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TENNIS / MATCH POINT
Apr 15, 2014

Nishikori confident he is closer to date with destiny

"Last year we knocked on the door. This year we pounded on it. Next year we're gonna kick it in."
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Apr 11, 2014

Fields playing pivotal role in first season with Shiga

The Japan Times features periodic interviews with players in the bj-league. Brandon Fields of the Shiga Lakestars is the subject of this week's profile.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 9, 2014

'Heartbleed' bug undoes Web encryption, exposes private data

A newly discovered bug in widely used Web encryption technology has made data on many of the world's major websites vulnerable to theft by hackers in what experts say is one of the most serious security flaws uncovered in recent years.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 8, 2014

Whiting book gets digital release

Best-selling author Robert Whiting's first book on Japanese baseball, "The Chrysanthemum and the Bat," has been released in digital form for the first time.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 7, 2014

What has been your worst Tokyo rush-hour experience?

Rush hour itself! It's like (people exiting) a massive sports event in Sydney, where I live — but every morning is the same kind of madness. For me personally, the worst line during my visit has been the Ginza Line. I thought no-one else could get on (an already crowded train) — but they did!
Reader Mail
Apr 2, 2014

Right response to soccer banner

Kudos to the Urawa Reds soccer team for taking action against the "Japanese Only" banner displayed at the team's first game played at home this season.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 1, 2014

Jackson's stay with Warriors may be nearing the end

The Golden State Warriors are having one of the most successful seasons in franchise history.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Mar 30, 2014

Osaka embraces English Reformation

While Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's controversial political antics have increasingly drawn criticism, little attention has been paid to how his leadership has prompted the most progressive reforms of English-language education in the nation.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Mar 30, 2014

Changing the system starts by challenging it

Just seven years after first participating in the JET program in Osaka, Matthew Cook from Danville, Virginia, is making great strides as a pioneer of English-language education reform in Japan.
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WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 30, 2014

City on East-West divide shapes Ukraine's fate

Lenin looks out on Donetsk, unmoved, anthracite gray and steely eyed. But a century after his revolution, this Ukrainian industrial city of Porsches and poverty seethes around him.
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WORLD / Society / FOCUS
Mar 27, 2014

Behind doors, drinking thrives in Iran

"Have a shot of tequila first, cheer up!" Shahriyar tells guests gathered at his luxury apartment in Tehran. His girlfriend, Shima, says they party every weekend.
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BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Mar 26, 2014

Chapman passing on lessons to young Nara teammates

The Japan Times features periodic interviews with players in the bj-league. Joe Chapman of the Bambitious Nara is the subject of this week's profile.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 26, 2014

Ukraine crisis returns Georgia to spotlight

Six years after losing land in a war with Russia, Georgians believe the struggle for Ukraine will decide their own fate, and hope NATO and the European Union will now speed up their integration into the Western fold.
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BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Mar 25, 2014

The buzz is gone, but Matsuzaka continues to battle on

Under a cloudless sky the color of his old powder-blue Seibu Lions uniform, Daisuke Matsuzaka and his fellow New York Mets pitchers are being put through their spring training paces here.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / EVERYMAN EATS
Mar 25, 2014

Japanese baseball stadiums hit a B-kyū gourmet home run

Coming off the most exciting season in recent memory, Japanese baseball is flying high — in some cases, literally so. Star pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, who signed with the New York Yankees in the offseason after leading the Rakuten Eagles to the Japan Series title, traveled to his first Big Apple press...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Mar 25, 2014

Sumo Cha-ya Terao: Spirit of sumo in every bowl

Chankonabe is wedded to sumo in the same way as whiskey is to the Wild West and cowboys; they're both fuel for fightin'. Terao Tsunefumi, the man behind this eponymous restaurant, is a well-respected sumo wrestler who had a career in the ring spanning 20 years, long by any measure in sports. For his...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 22, 2014

Classic '90s police drama gets remake; Koki Mitani pens "Sherlock Holmes: Bizarre School" mini-series; CM of the Week: Boat Race Promotion Agency

TV Tokyo remakes one of the most famous TV dramas of the '90s, "Keiji" ("Detective"; Wed., 9 p.m.), which originally ran on NHK and starred Ken Takakura. This new version has Katsunori Takahashi in the titular role of Minoru Akiniwa, who works for the No. 1 Investigative Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan...
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BASKETBALL
Mar 21, 2014

Tokyo Excellence shooting for NBDL championship

The Tokyo Excellence, who are in their first season in the National Basketball Development League (formerly the JBL2), have posted a splendid 29-3 record to date. The club is aiming to win the championship in the four-team playoffs this weekend.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 21, 2014

No love lost when Wenger, Mourinho face each other

Anthony Taylor will have his work cut out Saturday stopping two grown men trading insults.
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Mar 21, 2014

Have once-welcoming Urawa Reds matches changed that much?

Some responses to Debito Arudou's March 13 Just Be Cause column, 'J. League and media must show red card to racism.'
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JAPAN
Mar 19, 2014

'Tank girls' lead the charge

Being a soldier in Japan after World War II was seen as a job for failed police recruits and unemployed youths from depressed rural towns.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2014

Tokyo Olympic organizing committee gets 28 new members, including seven women

The organizing committee for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games added 28 new members, including Olympic athletes and cultural figures, to its executive board.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 15, 2014

Bilingual skills useful tool for baseball players

The ever-increasing internationalism and players from many nations joining professional baseball ranks in whatever countries where the game is played has inspired sports news articles regarding the way teammates communicate.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 15, 2014

1866 and all that: the untold early history of rugby in Japan

The history of rugby in Japan is arguably longer than that of every major rugby-playing country in the world outside of the British Isles and Australia. Very sorry France, New Zealand and South Africa! Regarding early documented rugby history, Japan wins. Until the recent discovery of an 1864 article...
COMMENTARY
Mar 15, 2014

Special Asian wisdom for skating on thin ice

Olympic skater Kim Yuna's classy, gracious performance, on and off the ice, at Sochi — even as her fellow Korean countrymen complained that she had been robbed of the gold medal for women's figure skating — makes her a model in sports and in East Asian politics.
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JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Mar 14, 2014

Youths taking to auto repair classes

Toyota Motor Corp. is conducting a class in Aichi Prefecture so young people can discover the fun of building cars by learning how to repair popular old cars such as the Publica and Sports 800.
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SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Mar 14, 2014

Murai deserves praise for taking bold action against Urawa

The J. League has not always been known for taking clear, decisive action, but Thursday's announcement that Urawa Reds must play one home game behind closed doors as punishment for a discriminatory banner was a bold decision that must be applauded.

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