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Kaz Nagatsuka
Kaz Nagatsuka is a staff writer covering Japanese sports, including Japanese professional baseball, basketball, American football and individual sports. He has covered big sporting events such as the World Baseball Classic, the NFL Super Bowl and soccer's World Cup.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 19, 2012
Sea Horses rally past Alvark to win Game 1 of JBL Finals
Anthony Richardson scored 10 points and Takatoshi Furukawa sank a pair of key shots from behind the arch in the final quarter to help the Aisin Sea Horses come back from a 19-point deficit in their 73-70 win over the Toyota Motors Alvark in Game 1 of the Japan Basketball League Finals on Wednesday night....
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 18, 2012
Former American high school teammates Matsui, Ito help create winning atmosphere for Toyota
This Toyota Motors Alvark team is a completely different team than the one that exited the floor in a losing fashion in the JBL championship series four years ago.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 30, 2012
Seattle trainer Griffin impressed by Japanese players' work ethic
When you've been in the game a long time, you learn a thing or two.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 29, 2012
Ex-pitcher Hasegawa offers insight on Ichiro, Mariners
In the final week of March, they're usually playing the preseason games. So why give 100 percent at this time of a year?
Japan Times
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Mar 22, 2012
Waku leaves comfort for American dream
Working for a big, stable company while playing as a top football player in Japan, Kenzo Waku could have had a nice, easy life if he had stayed where he was.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 16, 2012
Female knuckleballer Baker makes mark on diamond
When she was 7 years old, Chelsea Baker switched from playing softball to baseball because her older brother, Gary, was playing the latter.
Japan Times
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Mar 13, 2012
Fujiwara, Shigetomo head marathon squad
Tokyo Marathon runnerup Arata Fujiwara and Osaka Women's Marathon champion Risa Shigetomo topped the bill as the Japan Association of Athletics Federations announced the national marathon squad for this summer's London Olympics on Monday.
Japan Times
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Feb 28, 2012
UFC hopes to shake up Japan fight scene
In the fourth round, Benson "Smooth" Henderson caught the neck of Frankie Edgar in a guillotine, and it looked so tight. But somehow Edgar, the UFC lightweight champion, escaped.
Japan Times
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Jan 30, 2012
Japanese coaches soaking up NFL experience during Pro Bowl week
Though the NFL players and coaches at the Pro Bowl are in relaxed mode with their season wrapped up, a pair of Japanese coaches are as serious as can be, trying to absorb every moment of this valuable opportunity.
Japan Times
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Jan 17, 2012
Japanese players chase NFL dream
Former Dallas Cowboys scout Larry Dixon believes that as the world is getting smaller through globalization, there will one day be a Japanese player in the National Football League — though he can't guarantee when.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 10, 2012
Alvark end SeaHorses' domination
The Aisin SeaHorses certainly showed their potential with a powerful rally late in the game.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 9, 2012
Sunflowers capture fourth-straight Empress' Cup
The JX Sunflowers once again proved that they are the queens of the floor, giving their opponent Denso Iris a tough lesson.
Japan Times
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Jan 4, 2012
Obic Seagulls repeat as Rice Bowl champs
No quitting and no panicking. Those are championship qualities, and the Seagulls proved they have both in Japanese football's annual showcase event.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 30, 2011
Nobeoka Gakuen captures third title of 2011
Mission accomplished. And Nobeoka Gakuen achieved that feat in dominant fashion.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 29, 2011
Sapporo Yamanote captures another title
Sapporo Yamanote head coach Masamitsu Kamishima said he had an open ticket for a flight back to Hokkaido, so his team could go back to the northern island at anytime.
Japan Times
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Dec 23, 2011
Kinoshita's play made big difference for Seagulls in X Bowl
To be a star athlete, you don't necessarily have to play well all the time. You only need to rise to the occasion.
Japan Times
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Dec 21, 2011
Nadeshiko Japan takes top sports award
As perhaps much expected, Nadeshiko Japan was the face of the 2011 sports scene in Japan.
Japan Times
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Dec 5, 2011
Obic, Fujitsu advance to final
Shun Sugawara threw three touchdown passes and scored another on the ground as the Obic Seagulls took advantage of six turnovers to rout the Kajima Deers 45-20 on Sunday in the semifinals of the X League playoffs.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 23, 2011
Hawks overcame obstacles to win title
Mission accomplished.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 19, 2011
Hawks look to Wada to close out Japan Series at home
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks second baseman Yuichi Honda will celebrate his 27th birthday on Saturday.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.

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