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BASKETBALL
May 2, 2010

HeatDevils eliminated from playoff race

After an awful 8-44 campaign in 2008-09, the Oita HeatDevils entered this season with a number of questions marks.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 30, 2010

Wild final week looms as teams eye playoffs

The bj-league's fifth season — a hectic dash to the finish line — wraps up on May 9.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 21, 2010

Rera Kamuy close to deal with Kobe Bryant

Joe Bryant is poised for a return to Japan.
BASKETBALL
Apr 19, 2010

Phoenix beat Albirex in scorers' showcase

Basketball purists want to see players pass the ball and get their teammates involved. They want to watch a game featuring more than one or two primary scorers per team.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Apr 14, 2010

What the nation's girl sports managers offer Japan

One of the best-selling books of the past month is called "Moshi Kokoyakyuno Jyoshi Manejyaga Drucker no Management wo Yondara"(「もし高校野球の女子マネージャーがドラッカーのマネージメントを読んだら」"If the Girl Manager of a High School Baseball Team Read Drucker's...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 13, 2010

Kawamura leads Brex to JBL championship

Takuya Kawamura single-handedly guided the Link Tochigi Brex to their first-ever JBL championship with a late-game explosion on Monday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 11, 2010

Brex beat SeaHorses in JBL Finals opener

The league's latest Cinderella team Link Tochigi Brex put up another great show in front of a full house of 3,202 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2 on Saturday.
Japan Times
LIFE
Apr 11, 2010

It's all change in men's designs

After seasons of stagnation, Japanese menswear is in the midst of an interesting transitional phase.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Apr 10, 2010

Boom times and bust on B.C. Street

At 2 o'clock on a spring afternoon, Chuo Park Avenue in the city of Okinawa belongs to the cats. They preen outside its bankrupt nightclubs, spit and hiss over scraps of garbage, and sleep atop piles of moldy utility bills in the doorways of the shuttered stores.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 9, 2010

Parker driving Fukuoka into prime playoff position

Rizing Fukuoka coach Tadaharu Ogawa likes to keep things simple. Sure, he reminds his players about basic strategies before, during and after games, but he understands the value of simplicity.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 31, 2010

Light sentence for Arenas a complete joke

NEW YORK — This is the last time I help out the authorities.
EDITORIALS
Mar 31, 2010

Tough times for pro sports

While sporting events like the Olympic Games attract a tremendous amount of attention globally, domestic sporting contests are of at least equal importance to society. Unfortunately, Nippon Professional Baseball and J. League are both in the midst of financial woe. It would be a great shame if these...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 13, 2010

Volleyball star finds meaning off court

As every top-level athlete knows, sacrifice underpins every training plan and for an Olympic athlete it becomes a way of life. For Sohn Jeong Wook, his goal of taking part in the Olympics was more important than country, but it didn't override family.
BASKETBALL
Mar 6, 2010

Shiga signs Marshall

The Shiga Lakestars made a major acquisition on Friday, signing guard/forward Mikey Marshall to a contract for the remainder of the season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 6, 2010

Apache guard Aoki pleased with team's recent progress

Enduring the stress of a season with a number of off-court issues and distractions, Tokyo Apache guard Cohey Aoki is playing with mixed emotions.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 3, 2010

U.S. to host pre-worlds tourney in New York

NEW YORK — The specific formula is not yet official, but plans are far enough along to speculate with great certainty Team USA will headline an international doubleheader at Madison Square Garden in mid-August prior to the FIBA World Championship that commences later that month in Turkey.
BASKETBALL
Mar 1, 2010

Woods sets new bj-league single-game scoring record with 52

A 35-point performance in a loss doesn't make many players happy. But a 52-point effort in a win will put a smile on any basketball player's face.
BASKETBALL
Feb 22, 2010

Golden Kings' strength in depth sinks Albirex

Every basketball coach with even the most rudimentary understanding of the game will tell you their team's success depends on a blend of inside scoring and capable outside shooters.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 19, 2010

Broncos appear content with mediocrity

If a team is winning most of its games, it's probably wise not to shake things up and make a major overhaul to its roster.
BASKETBALL
Feb 15, 2010

89ers bounce back in series finale against Golden Kings

Coming off a 20-point home loss on Saturday, a game in which they scored only 48 points, the Sendai 89ers probably felt like they hit rock bottom — or something close to it.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 10, 2010

Knicks lose a legend with McGuire's passing

NEW YORK — The easiest columns to write are about people you love.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 27, 2010

Van Gundy the definition of disingenuous

NEW YORK — Jeff Van Gundy's insincerity, his most important product, was on full display Friday throughout ESPN's coverage of the Lakers' victory over the Knicks.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 24, 2010

Once mighty Apache in complete disarray

First in a two-part series
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 22, 2010

Takamatsu's Okada a real sharpshooter

Eventually, a Japanese player will lead the bj-league in scoring for an entire season. And it will be a terrific achievement, an inspiration to this nation's youngsters who possess a jump shot and a dream.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 20, 2010

Arenas, Wizards continue to look clueless

NEW YORK — So, where do we begin today's NBA installment of Pinhead Wizards?
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 16, 2010

How about a gaijin circus in gazelle land?

The other day, my husband bought a shirt at Uniqlo. "Wow, the sleeves are long enough!" he marveled. Clothes in Japan are getting bigger and even now foreigners can almost wear them. But there was still a problem. The arms of the shirt were too tight. This confirms a suspicion I have long had about the...
BASKETBALL
Jan 16, 2010

Phoenix overwhelm Five Arrows in fourth quarter

This is one of basketball's time-honored maxims: A team that allows 35 or more fourth-quarter points will probably lose that game more times than not.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 13, 2010

Lakers looking to acquire Bosh from Raptors

NEW YORK — Today's NBA Report is 99.9 percent pure basketball, "triggered" by trade winds.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 8, 2010

Coach says Phoenix players focus on team

With 20 games in the books and 17 victories to date, the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix are on pace to have the finest season in bj-league history. The Ryukyu Golden Kings went 41-11 in the 2008-09 season en route to the team's first championship.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
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.
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.”

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?
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