The Japan Times - 7 hours ago |
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SEOUL — President Lee Myung Bak made an unprecedented visit Friday to a group of islets in the Sea of Japan that are at the center of a territorial dispute with Japan. Before arriving at the disputed islands, called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in ...
The Japan Times - 7 hours ago |
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Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto came under fire from the opposition camp Friday for apparently undermining Japan's claims to the disputed islets of Takeshima by suggesting a visit by South Korea's president was influenced by "internal affairs" in ...
The Japan Times - 7 hours ago |
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By SHINTARO KANO CARDIFF, Wales — The impressive journey of the Japanese men's football squad at the London Olympics ended on Friday without a medal to show for as the national team lost 2-0 to South Korea in the bronze-medal match.
The Daily Yomiuri - 3 hours ago |
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Captain Yoshida Maya (5) and his teammates leave the pitch as South Korean players celebrate beating Japan 2-0 in the third-place soccer playoff held Friday in Cardiff. CARDIFF--Japan's hopes to win its first men's soccer medal since the 1968 Mexico