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BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Jan 14, 2007

Evessa's Joho takes pride in sharpshooting skills

The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in the bj-league -- Japan's first professional basketball circuit --which is in its second season. Masashi Joho of the reigning champion Osaka Evessa is the subject of this week's profile.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 14, 2007

Time for F.A. to get serious and crack down on Chelsea's continual abuse of rules

LONDON -- The sound of laughter could be heard coming from Stamford Bridge this week when a Football Association disciplinary commission fined Chelsea captain John Terry £10,000 for lying and doubting the integrity of Graham Poll, the Premiership's leading referee.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 14, 2007

Kudo, Big Unit proof there is no quit in players in their 40s

The Yokohama BayStars decide to take 43-year-old pitcher Kimiyasu Kudo instead of cash as compensation from the Yomiuri Giants after the Kyojin signed a former Yokohama player, free-agent hurler Ken Kadokura.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 7, 2007

Bringing out the gongs in the world of media

* Media persons of the year: Children
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jan 6, 2007

Bear with me on this

Hiker beware. For the woods are full of bears. And they will get you if you don't watch out.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 19, 2006

Take note: You needn't always think straight

'How-to" business books are stacked knee-high in bookstores and advertisements for motivational seminars continue to multiply through commuter trains.
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2006

Asahi plans Super Dry anniversary blitz

Asahi Breweries Ltd. said Thursday it will design a new bottle and launch a massive ad campaign for its core suds Super Dry to commemorate the brew's 20th anniversary next year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2006

Horie says ex-CFO made false statements against him in court

Internet entrepreneur Takafumi Horie on Sunday accused a former subordinate of making false statements against him in court and said neither had been aware of alleged accounting fraud at Livedoor Co.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Dec 3, 2006

Dying traditions open up new choices after death

Every culture has its own way of dealing with death.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 2, 2006

Hoshino tapped for Olympic job

Kiro Osafune, head of the selection committee for the Japan national baseball team, said Friday he has offered Senichi Hoshino the manager's job for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and received a positive response from the former Hanshin Tigers skipper.
BASKETBALL
Dec 1, 2006

bj-league's 10th team to play in Fukuoka

Japan's first professional basketball league keeps growing. Next season, 10 bj-league teams will compete. The league's 10th franchise, the Fukuoka BB Boys, was revealed on Thursday. Earlier this fall, the league announced a to-be-named team will also begin play in 2007 in Okinawa.

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