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J-League rollercoaster rumbles into action
Mar 01, 2013 22:54 EST
Sanfrecce Hiroshima face a tough start to their J-League title defence on Saturday -- and they will be aware that in one of Asia's toughest leagues, a winning pedigree is no guarantee of success.
Security tight as Lippi's Guangzhou beat Reds
Feb 26, 2013 15:04 EST
Marcello Lippi's Guangzhou Evergrande swept aside Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds 3-0 in an AFC Champions League opener crackling with political tensions and played under heavy security on Tuesday.
Guangzhou beat Reds in Asia Champions League
Feb 26, 2013 11:47 EST
Marcello Lippi's Guangzhou Evergrande swept aside Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds 3-0 in an AFC Champions League opener crackling with political tensions and played under heavy security on Tuesday.
Japan quake study sounds alarm at 'creeping fault' doctrine
Jan 09, 2013 13:13 EST
Seismologists said Wednesday they have found clues as to why Japan's 2011 mega-earthquake occurred on a fault previously deemed to be of little threat.
5.5-magnitude quake strikes off Japan: USGS
Dec 29, 2012 15:21 EST
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
Tsunami hits Japan after 7.3-magnitude quake
Dec 07, 2012 06:57 EST
A one-metre-high tsunami hit northeast Japan Friday after a powerful undersea quake struck off the coast, sending thousands fleeing to safety in a region that was devastated in last year's quake-tsunami disaster.
Japan win raises roof in tsunami morgue
Nov 26, 2012 16:19 EST
Local schoolboy Yuzuru Hanyu's emotional figure skating victory in an arena pressed into service as a morgue after the Japanese tsunami was a tonic for an area struggling to get back on its feet.
Hanyu seeks Olympic glory after disaster
Nov 25, 2012 17:17 EST
A couple of morning earth tremors and two pratfalls on the ice failed to stop 17-year-old Yuzuru Hanyu from gliding to a figure skating Grand Prix victory in his tsunami-hit home town.
Hiroshima win first J-League title
Nov 24, 2012 03:39 EST
Sanfrecce Hiroshima claimed the J-League title for the first time when they defeated Cerezo Osaka 4-1, with their nearest rivals Vegalta Sendai losing to Albirex Niigata 1-0.
Hanyu breaks sets skating world record at home GP
Nov 23, 2012 06:23 EST
Hometown boy Yuzuru Hanyu broke his own short-programme world record to lead the figure skating Grand Prix in Japan at an arena that doubled as a mortuary after the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster.
Sumo tries to recruit baseball dropouts
Nov 09, 2012 20:20 EST
A sumo stable handed out leaflets at a baseball recruitment ground on Friday, hoping to lure players to a sport that is struggling to attract new blood.
China finance chiefs to skip Japan IMF meetings
Oct 10, 2012 13:00 EDT
Two of China's top economic figures will boycott IMF and World Bank meetings in Japan, officials said Wednesday, as a territorial row between Tokyo and Beijing spills over into financial diplomacy.
Planning can cut costs of disasters: World Bank
Oct 10, 2012 06:57 EDT
Catastrophes like Japan's 2011 tsunami cost the world more than $3.5 trillion over the last 30 years, a conference heard Wednesday, as the World Bank called for better disaster planning.
Japan tsunami gives lessons on disaster management
Oct 09, 2012 12:24 EDT
The experiences of survivors of the massive quake and tsunami that smashed into Japan last year were being mined Tuesday at an international meeting on disaster management.
World leaders meet on disaster management in Japan
Oct 09, 2012 06:44 EDT
Politicians and aid officials gathered on Japan's quake- and tsunami-hit coast Tuesday to discuss what lessons can be learned from disasters.
World leaders meet on disaster management in Japan
Oct 08, 2012 18:34 EDT
Politicians and aid officials will gather in Japan's quake- and tsunami-hit northeast Tuesday to discuss what lessons can be learned from disasters.
JAL shares below offer price as island row bites
Sep 21, 2012 12:03 EDT
Shares in Japan Airlines slumped 4.29 percent Friday, two days after relisting, as it said it would slash flights to China amid a territorial row between Tokyo and Beijing.
Japan's Yamanaka, Igarashi to defend boxing titles
Aug 23, 2012 11:55 EDT
Japan's World Boxing Council bantamweight champion Shinsuke Yamanaka and flyweight champion Toshiyuki Igarashi will both defend their titles in November, organisers said on Thursday.
One dead as powerful typhoon cuts across Japan
Jun 19, 2012 18:28 EDT
One man was killed as a powerful typhoon bringing heavy rain and strong winds cut across Japan's main island Honshu overnight Tuesday to Wednesday, the weather agency and national media said.
6.4 quake hits off east coast of Japan: USGS
Jun 17, 2012 20:01 EDT
A 6.4-magnitude undersea earthquake on Monday jolted the sea area off the east coast of Honshu, the main island of Japan, US seismologists said, but no tsunami alert was issued.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Sendai 仙台 | |||
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| — Designated city — | |||
| 仙台市 · Sendai City | |||
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  Sendai
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| Coordinates: 38°16′N 140°52′E / 38.267°N 140.867°E | |||
| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Tōhoku | ||
| Prefecture | Miyagi Prefecture | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Emiko Okuyama | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 788.09 km2 (304.3 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2008) | 1,031,704 | ||
| - Density | 1,305/km2 (3,379.9/sq mi) | ||
| City Symbols | |||
| - Tree | Japanese zelkova | ||
| - Flower | Japanese clover | ||
| Website | Sendai City | ||
| Phone number | 022-261-1111 | ||
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Sendai-shi, Aoba-ku, Kokubun-cho 3-7-1 | |||
