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Rugby: No time for complacency: Brave Blossoms' Tanaka

Japan scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka is interviewed in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2015. The 30-year-old Tanaka, who plays in the Top League for Panasonic Wild Knights and in Super Rugby for the Highlanders, said Japanese rugby is still in crisis even though the national team won three of their four games at the Rugby World Cup in England. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Black Rams player in key role for Fiji rugby

Former Ricoh Black Rams scrumhalf Jamie Hood (C) of the Japan Rugby Top League plays for Hong Kong at the Fiji Coral Coast Sevens on Jan. 20, 2018, at Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka, Fiji. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Sunwolves name side to face Highlanders

Sunwolves scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka (C) scores a try in the second half of their 24-12 win over the Japanese Top League All-Stars in Kitakyushu, Japan, on Feb. 18, 2017. Tanaka was named to the Sunwolves' team for a Super Rugby match against the Highlanders in Invercargill, New Zealand, on April 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Sunwolves hope to put aside limited prep for season opener

Sunwolves scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka, seen here scoring a try against the Top League All-Stars in Kitakyushu, western Japan, on Feb. 18, 2017, says the team need to improve before their Super Rugby season opener against the Hurricanes on Feb. 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Suntory make life uncomfortable for Panasonic

Panasonic Wild Knights scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka looks to kick from the base of a ruck as his former Highlanders teammate Joe Wheeler (left) looks on during a Top League game at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2017. Suntory beat the three-time defending champions 45-15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby World Cup in Japan

Scotland scrumhalf Greig Laidlaw joins a photo session with rugby fans after practice in Nagasaki on Sept. 11, 2019, ahead of the Rugby World Cup in Japan. The southwestern Japan city is hosting the team's pre-tournament camp. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka

Japan scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka speaks on June 11, 2019, in Miyazaki, one of the places where his national team has trained for the Rugby World Cup beginning in September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka

Japan scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka speaks on June 11, 2019, in Miyazaki, one of the places where his national team has trained for the Rugby World Cup beginning in September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan train for Tonga

Japan scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka (R) moves the ball as Shinya Makabe (C) and Wimpie van der Walt trail during a training session in Toulouse, France, on Nov. 17, 2017, ahead of a rugby test match the next day against Tonga. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Nagare to lead Japan at Asia Rugby Championship

Japan coach Jamie Joseph attends a press conference in Tokyo on April 10, 2017. Uncapped scrumhalf Yutaka Nagare will lead Joseph's 37-man squad for Asia Rugby Championship matches against South Korea and Hong Kong, Joseph said, adding that Japan's 2015 World Cup captain Michael Leitch may return to the Brave Blossoms when they host Romania and Ireland in June. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Joseph hoping inexperienced Brave Blossoms can declaw Pumas

Japan scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka (R) takes part in national team training at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2016. The Brave Blossoms will play their first test under new coach Jamie Joseph the following day against Argentina, going into the game with 13 uncapped players in the 23-man squad. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo