Brave Blossoms' scrum-half Fumiaki Tanaka has compared their new found support after defeating Ireland as being akin to “what the All Blacks are in New Zealand.”

If there was anything more striking than Japan’s performance on the field on Saturday in Shizuoka, then it was the conduct of their players and coaches off it after they had electrified a nation and a tournament that is already a success because of their win against Ireland.

343 Industries has published a variety of stats and figures about Halo 5: Guardians, including that its campaign can be completed in 8-12 hours of normal difficulty.

Samoa 5 Japan 26: Japan coach Eddie Jones believes his players have put the pride back in Japanese rugby regardless of whether they qualify for the World Cup quarter-finals.

Scotland 45 Japan 10: The neutrals may have left Kingsholm disappointed not to have witnessed another monumental Rugby World Cup upset, but Scotland will not care one jot after this bonus-point success kicked their Pool B campaign off in the perfect fashion.

Toshiba’s chief executive has resigned, taking responsibility for doctored books that inflated profits at the Japanese technology manufacturer by €1.12 billion over several years.

There will only be a few hundred and they will not be cheap, but Japanese car giant Toyota is about to take its first small step into the unproven market for emissions-free, hydrogen-powered vehicles.

Marie-Perla Biamsumba stormed back from a disastrous second set to claim the girls’ singles title in the Tennis Europe U14 Circuit event in Dublin yesterday.

Japan’s top nuclear regulator has raised safety concerns about hastily built storage tanks and their foundations after signs of more leaks of radiation-contaminated water at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant.

Japan’s top nuclear regulator has raised safety concerns about hastily built storage tanks and their foundations amid reports of new leaks of radiation-contaminated water at a tsunami-hit nuclear plant.

If you believe the cavemen who scream “Mashed potatoes’, “Get in the hole’, “You the man” or “Baba Boey’ are headed for extinction under a new draconian security policy by golf’s tours, think again.

France 47 Japan 21

TOM Queally is confident a reproduction of Frankel’s spellbinding performance in the 2000 Guineas will be enough to see him follow up in Tuesday’s St James’s Palace Stakes.

Tom Queally is confident a reproduction of Frankel’s spellbinding performance in the 2000 Guineas will be enough to see him follow up in Tuesday’s St James’s Palace Stakes.

Connections of Grand Prix Boss are excited seeing the Japanese star test his powers against Frankel in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday.

JAPAN booked their place in the last 16 of the World Cup after outstanding first-half free-kicks from Keisuke Honda and Yasuhito Endo sent them on their way to victory over Denmark in Rustenburg.

MATCH-winner Wesley Sneijder believes Holland could not be in a better position as they head into their final Group E match with qualification for the knock-out stages already in the bag.

BP pressed on with its bid to cap the Gulf of Mexico spill yesterday amid a new blow to its tattered image as a credit agency warned the clean-up costs will weigh on the oil giant for years.

CAMEROON coach Paul Le Guen could not hide his disappointment following his side’s 1-0 defeat by Japan in their Group E opener.

FABIO CAPELLO has confirmed he knows the names of the players who will carry England’s World Cup hopes in South Africa – and they are the same ones he had in mind when he arrived in Austria a fortnight ago.

England midfielder Frank Lampard was keen to keep hold of penalty-taking duties after missing from the spot in today’s World Cup warm-up friendly win over Japan in Graz.

Japan 1 England 2

Japan 1 England 0

UNLESS there is a seismic change in global energy usage the world is facing temperature increases of up to 6C by 2030 and catastrophic consequences for our climate, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned.

No beatings. No threats. No overnight interrogations.

Five human bodies were left to decompose in a house in western Japan, apparently because of a belief in resurrection.

Rakti could miss his European swansong after heavy rain put his participation in Saturday’s Emirates Airline Champion Stakes in serious doubt.

Brazil 2 Japan 2

Japan became the first country to book their place at next year’s World Cup finals, other than hosts Germany, with a 2-0 win over North Korea today.

Padraig Harrington and Paul McGinley just missed out on the first sub-60 score of their golfing lives today – yet still found themselves only joint leaders with unfancied Austria after the first day of the World Cup in Seville.

Honda have committed to Formula One and Jenson Button’s BAR team for a further five years, it was announced today.

Japan, a staunch advocate of the Kyoto protocol on global warming, is struggling to meet its targets for cutting pollution, as it considers a range of environmental policy alternatives to cap carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas levels.

A Japanese court today upheld an order banning a popular weekly magazine in a high-profile dispute over the right to privacy of a politician’s family.

There looks every chance of the final major of the season – the United States PGA championship – being won by a record score at Oak Hill this weekend. A record high score, that is.

International challenger Keltos sealed the prestigious Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes with an impressive burst of acceleration at Newbury today.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s hold on power looked increasingly precarious today as his public support went into freefall after the sacking of his foreign minister and an emboldened opposition submitted a no-confidence motion.

The 130th Open Championship got underway on a bright but breezy morning at Royal Lytham today with Japan’s Hidemichi Tanaka having the honour of hitting the opening shot.

Japanese and EU officials have agreed to continue their efforts to persuade the US to sign on to the Kyoto Protocol to combat global warming.

A domestic turf battle between Japan's outspoken foreign minister and her bureaucratic underlings has spilled out on the world stage, with ripples felt in Europe, the US and Australia.

A man enraged over a money dispute doused a consumer credit company in northern Japan with petrol and set it ablaze, killing five people and injuring four, police said.