. Read the full story
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Oita beats Kyoto to stay a point behind Nagoya
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Tyrone Woods hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the fifth inning and Masahiro Yamamoto picked up his 202nd career win Sunday, leading the Chunichi Dragons to a 5-1 win over the Yakult Swallows. Dragons slugger Woods connected off Dicky Gonzalez (0-1) to put Chunichi ahead 4-1 after Lee Byung Kyu ended the team’s scoreless streak at 37 innings with a game-tying single in the fourth at Nagoya Dome. Read the full story
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NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Pref. (Kyodo) Shoma Okumura hit a grand slam in the first inning as Osaka Toin battered Tokoha Gakuen Kikugawa of Shizuoka Prefecture for a 17-0 victory to claim the National High School Championship on Monday. Yuto Fukushima struck out nine over the distance, limiting Tokoha to five hits at a packed Koshien Stadium to give the Osaka school its second triumph in the summer classic after winning in 1991 as a newcomer. Read the full story
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Tokoha Gakuen Kikugawa of Shizuoka Prefecture erupted for seven runs in the fifth inning and added four more in the eighth for an 11-9 come-from-behind victory over Okayama’s Kurashiki Shogyo on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the National High School Championship. In other third-round action at Koshien Stadium, Chiben Wakayama scored 11 runs on eight hits in the eighth as cleanup hitter Masaki Sakaguchi homered twice for four runs and Naoki Katsuya hit a three-run homer in a… Read the full story
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Tokoha advances
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Tel: 054 273-7522
Address: Shizuoka Prefecture, 1-3-14, Meiji Life Insurance Building, 3F
Number of squash courts: 1
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