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BASKETBALL
Jan 18, 2008

bj-league looking for referees

The bj-league, which is adding a pair of expansion teams in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and Shiga Prefecture for the league's fourth season in 2008-09, will need to add new referees to the mix as well. The league will host a tryout for prospective referees in July. Individuals who pass the tryout...
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 18, 2008

Apache winning with balanced scoring

With 2 1/2 months of games already in the books, there are some new faces among the bj-league leaders.
BASKETBALL
Jan 17, 2008

Japan shoots for Olympic berth

The Japan women's basketball team is one of 12 nations that will vie for a spot in the 2008 Summer Olympics at the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women from June 9 to June 15 in Madrid. Japan, coached by Tomohide Utsumi, was placed in Group A, along with Latvia and Senegal. Group B is comprised...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 16, 2008

Time running out for embattled Thomas

NEW YORK — You know that dead guy that was wheeled into a Manhattan check-cashing shop by two friends looking to covert his monthly $355 social security payment into currency?
BASKETBALL
Jan 15, 2008

Kashiwagi emerging as one of Japan's top rising superstars

Not long after the hard-fought battle wrapped up, Shinsuke Kashiwagi choked back with tears on the floor in front of the jam-packed 2,700 spectators.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 13, 2008

Alvark advance to final

Just like reigning double champions, the Alvark players performed like kings.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Jan 13, 2008

Blackwell key component in success of Sendai this season

The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with individuals in the bj-league — Japan's first professional basketball circuit — which is in its third season. Ryan Blackwell of the Sendai 89ers is the subject of this week's profile.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 11, 2008

Erratic HeatDevils struggling to find formula for return to playoffs

The Oita HeatDevils have played 16 basketball games this season. In that time, they've proven one thing: They are as unpredictable as the presidential election polls in the United States.
Japan Times
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jan 1, 2008

All signs point toward wild, wacky year in Japanese sports

It was an unforgettable year for sports in Japan in 2007.
BASKETBALL
Dec 30, 2007

Garrison, Sparks leave crowd in awe

NIIGATA — Two winners repeated in their respective skills competitions during the 2007-08 bj-league All-Star Game weekend on Saturday.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Dec 29, 2007

Japanime holding all the cards in buildup to All-Star Game

Glenn Kardy calls himself a "crazy baseball fan." His earliest sports memory is a wild one. He can still remember the heated seventh inning of Game 2 of the 1972 American League Championship Series between the Tigers and A's.
BASKETBALL
Dec 28, 2007

Apache guard Aoki continues climb to stardom

There are times this season when Cohey Aoki is the best offensive player on the basketball court.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 19, 2007

Just how low can Isiah's Knicks go?

NEW YORK — If we've learned one thing — and that's debatable — it's clear there are no lethal losses in the warped sports world of James Dolan.
BASKETBALL
Dec 19, 2007

Takushi earns weekly award

Point guard Naoto Takushi is one of Japan's rising basketball stars.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 7, 2007

Hotpot, hot springs and cold beers Nabe Fair at Westin Tokyo

Nabe Fair at Westin Tokyo The Mai Japanese restaurant at the Westin Hotel Tokyo is holding a Nabe Fair through Feb. 29.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Dec 1, 2007

Winless Grouses shooting for turnaround

This is a tale of two expansion teams. One had a banner season in 2006-07; the other experienced growing pains from the get-go.
BASKETBALL
Nov 26, 2007

Apache keep up winning ways against Broncos

Here's a time-honored recipe for success on the basketball court:
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 14, 2007

Isiah shows confidence in Curry

NEW YORK — The more I'm around Eddy Curry, the more I like his honesty and off-court jesting. He smiles easily, good humoredly messes with teammates and is quick to poke fun at himself.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Nov 14, 2007

Referees making most of chance to call bj-league games

Twenty guys comprise the most important team in the bj-league, but you'll only see three of them on the same court at the same time.
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Nov 10, 2007

Bryant looking to make mark on defense with Apache

The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in the bj-league — Japan's first professional basketball circuit — which began its third season last week. Trevon Bryant of the Tokyo Apache is the subject of this week's profile.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 3, 2007

Winning salsa moves to a Cuban beat

For Japanese women — any woman for that matter — Richard D. Cabrera is a sight for sore eyes. Here in Japan especially he would appear to have all the requisite credentials that make girls swoon: kakkoii (trendy or cool), kanemochi (wealthy), and kashikoi (smart).
BASKETBALL
Oct 29, 2007

Standouts prepare for roles with new clubs

As the bj-league prepares to open its third season on Tuesday, four standout players continue their adjustments with new teams.
BASKETBALL
Oct 26, 2007

NHK to televise bj-league game

Mark your calendar, basketball fans. NHK will broadcast the Nov. 10 bj-league game between the host Osaka Evessa, the two-time defending champions, and the Takamatsu Five Arrows, last year's runnerup at Namihaya Dome. The game will be aired locally in the Kansai-area prefectures and Kagawa Prefecture....
EDITORIALS
Oct 11, 2007

Darfur deteriorates

After years of genocidal attacks, many thought the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan could not get worse. But a raid on African Union (AU) peacekeepers was proof that things could indeed deteriorate further. The bold attack threatens to derail international efforts to bring peace to the shattered...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 5, 2007

'Southbound'

"Family Game," Yoshimitsu Morita's 1983 black comedy about a sardonic, sadistic home tutor — played by Yusaku Matsuda — who ruthlessly exposes the dysfunctions of a "normal" middle-class family, made Morita, temporarily, the Takeshi Kitano of his era.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Sep 20, 2007

Soccer pitchman scores big in small-market Niigata

Sunny but not too hot, the weather on the afternoon of May 6, 2001, was perfect for watching a soccer match. But there were only 4,800 people on hand to see Albirex Niigata take on Yokohama FC in the 18,671-seat Niigata City Stadium.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 31, 2007

Worlds notebook; Day 6

OSAKA — News and notes from Day 6 of the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Championships.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 31, 2007

Gay razes field in 200 meters

OSAKA — The IAAF dubbed it the "sub-20-second war" in its preview story in the daily program.
COMMENTARY
Aug 29, 2007

Don't toy around with Sino-U.S. relations

LOS ANGELES — An effective foreign policy requires proportionate thinking. Hysteria and demagoguery can win a few elections, but they can lose wars and economic battles of enormous consequence. In the United States, foreign policy is particularly complex: Even if the president and the executive branch...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 28, 2007

The blame game

We live in interesting times. With the shortage and high cost of domestic labor, the Japanese government has brought over record numbers of cheap foreign workers. Even though whole industrial sectors now depend on foreign labor, few publicly accept the symbiosis as permanent. Instead, foreigners are...

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