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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
Oct 9, 2014
NBL's second season tips off this weekend
In many ways, the National Basketball League's first year was a trial-and-error period. And Year Two is geared to provide more diversion and success.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 8, 2014
Japan Basketball Association-led merger talks still face major obstacles
Toshimitsu Kawachi, the bj-league commissioner, said that the organizing committee for a unified professional basketball league in Japan has discussed things "constructively."
Japan Times
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Oct 6, 2014
Frontiers place title hopes in Cameron
In order to finally win the X League championship, the Fujitsu Frontiers have perhaps found the last piece of the puzzle with the acquisition of American quarterback Colby Cameron.
Japan Times
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Oct 4, 2014
Sato shines as role model
With her clumsy but emotional and breathtaking presentation at the IOC Session in Buenos Aires for Tokyo's 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid in September 2013, Mami Sato became a household name in Japan.
Japan Times
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Sep 24, 2014
UFC eyeing Asian market
This past Saturday, the Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to Japan for a third straight year to host a show, dubbed UFC Fight Night Japan, at Saitama Super Arena.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 17, 2014
Basketball star Oh reflects on journey to Japan
Asako Oh, a Japan women's basketball national team center, balked at enrolling in a Japanese high school about a decade ago. Now she has no regrets about her decision.
Japan Times
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Sep 12, 2014
Seagulls travel globe to find strong teams in hopes of improving game
Despite their track record of consecutive championships in recent years, the Obic Seagulls aren't resting on their laurels. They have a bigger picture in mind, and are trying to do as much as possible to make strides as the leading football club in Japan.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 10, 2014
Anatomy of a scam: Aomori targeted by fake agents
A trail of deceit has produced fake 2014-15 contracts for several American basketball players for the Aomori Wat's, The Japan Times learned during a one-month investigation of alleged fraudulent agents.
Japan Times
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Sep 6, 2014
Gonzalez knocks out Yaegashi in ninth round for WBC flyweight title
It was what some boxing fanatics would call a "barnburner."
Japan Times
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Sep 1, 2014
Seward out to have big impact in Japan
Kyoto University's football team recently revealed that it had acquired Adam Seward, a former NFL player, as its new linebackers coach — perhaps the biggest news before the Kansai collegiate season kicked off this past weekend.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 30, 2014
Oga recognizes value of physical play
Star guard Yuko Oga insists the Japan's women's national team will show off a new style in Turkey at the FIBA World Championship for Women, which tips off late next month.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ASIAN GAMES
Aug 26, 2014
Togashi, Takeuchi twins named to Japan's 12-man squad for Asian Games
Quick-footed guard Yuki Togashi and the Takeuchi twins headline Japan's 12-man basketball squad for the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, the Japan Basketball Association announced on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 20, 2014
MLB names four stars for series against Samurai Japan
As the Nichibei Yakyu extravaganza returns for the first time in eight years, Major League Baseball looks set to bring a serious squad to Japan come November.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 12, 2014
Togashi shining for Japan after Summer League success
Asked if he's gotten noticed by ordinary people on the street more often than before, point guard Yuki Togashi replied with a mild smile, saying, "Not so much."
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBL NOTEBOOK
Jul 31, 2014
New challenges for Takeuchi, Okada
Because of the disparity in the talent pool, the National Basketball League ended up with enormous gaps between the elite teams and weaker teams during its inaugural 2013-14 season.
Japan Times
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Jul 24, 2014
Murata scheduled to fight Mexican Luna on Sept. 5
Middleweight boxer Ryota Murata will square off against Mexico's Adrian Luna on Sept. 5 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2 in his fifth professional fight, his management team, Teiken Promotions, announced on Thursday.
Japan Times
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Jul 21, 2014
Murata determined to make major impact
For Ryota Murata, the middleweight gold medal he earned in London wields power.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 17, 2014
Merger talks going slowly
Japan Basketball Association officials said that they would actively keep discussing how to overcome the differences between the nation's top two leagues in order to establish a new professional hoops circuit in two years.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 12, 2014
3x3 basketball circuit makes hot start
With Typhoon Neoguri having passed, what awaited spectators was glaring sunlight and high temperatures perhaps heralding the start of the real summer.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 9, 2014
FIBA outlines big ambitions for 3x3 basketball
Formerly recognized as more of a fun, casual sport played on the streets, FIBA, basketball's world governing body, is now trying to develop 3x3 into another legitimate form of basketball.
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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