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Former Japan coach Okada named Yokohama manager

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japan coach Takeshi Okada (file photo) was named Dec. 4 the new manager of J-League first-division side Yokohama F Marinos for the 2003 season. Okada led Japan to their first-ever World Cup soccer appearance in 1998 and coached J-League club Consadole Sapporo for three seasons from 1999.

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Tiger Woods flies in

World No. 1 Tiger Woods (R) flies in by helicopter on Monday, Nov. 23 to check out arrangements ahead of his first-ever appearance in a Japanese pro golf tournament at the Casio World Open in Kyushu this week.

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Baseball: Fort Bragg hosts 1st MLB game on active base

Ichiro Suzuki makes a pinch-hit appearance in the eighth inning of the Miami Marlins' 5-2 win over the Atlanta Braves at Fort Bragg Field in North Carolina on July 3, 2016, the first-ever regular-season game played on an active military base. Suzuki grounded out to remain 11 hits shy of 3,000 for his major league career. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan beat Switzerland in Women's World Cup

Nadeshiko Japan captain Aya Miyama (L) and Homare Sawa smile after their team defeated Switzerland 1-0 in a Women's World Cup Group C match at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, Canada, on June 8, 2015. Miyama marked her 150th appearance for the national team with what turned out to be the winning goal, while Sawa started in her 200th match for Japan and in doing so became the first ever player in either the men's or women's game to play in six World Cups. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Japan coach Okada named Yokohama manager

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japan coach Takeshi Okada (file photo) was named Dec. 4 the new manager of J-League first-division side Yokohama F Marinos for the 2003 season. Okada led Japan to their first-ever World Cup soccer appearance in 1998 and coached J-League club Consadole Sapporo for three seasons from 1999. (Kyodo)

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Tiger Woods flies in

World No. 1 Tiger Woods (R) flies in by helicopter Monday Nov. 23 to check out arrangements ahead of his first-ever appearance in a Japanese pro golf tournament at the Casio World Open in Kyushu this week.