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Japan, first to qualify - hopefully not first to leave
Date :: Japan | 2 days ago
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Fans are now hoping that it will not be a case of: "First to come, first to leave" for Takeshi Okada's team in South Africa next year...Although Japan has played at three finals and has won two of the 10 games they played in the process, both of those...
Tags: Okada Japan, Japanese, world cup, South Africa, Takeshi Okada, cup finals, Fancourt, Takayuki Morimoto, Japan, Date, Shunsuke Nakamura, FIFA World Cup, Japan national football team, allnews
Sports › Okada confident Japan can reach World Cup semifinals
Tōkyō :: Japan | 13 days ago
Credibility Japan soccer coach Takeshi Okada says his squad’s target of a semifinal spot at next year’s World Cup remains unchanged no matter who may stand in their way. “Nothing will change,” he told media Friday when he was shown by journalists the complete list...
Tags: Sports › Japan, Canada, world cup, Japan, Tōkyō, allnews, Takeshi Okada, FIFA World Cup
China loses hope for title to Japan
Tōkyō :: Japan | 14 days ago
Credibility In the opening match last Sunday, the Chinese men failed to break the 30-year-no-win jinx to South Korea with the woeful result 2-3, then having lost 16 matches of their past 27 clashes since 1978. China would keep their title hopes alive by beating Japan,...
Tags: Japan, China, Tōkyō, Takeshi Okada, Ivica Osim, Ratomir Dujkoviￄﾇ, allnews
Japan football chief hopes to silence vuvuzelas
Tōkyō :: Japan | 17 days ago
Credibility Japan's football chief has raised the decibel level against vuvuzelas -- long, plastic trumpets used by South African supporters -- at next year's World Cup. The Blue Samurai were exposed to the ubiquitous horns when they battled to a 0-0 friendly draw...
Tags: Japan Football Association, world cup, South African Football Association, Motoaki Inukai, football chief, president motoaki, Japan, Tōkyō, Inukai Tsuyoshi, FIFA World Cup, FIFA, Shunsuke Nakamura, Football (soccer) culture, Vuvuzela, Sepp Blatter, allnews, Blatter, Association football culture, Takeshi Okada, Rui Kitada, Ai Miyazato, golf, Hospitality Recreation
Sports › South Africa, Japan draw 0-0 in friendly
Port Elizabeth :: South Africa | 19 days ago
Credibility South Africa — Japan held 2010 World Cup host South Africa to a 0-0 draw in a friendly in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. Takeshi Okada’s men had the better of the game, with in-form striker Shinji Okazaki and Wolfsburg midfielder Makoto Hasebe both going...
Tags: South Africans, Japan, South Africa, Port Elizabeth, Shinji Okazaki, RCD Espanyol, Shunsuke Nakamura, Makoto Hasebe, Takeshi Okada, allnews
Okada miffed about Scotland's lineup changes
Yokohama :: Japan | about 1 month ago
Credibility National team manager Takeshi Okada has accused Scotland of short-changing his side ahead of their friendly on Saturday, after the Scots arrived in Yokohama minus 10 players selected for their original squad. Manchester United's Darren Fletcher and Tottenham...
Tags: Japan, Scotland, Takayuki Morimoto, Kanagawa, Takeshi Okada, Yokohama, shoot kanagawa, ehime prefecture, George Burley, english website
Sports › Okada to make changes for Ghana friendly
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 2 months ago
Credibility Netherlands — Japan coach Takeshi Okada plans to ring the changes as the Blue Samurai look to pick themselves up from a bruising 3-0 defeat by the Netherlands at the weekend with a friendly against Ghana here on Wednesday. The Dutch poured cold water...
Tags: Thierry Henry, world cup, Ghana, France, Takeshi Okada
Japan to Tour Dutch: Maeda
Tōkyō :: Japan | 3 months ago
Credibility Jubilo Iwata striker Ryoichi Maeda has been called up for Japan's friendlies against the Netherlands and Ghana next month, Japan coach Takeshi Okada said on Sunday. Maeda, who has scored 12 goals in the J-League this season, replaced Yoshito Okubo after...
Tags: Ryoichi Maeda, Japan, Yoshito Okubo, Takeshi Okada
Tokyo struggles to get its message right
Tōkyō :: Japan | 5 months ago
Credibility On the one hand, North Korea has increased tensions and put Japan on the defensive with its multiple missile tests and a nuclear test. On the other hand, the Japanese government is trying to make sense of its recent false alarms and other deficiencies...
Tags: Bank of Japan, Softbank Mobile Corp., Tokyo High Court, world cup, Takeshi Okada, Qatar, market functionality
Japan, Australia, SKorea book World Cup berths
Tōkyō :: Japan | 6 months ago
Credibility Japan, South Korea and Australia became the first teams to advance to the 2010 World Cup finals on Saturday, leaving just one direct qualification place still up for grabs from Asia. Japan beat Uzbekistan 1-0 in Group One and were the first team through...
Tags: world cup, Japan, South Africa, North Korean, Iran, cup finally, Takeshi Okada, Macedonia, Uzbekistan, Scotland
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