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via ussoccer.com The U.S. Women’s National Team will travel to Japan for early April matches against the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup champions and Brazil, taking on the hosts at Yurtec Stadium in Sendai on April 1 before traveling south to face the Brazilians on April 3 in Fukuda Denshi Arena in Chiba. In the newly created three-nation ...

via UEFA UEFA President Michel Platini today handed over a cheque for €500,000 from UEFA to the Japan Football Association (JFA) president Junji Ogura on the occasion of the FIFA Executive Committee meeting in Tokyo. The presentation of the cheque is a further symbol of UEFA's support for the Japanese people following the terrible damages ...

Daddy's Lambo : Yelawolf "Eight Ferraris and a Lamborghini were among the vehicles involved in a chain collision of luxury cars on a Japanese expressway Sunday. They'd been heading to a motor festival in Hiroshima." See the aftermath after the jump..... (more...)

Handmade Portraits by ETSY : The Sword Maker "As one of Japan's last remaining swordsmiths, Korehira Watanabe has honed his craft for 40 years while attempting to recreate the mythical Koto sword." I don't know.... I think I may have been a Japanese cat in my former life, because I sometimes day-dream of myself as one of these old dudes ...

Japanese Ref Masaaki Toma In Charge Of FA Cup Match via TheFA FA Cup history will be made this weekend when Japanese FIFA referee, Masaaki Toma, takes charge of Brentford v Basingstoke in the First Round Proper on Saturday. The J-League official is in the UK as a part of an ongoing referee exchange programme  and has already refereed a Reserve ...

Ryujiro Ueda scores a header goal from his own half Wow, just a little bit over a month ago we saw Norwegian midfielder Jone Samuelsen score on a header goal from his own half, and we thought that had to be a records... and it was, but this past weekend, he was outdone by a defender from the J League, named Ryujiro Ueda.... Check out the long ...

Palladium Boots presents "Tokyo Rising with Pharrell Williams" :: This is Pharreezy's first trip back to Tokyo since the earthquake on 03.11.2011. If you know anything about Pharrell, you know the impact that the culture in Japan has had on him, and how much inspiration he derives from being in Japan. This is pretty dope. And I have always had a thing ...

“Play for Light” represents the slogan for the upcoming small-sided football tournament taking place on Friday, August 19. Creative concept where Nike is using recycled energy that is saved up from the daily use through treadmills and stationary bicycles, being used to power electrical generators  and switching on the lights for this twilight ...