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BASKETBALL
Aug 9, 2009

Japan routs Sri Lanka in FIBA contest

Shooting guard Yusuke Okada scored 30 points and Tomoo Amino had 25 to lead Japan to a 148-45 win over Sri Lanka in a Group A preliminary game in the FIBA Asia Basketball Championship on Saturday in Tianjin, China. After back-to-back defeats to South Korea and the Philippines to open the tournament,...
BASKETBALL
Jul 25, 2009

Lowly Grouses hire Johnson as head coach

As the summer heats up, bj-league teams continue to make preparations for the 2009-10 season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 18, 2009

JBA's reputation sinks lower after Hobbs' dismissal

Here's what the Japan Basketball Association set forth in new policies about the men's national team for its restart in January: It wanted to establish a strong squad and eventually gain a spot in an Olympics.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jul 5, 2009

New Niigata stadium opens this week, could host expansion team someday

The Hiroshima Carp and Hanshin Tigers will play the first official games at the new Niigata Prefectural Stadium this week with consecutive nighters on July 7 and 8. If ever Japanese baseball was going to expand or a team was to be moved, Niigata would be the next obvious best place in the country to...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 24, 2009

Five Arrows hire Neumann

The Takamatsu Five Arrows have filled their coaching vacancy, hiring veteran floor boss John Neumann as the team's new head coach. The announcement was made on Tuesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jun 24, 2009

Jackson has shot at coaching Timberwolves

NEW YORK — Mark Jackson is at the top of new Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations David Kahn's interview list along with Mike Fratello (unsuccessfully pestered the 76ers and Kings for a meet) and Sam Mitchell . . . The two enjoyed a solid relationship when the recently hired Timberwolves...
BASKETBALL
Jun 16, 2009

South Korea tops Japan for East Asia title

The South Korea men's national team defeated Japan 68-58 in the East Asia Basketball Championship title game on Sunday in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture.
BASKETBALL
Jun 4, 2009

Mercury waive Oga

The Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA waived guard Yuko Oga on Tuesday, just days before the 2009 season tips off. She'll return to Japan to further rehabilitate her left wrist, which she fractured during a WJBL game in February.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 29, 2009

Veteran coach Neumann finished in Fukuoka

Although he guided the Rizing Fukuoka to the postseason in each of their first two seasons, coach John Neumann will not return to the bj-league team next season.
BASKETBALL
May 28, 2009

Akita awarded bj-league franchise

The Akita Pro Basketball Company, Ltd. has been awarded an expansion franchise, the bj-league announced on Wednesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 20, 2009

Nuggets look poised for first trip to NBA Finals

NEW YORK — Undersized market. Unsightly tattoos. Unadulterated threat to come out of the West and reach the Supreme Court for the first time since the sphere of influence was red, white and blue (1976) and their coach was known simply as Twin Town Brown.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 15, 2009

Newton, Washington reunited in Ryukyu-Osaka semifinal clash

When future historians document the early years of the bj-league, they'll spend plenty of time chronicling the achievements of Jeff Newton and Lynn Washington.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 10, 2009

Apache run past 89ers in Game 1

Since losing in the bj-league championship game last May to the Osaka Evessa, the Tokyo Apache have had one clear mission: earning a return ticket to the final.
BASKETBALL
May 10, 2009

HeatDevils hoping to live to see fifth season

The Oita HeatDevils endured an 8-44 regular season, the worst record in the bj-league this season. And now the team is looking to find a way to remain in business.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 8, 2009

Apache, 89ers ready to rumble at Ariake

Now that the bj-league's Western Conference finalists are set with the Osaka Evessa and the Ryukyu Golden Kings, the spotlight falls on a quartet of Eastern Conference squads this weekend.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 6, 2009

Benoit resigns after two seasons as Broncos coach

David Benoit has ended his tenure as the head coach of the Saitama Broncos, The Japan Times has learned.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 6, 2009

Bulls' Noah starting to come into his own

NEW YORK — How frequently do coaches warn defenders not to leave their feet, to "stay down" on jump shooters?
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 1, 2009

Three-time champ Evessa faces tough playoff series against Five Arrows

Who will be crowned the 2008-09 bj-league champion?
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 24, 2009

Top scorer Parker sidelined with injury

Michael Parker, the bj-league's leading scorer this season, will be sidelined for two to three weeks with a right knee injury, Rizing Fukuoka coach John Neumann said.
Japan Times
SUMO
Apr 19, 2009

Hakuho remains student of sumo despite success

Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho says his style of sumo is nothing special.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 12, 2009

Veteran announcer Bickard calling NPB games on TV in English

Did you know there is English-language coverage (though very limited) of some Pacific League games in Japan?
BASKETBALL
Apr 11, 2009

Kawamura leaves

Takuya Kawamura, a guard in the Japan Basketball League, has opted not to play for Japan's national men's team, choosing instead to pursue a career in the NBA.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 10, 2009

Broncos making late push for playoff spot

The Saitama Broncos picked up a pair of important victories last weekend, overwhelming the Toyama Grouses in the process. Those wins were by a combined 50 points.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Apr 5, 2009

Washington, Ryukyu forwards recognized for excellence in March

Two-time league MVP Lynn Washington knows how to inspire his Osaka Evessa teammates.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 30, 2009

Confident Gardener finds his range to boost Phoenix past Apache

If you shot 4-for-31 from the field, as Michael Gardener did on Saturday, you'd probably expect to shoot a better percentage in your next basketball game.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 29, 2009

Carp skipper Brown excited about team's chances

Hiroshima Carp manager Marty Brown says he expects his team to be much improved this season and does not feel any pressure to get the club into the Central League Climax Series.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 27, 2009

League admits blown call cost Saitama game

Some games are difficult to forget.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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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