http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/play/powder-heart-hokkaido-852162 Why skiers are flocking to Furano The Hokkaido resort town has some of the best powder runs in Asia, … Continue reading TRAVEL: Powder in the heart of Furano, Hokkaido
http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/life/two-wheels-better-four-tokyo-645357 Two wheels better than four in Tokyo Why the Japanese capital is the world’s best city for cycling By Christopher … Continue reading TRAVEL: Two wheels better than four in Tokyo, cycling capital of Asia (CNN.com)
See the full gallery on Posterous http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/sports/12iht-VOLLEY.html?ref=global&pag… http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/sports/14volleyball.html?_r=1&ref=japan A version of this article appeared in print on November 14, 2010, … Continue reading SPORTS: In Japan, Adoration for Women’s Volleyball
http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldGrandPrix/2010/viewPressR… http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/39905708 http://asia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20101103/tsp-vol-worlds-1st-ld-writethru-6e8107… http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/volleyball/2010-11-03-287085084_x.htm Brazil rips Italy to tell world who’s number one Hamamatsu, Japan, November 3, 2010 – Brazil … Continue reading SPORTS: Brazil rips Italy at World Volleyball in Japan
See more photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/globalite/sets/72157625105179960/ Read more: http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/play/rafael-nadal-dragon-ball-tennis-216638#ixzz12Vz8232h Chinese version at http://www.cnngo.com/zh-hant/tokyo/play/rafael-nadal-dragon-ball-tennis-416336 At the Japan Open, Rafael Nadal reveals a childhood love … Continue reading SPORTS: Rafael Nadal, the Dragonball of tennis
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see more photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/globalite/sets/72157625105179960/ Christopher Johnson, National Post · Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 TOKYO – Milos Raonic, perhaps Canada’s … Continue reading SPORTS-Tennis: Raonic gives Canada hope
see photo slideshow at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/globalite/sets/72157624940415181/show/ Japanese version at: http://www.cnngo.com/ja/tokyo/life/kimiko-date-krumm-its-40-love-japan-open-0… English version at http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/life/kimiko-date-krumm-40-love-japan-open-869468 For Kimiko Date Krumm, it’s 40-love at … Continue reading SPORTS: Japan tennis ace Kimiko Date winning at 40
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/basketball/for-europeans-hoops-is-the-s… IZMIR, TURKEY — The second most popular game in the world, basketball has become much bigger in Europe than … Continue reading SPORTS: Basketball is Europe’s other beautiful game
Christopher Johnson photos of Andy Rautins wincing in pain in the first half of Canada’s loss to Lithuania, and of … Continue reading photos of Andy Rautins wincing in pain
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/basketball/lebanon-stops-canada-in-fiba… IZMIR, Turkey — Lebanon rallied to beat Canada in their opening game of the FIBA World Basketball Championships. For three … Continue reading SPORTS: Fouls burn Canada in FIBA 2010 loss to Lebanon
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/basketball/fiba-2010-wide-open/article1… GOREME, TURKEY — Dribbling in front of minarets and the Cappadocia moonscape, Kobe Bryant seems to be everywhere … Continue reading Preview of World Basketball — Globe and Mail
http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/play/why-japan-winning-604967# At 5am Japanese fans flood Shibuya to cheer a well-deserved victory over Denmark. To understand why Japan is winning … Continue reading Why Japan is winning at World Cup in South Africa
If Japan wants to host an Olympics again, it could learn a lot from Vancouver about how to hold a … Continue reading Japan’s No Fun Olympic Games
Japan’s coaches criticize Olympic performance Christopher Johnson. The Globe and Mail. Feb 28, 2010 Like Canada in 2010, Japan had high hopes of owning … Continue reading Japan at Olympics — Globe and Mail
Basketball: World championships reflect a new parity http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/11/sports/11iht-hoops.2766103.html http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/11/sports/hoops.php SAITAMA, Japan — For the first time in its 115-year history, basketball … Continue reading Basketball: global parity — NY Times, IHT
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Tennis: Few Asians reach the top ranks http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/sports/06iht-tennis.4492642.html http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/06/news/tennis.php Christopher Johnson, Tuesday, February 6, 2007 TOKYO– From the synthetic surfaces … Continue reading Tennis: Few Asians reach the top — NY Times, IHT
the Globe and Mail With an estimated 20 million bicycles in the metro area, Tokyo is the best major city … Continue reading TRAVEL: The Zen of vehicle co-existence in Tokyo
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/13/…/13iht-BASE.3887482.htm Baseball: Daisuke Matsuzaka bidding tough test for Boston Red Sox and Japan Christopher Johnson, Wednesday, December 13, 2006 TOKYO — … Continue reading Baseball: Boston bids for Matsuzaka — NY Times, IHT
SAITAMA, JAPAN—Now we know why the Raptors signed Jorge Garbajosa this summer. With centre Pau Gasol out with a broken … Continue reading Spain wins world basketball final — the Toronto Star
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