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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Top-rated Cebuano junior flyweight contender Cristian “The Bomb” Araneta departed for Japan on Friday, June 6, to complete the final phase of his training camp ahead of his world title bout in Tokyo…
TOKYO — Around 100 dead cats were discovered at the squalid home of a woman in southwest Japan who belonged to an animal welfare group, a local official said on Wednesday. The group, Animal Assist Senju, apologized…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former IBF world minimumweight champion Ginjiro Shigeoka’s boxing career is likely over after he underwent emergency brain surgery in Osaka, Japan, on Wednesday, May 28. The 25-year-old Japanese boxer suffered an acute subdural…
TOKYO — Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain. It is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen over the decades. But since last…
TOKYO, Japan — The number of foreign visitors to Japan soared 28.5 percent in April year-on-year to a record 3.91 million, official figures showed Wednesday. “Spring cherry blossom season boosted demand for visits to Japan in many…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Former Omega Boxing Gym standout Mark Vicelles successfully made weight for his Japan debut, set for Sunday, May 18, in Fuji, Shizuoka. Vicelles tipped the scales at 111.3 pounds, the same as his…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cristian “The Bomb” Araneta knows what it means to struggle—and to rise again. Now just one fight away from a world title, the 30-year-old native of Borbon town in northern Cebu is set…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — With over a month remaining before the biggest fight of his career, top-ranked Cebuano contender Cristian “The Bomb” Araneta is leaving no stone unturned in his preparations for his world title shot against…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Filipino boxing legend Donnie “Ahas” Nietes is set to return to the ring on May 20, this time taking on a younger Japanese foe in a six-round non-title bout at the historic Korakuen…
TOKYO — Tokyo has lodged a protest against Beijing after a Chinese helicopter “violated” Japan’s airspace and four vessels entered its territorial waters around disputed islands. The islands in the East China Sea — known as the…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – World-rated flyweight Esneth “Hard Hitter” Domingo of the Cebu-based ZIP Sanman Boxing Team arrived in Japan on Monday, April 28, in preparation for his highly anticipated rematch against Jukiya Iimura on May 3…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former world title challenger Dave “Dobermann” Apolinario suffered a stunning third-round knockout loss to unheralded Chinese boxer Longyi Hu on Tuesday night, April 22, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. What was meant…
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