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Stephen Ellsesser
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 20, 2006
Ex-Japan coach Troussier dances around the issue of Zico's performance
Heck with soccer. Philippe Troussier should have been a dancer.
SPORTS / E-LIST
Jun 15, 2006
Can CL train keep a rollin'?
As if by clockwork, the Central League standings have emerged from a humdrum one-star show featuring the Yomiuri Giants to a three-dog race with Chunichi and Hanshin poking their heads in -- and Yakult not out of it either. The E-List loves competition, parity, stories without predetermined endings,...
SPORTS / E-LIST
Jun 11, 2006
Fun in kitchen with half-baked Central League
The Central League's other shoe finally hit the floor.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 2, 2006
Marines get better of Swallows
CHIBA -- Whatever the secret is, the Chiba Lotte Marines have interleague play figured out.
SPORTS / E-LIST
May 31, 2006
Giants need to change their World Cup
With a case of jet lag to boot, the E-List spent last week in the Japanese baseball infirmary, where the List shared a room with Koji Uehara, who is desperately needed as the Yomiuri Giants have officially squandered their massive early season lead.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 26, 2006
Inaba drives in three for Fighters to cut Giants down to size
Sure, let the big guy sit. And let the kid pitch too.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 25, 2006
Determined Giants knock down Fighters
There was no way the Yomiuri Giants were going to fall out of first place Wednesday night.
SPORTS / E-LIST
May 17, 2006
A WBC curse for Matsui?
No one should hate Hideki Matsui. Save that for the New York Yankees as a whole and for George Steinbrenner, who can be a decent guy if you're a schoolkid from Iowa. But for the part of the world not obsessed with the Bronx Bombers, it is a little bit easier.
SPORTS / E-LIST
May 10, 2006
Interleague play on the horizon
Japanese baseball is getting ready to roll into Interleague play. The novel concept has done a lot for scheduling in Nippon Professional Baseball, as six-team leagues can get pretty tired of each other after a couple months of the usual slate of opponents.
SPORTS / E-LIST
May 3, 2006
Konishiki, Kiyohara and a collared shirt
The E-List digs fancy threads, and for a sharp-dressed man, look no further than Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo.
BASKETBALL
May 1, 2006
Osaka holds off Niigata for inaugural bj-league crown
No way, nope, not going to happen.
BASKETBALL
Apr 29, 2006
Bryant thinking long term
Tokyo Apache coach Joe Bryant has been all over the world because of basketball, and heading into this weekend, Bryant is hoping for another destination -- the top of the heap in the bj-league.
SPORTS / E-LIST
Apr 26, 2006
Giants plowing on; Kiyohara vowing plows
So the Yomiuri Giants are some 49,000 games above .500 less than a month into the season. The E-List figured the Giants would have to be much better than they were last season, when the Giabbit cried so many tears over Yomiuri's crummy season he looked like a strung-out teenager who wore eyeliner in...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 21, 2006
Buffaloes grind out win over Fighters; Darvish pitch hurts Kiyohara
The Orix Buffaloes needed a win, and they took their sweet time about getting one Thursday night at Tokyo Dome.
SPORTS / E-LIST
Apr 19, 2006
'Little Matsui' a major league disappointment
The Pacific League has been raging on for nearly a month, but in the magical world of Major League Baseball, Japan's top-shelf exports are flying on Uncle Bud's calendar, and it must feel like Groundhog Day for some of the Hinomaru Heroes -- same old story day-in, day-out.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 14, 2006
Kuwata snaps winless streak as Giants down Carp
Exhale, Kuwata-san.
SPORTS / E-LIST
Apr 12, 2006
Checking out Seibu's early glory run
The E-List could fill a few thimbles with Japanese baseball knowledge, but not enough to be pompous. And now it is time to put the List's first serving of humble pie on the table.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 7, 2006
Darvish slams door on Hawks
Will the real Yu Darvish please step forward?
SPORTS / E-LIST
Apr 5, 2006
No ducking WBC's highs and lows
Welcome to the E-List, home of integrity and baseball, although the two are one in the E-List's mind. And the List does have a mind of its own, which brings me to the next point.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 1, 2006
Giants rout BayStars on Opening Day
Opening Day must be Koji Uehara's least favorite day of the year, but things change.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

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