in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture.... She won her second straight Takarazuka Kinen in June and will

TAKARAZUKA, Hyogo--A widespread movement has begun in Japan to post health-ministry created

French jockey Christophe Lemaire exults after winning the 38th running of the Mile Championship aboard 5-year-old mare Gran Alegria on Nov.... After getting off to a slow start, French jockey Christophe Lemaire took Gran Alegria to the outside down the stretch at Hanshin Racecourse and battled his way to the lead over the last 300 meters to win by three-quarters of a length.... Danon the Kid was a further half-length behind in third....

Senior officials of the Kawanishi Municipal Board of Education apologize over the mistaken distribution of information on 100, 000-yen handouts at the municipal government building in Hyogo Prefecture on Dec.... The education board of the city of Kawanishi, Hyogo Prefecture, offered an apology, saying," We have caused great heartache to the families( of the deceased)," and said it intends to visit each concerned household to apologize in person.... According to the education board, the errors

Sugiyama wrote last fall to Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee.Mr.... Bach would lobby the Japanese government on a bill protecting gay and transgender rights.... Sugiyama wrote, could shield “ the next generation of athletes from what I experienced.” But now, with the Tokyo Olympics less than two months away, hopes for the bill are running out....