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BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 6, 2010

Arenas deserves lifetime ban for gun incident

NEW YORK — Even in a world long gone mad . . . what an unfathomable, boundary-crossing, guns-in-the-Wizards locker-room Gilbert Arenas-Javaris Crittenton grudge confrontation story.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 1, 2010

Making Takeno starter keyed Niigata's charge

Niigata Albirex BB point guard Makoto Hasegawa, the league's second-oldest player, began the season in the starting lineup.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 25, 2009

All-Star Game squads announced by league

The votes have been counted, players have been notified and now the bj-league is putting the finishing touches on preparations for the 2009-10 All-Star Game on Jan. 31 in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Dec 18, 2009

Tennichi seeks solutions as Evessa's woes continue

Two seasons removed from their third consecutive championship, the Osaka Evessa are struggling to find a winning formula.
BASKETBALL
Dec 17, 2009

Newton lifts Golden Kings to victory in championship game rematch

Time after time, championship teams make in-game adjustments better than your run-of-the-mill opponent.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Dec 13, 2009

Tribute to mystery author Seicho Matsumoto; antique appraisal; and winter ghost stories

The hundredth anniversary of the birth of mystery author Seicho Matsumoto, who wrote the original story on which the current movie hit "Zero no Shoten" is based, continues to be celebrated on the small screen this week with a new version of his classic tale "Chuo Ryusa" (Central Quicksand; TBS, Mon.,...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Dec 13, 2009

Tuffy hopes to extend career in Japan another year

It remains to be seen if Tuffy Rhodes will return to play a 14th season in Japanese baseball in 2010. The all-time leader among foreign players in home runs and RBIs says he's ready for another year — or two — but, if he is unable to attract an offer from a Pacific or Central League club, he will...
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 6, 2009

Path to sixth World Cup win may be tough for Brazil

CAPE TOWN, Okada stands firm: Page 16 (AP) Five-time winner Brazil was stung by a tough draw for the 2010 World Cup on Friday while co-favorite Spain was given an easy ride through to the second round.
BASKETBALL
Dec 6, 2009

Ito, UP Pilots off to strong start

Senior guard Taishi Ito, who hails from Mie Prefecture, has helped the University of Portland (Ore.) men's basketball team earn a spot in The Associated Press Top 25 rankings for the first time since 1959.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Dec 5, 2009

Parker earns November accolades

Do-it-all forward Michael Parker plays a starring role for the Rizing Fukuoka.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 2, 2009

Signing Iverson would be mistake for Philly

NEW YORK — Other than generating some desperately (the operative word) needed excitement among the missing masses and possibly selling enough tickets for the remainder of the 76ers' 5-11 season to rationalize investing in a pro-rated $1.3 million veteran minimum contract, I can't visualize anything...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Dec 1, 2009

Entrepreneur taps his foreign nature

Harry Hill, president of TV shopping channel operator Oak Lawn Marketing Inc., received a lot of discouraging comments from Japanese when he thought about selling the "Billy's Boot Camp" exercise DVDs.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Nov 29, 2009

Rowsom says Lottich signing key addition for Oita

The Oita HeatDevils' reclamation project is far from finished.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 27, 2009

'The Informant!'

Steven Soderbergh's latest, "The Informant!," comes off like the smartest, funniest kid in the class — a wiz at everything he does from physics to basketball, but somehow friendless.
BASKETBALL
Nov 18, 2009

Rising Suns set for team tryouts

The Rising Suns are looking for men's basketball players for the 2010 Quai 54 International Streetball Championship in France. Sponsored by Air Jordan, it is billed as the largest annual streetball tournament in the world.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Nov 14, 2009

Time for Albirex to consider replacing Hirose as coach

When should a team fire a head coach?
BASKETBALL
Nov 10, 2009

No place like home for Sendai's hoop wizards

For basketball fans in Tohoku and the Sendai 89ers, an unforgettable line from "The Wizard of Oz" succinctly summarizes the bj-league team's success this season: "There's no place like home."
BASKETBALL
Nov 6, 2009

Rizing duo helps beat Lakestars

Every basketball coach will tell you it's better to have a potent one-two scoring punch than a single offensive force in the lineup.
BASKETBALL
Nov 2, 2009

Broncos beat Grouses for first win of season

Terrence Woodyard's valiant effort carried the Saitama Broncos to their first victory of the season on Sunday.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Oct 30, 2009

Teams need true home venues for legitimacy

The Toyama Grouses are listed as the home team at nine venues for the bj-league's 2009-10 season. The Rizing Fukuoka and Osaka Evessa are both listed as the home team at eight different venues, while the Oita HeatDevils are scheduled to use seven home venues this season.
BASKETBALL
Oct 22, 2009

Palmer making impact for Evessa

After a two-year absence, David Palmer has made a successful return to the bj-league.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 14, 2009

Albirex's efficient attack too much for Apache

The Tokyo Apache are struggling to find a collective identity and successfully combine all the elements of new coach Motofumi Aoki's game plan.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 7, 2009

White comes through in crunch time to help Phoenix top Apache

Wendell White showcased his shooter's touch in crunch time on Tuesday.
BASKETBALL
Oct 1, 2009

West skips Cavaliers' first practice

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) Less than 24 hours after saying he was focused on basketball, Delonte West skipped Cleveland's first day of practice.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Sep 23, 2009

Murray rips Rawl for reneging on offer to coach Oita

The Oita HeatDevils were in shambles last season, including in the team's front office. Not only did the club manage to lose a league-worst 44 games (it played 52), it also created unnecessary headaches for the bj-league.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Sep 15, 2009

For TV anchor, learning the lingo is key

Gene Otani, a Japanese national who attended an international school in Kobe throughout his youth, had to take Japanese lessons as a salaried worker when he realized he needed more skill in reading and writing.
SPORTS / BOOS AND BRAVOS
Sep 11, 2009

Matsui's August exploits prove he can still be a dependable hitter

BRAVO — Who says Godzilla has reached the point where he's no longer a valuable contributor on the baseball field?
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 29, 2009

Ex-NCAA star Abdul-Rauf signs with Kyoto Hannaryz

Ex-NBA shooting guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, who rose to national prominence as one of college basketball's most prolific scorers, will play for the expansion Kyoto Hannaryz this season, the team has announced.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 28, 2009

'30 Days of Night'

Director David Slade, who gave the world the vein-freezing, hemoglobin-depleting "Hard Candy" four years ago, has turned his hand to making a genuine horror film — a vampire thriller that plops A-list actor Josh Hartnett in the middle of a seemingly low-rent basement production called "30 Days of Night."...
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.”

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