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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.

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BASKETBALL / NBL NOTEBOOK

May 7, 2015

NBL playoffs set to tip off

With the regular season wrapping up last weekend, the NBL is set for more heated battles when the playoffs begin on Friday.

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May 6, 2015

Uchiyama defends title with patented KO

Watanabe Gym chairman Hitoshi Watanabe confessed that he hadn't been sure if it was right to select undefeated fighter Jomthong Chuwattana as the opponent for his own Takashi Uchiyama, because he knew the Thai could pose a legitimate threat.

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BASKETBALL

May 5, 2015

Sunrockers make dramatic turnaround this season, eye NBL title

The Hitachi Sunrockers entered this season, having improved their roster with some key acquisitions, while they hired a new head coach.

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May 1, 2015

Super featherweight Miura retains WBC title with third-round TKO of Dib

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BASKETBALL

Apr 28, 2015

46 teams have submitted documents for new hoop circuit

All 47 clubs of the NBL, NBDL and bj-league, including expansion teams for the 2015-16 season, are scheduled to join the new men's basketball league in Japan in 2016. The Japan 2024 Task Force made the announcement in Tokyo on Tuesday.

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BASKETBALL

Apr 25, 2015

Rowsom happy to coach in Japan again

The Toshiba Brave Thunders needed to fill an assistant coaching vacancy after last season, so his name came up. And Brian Rowsom seemed to be a good fit because he used to play for the team and had coaching experience.

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BASKETBALL

Apr 17, 2015

Watanabe looks back on freshman season with GW

There have been only a few players who hailed from Japan to have played hoops at NCAA D-I level. So perhaps no one really knew what sort of expectations to have of Yuta Watanabe in his first season at George Washington University.

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Apr 8, 2015

RB Gray blazing trail for Japanese football with Utes

For the majority of football players in Japan, taking the gridiron in the sport's mother nation, the United States, is beyond their imagination.

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BASKETBALL

Apr 7, 2015

WJBL star Tokashiki signs with WNBA's Storm

Two-time WJBL MVP Ramu Tokashiki has signed with the WNBA's Seattle Storm her Japanese club, JX-Eneos Sunflowers, announced Monday.

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Apr 6, 2015

Kiryu focused on improving

The hype is similar to what it was two years ago, when he ran a 10.01 in the 100 meters as a high school senior.

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BASKETBALL

Apr 5, 2015

JX-Eneos rally to beat Fujitsu, win seventh WJBL championship

The JX-Eneos Sunflowers came through when it mattered most and once again proved that they are genuine champions.

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BASKETBALL

Apr 3, 2015

Japan 2024 Task Force establishes league office for new men's pro hoop circuit

Led by co-chairman Saburo Kawabuchi, the Japan 2024 Task Force, declared it will establish a bigger, better men's professional basketball league with a broader vision. And so, Japanese basketball clubs were asked to burn the bridges behind them, accepting rigid qualifications to join it.

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Apr 2, 2015

Ex-world champion Ao to fight for WBO lightweight title in Las Vegas

Former double world champion Takahiro Ao will enter the ring for the vacant WBO lightweight belt against Mexico's Ray Beltran on May 1 — the eve of the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao megafight — at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

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Mar 31, 2015

Kurihara enthused by showing at veteran combine

Takashi Kurihara's ultimate dream of playing in the National Football League isn't over yet.

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BASKETBALL

Mar 25, 2015

Kawabuchi doubles down on Japan 2024 Task Force agenda

Change can be quite difficult, and there's often resistance to it.

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SOCCER / Women's World Cup

Mar 23, 2015

Nadeshiko League raring to go in World Cup year

With the Women's World Cup taking place in June, Japanese women's soccer is entering a key year and hopes are high.

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BASKETBALL

Mar 21, 2015

Pilots coach Reveno cherished time in Japan

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OLYMPICS

Mar 18, 2015

JX signs on as latest sponsor for 2020 Olympics

JX Nippon Oil and Energy Corporation has become the sixth Gold Partner, or a top domestic sponsor, for the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Japan Olympic Committee announced on Wednesday.

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BASKETBALL

Mar 18, 2015

Former Japan women's coach Brown still going strong

In a basketball coaching career spanning almost half a century, Herb Brown has built a strong reputation and accumulated a wealth of experience in the NBA and NCAA.

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BASKETBALL / NBA

Mar 11, 2015

Former NBL coach Lang enjoying new role with Jazz

Antonio Lang, who was the head coach of the Mitsubishi Diamond Dolphins in Japan until the end of last season, was fortunate enough to earn a job as an assistant with the NBA's Utah Jazz this season.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.

A boom for business tourism in Japan?

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