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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
Jan 27, 2011
Apache's Nakama making progress under tutelage of Hill
Sometimes, new, different circumstances make you a much better player.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 21, 2011
Strong fitness helps Apache during grueling stretch
The Tokyo Apache wrapped up a hectic eight games in 14 days with a 79-78 overtime victory over the Takamatsu Five Arrows on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 11, 2011
Dominant SeaHorses win fourth-straight title
Though they had to fight through a tough challenge from their opponents in the championship clincher, the three-time reigning champions maintained their mastery of the annual New Year's tournament.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 10, 2011
Sunflowers claim WJBL three-peat
WJBL rookie sensation Ramu Tokashiki had a tremendous game on both offense and defense and point guard Asami Yoshida chipped in as the two-time defending champion JX Sunflowers edged the Fujitsu RedWave 73-68 in the final of the All-Japan Championship at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on Sunday afternoon....
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 5, 2011
Sunflowers end Yamanote's win-filled season
The weak can beat the strong.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 4, 2011
Hawaii uses sports to attract Japanese
One of Hawaii's biggest traits is its Aloha Spirit. And the state is actively working on extending its warm-welcoming, positive state of mind through sports.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 30, 2010
Hokuriku High captures All-Japan basketball title
After the game-ending buzzer, every single Hokuriku High School player raised his arms high in the air, and other teammates trotted onto the floor with huge smiles and tears on their faces.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 29, 2010
Nagaoka scores 50 in tournament final
Their dominance could not be halted.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 23, 2010
Sugawara overcomes adversity
Quarterback Shun Sugawara is one tiny cookie. But he has a big heart, which helped him guide the Obic Seagulls to their first X League championship in five years.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 16, 2010
Jackson making most of chance in Japan
Stardom often starts with a simple reason.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 14, 2010
X Bowl coaches begin mind games
With a week still to go before the Japan X Bowl, the players have yet to pick up their helmets and pads and the coaches have yet to put on their headsets. But it appears the mental game has already kicked off.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 10, 2010
Imae played major role in Japan Series
NAGOYA — What a big-time player Toshiaki Imae is.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Nov 8, 2010
Batting center hit hard by recession
TOYOYAMA, Aichi Pref. — On a mild Sunday morning, a throng of enthusiastic baseball-playing youngsters were waiting for their turn, while some casual adults tried to have some fun hitting the ball at one local batting cage just outside Nagoya.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Nov 7, 2010
Rooting for Dragons is a Nagoya tradition
NAGOYA — Baseball fans in Nagoya bleed Dragon blue.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 6, 2010
Rookies play major roles in Japan Series
CHIBA — Almost right away, Ikuhiro Kiyota and Yohei Oshima shook their heads when asked whether they would be playing on such a privileged stage like the Japan Series before their first pro season began this year.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Nov 4, 2010
Imae, Kiyota make case for Japan Series MVP award consideration
CHIBA — Obviously, it's too early to talk about who will be the Japan Series MVP award.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Nov 3, 2010
Marines excited to play at home again
CHIBA — The Marines had hopes for weeks to return to the warm cheers at home on a chilly November night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2010
Japan Series veteran Wada continues to produce for Dragons
Nagoya Anyone in Japanese baseball should know how good Kazuhiro Wada is by now. The Chiba Lotte Marines had certainly put a warning mark on the Chunichi Dragons slugger before the Japan Series started.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Nov 1, 2010
Marines' Iguchi knows key to playoff success
NAGOYA — Having had the rare experience of collecting championship rings on both sides of the Pacific, Tadahito Iguchi knows what it takes to earn postseason victories.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 31, 2010
Players keep same approach for Japan Series
NAGOYA — It isn't too difficult to imagine how much of a privilege it is to play in a Japan Series.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
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.

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