Search - sports

 
 
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Nov 15, 2008

Akingbade key player for rebuilding Albirex

The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in the bj-league — Japan's first professional basketball circuit — which began its fourth season in October. Dokun Akingbade of the Niigata Albirex BB is the subject of this week's profile.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2008

Nissan eyes South Korea imports

With sales in major markets worldwide shrinking because of the financial turmoil, Nissan Motor Co. aims to double its share of South Korea's auto-import market by adding Nissan-brand vehicles, the automaker said Tuesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Nov 12, 2008

iPhone accessory gives you TV on the go

iPhone TV: Apple's amazing iPhone does just about everything, right? Nope. It's come up short in Japan for various reasons, including its lack of the TV function available on the newest generation of mobile phones.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLEWISE,ON: FASHION
Nov 11, 2008

Fashion for the masses

Swedish "fast-fashion" chain H & M made a big splash when it opened in Ginza in September and the line just to get into the store continues to be 30-minutes long. The company has added to its brood with a new youth-oriented store in Harajuku, kicking it off with a collaboration with Japanese label Comme...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 9, 2008

Despite uncertain status, Powell, Guiel want to return to Japan

The most overrated story of this year in Japanese baseball might have been that tug of war back in the spring between the Orix Buffaloes and Fukuoka Softbank Hawks over the rights to American pitcher Jeremy Powell.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 8, 2008

Golden Kings develop strong chemistry early in season

Six games into their second season, the Ryukyu Golden Kings are one of the biggest success stories in the bj-league.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 7, 2008

Surviving in some style

I wanted a resort that had already been put through the wringer and survived. In this climate, you never know who's going to default on the hot-water bill or skimp on the fruit juices at the breakfast buffet.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2008

The key to Joseon times

Known as pungsu in Korean, feng shui was transmitted from China into Korean culture during the Unified Silla Dynasty (668-935). The system of aesthetics taught that proper placement of the home in relation to natural elements would facilitate a flow of positive energy through space and ensure well-being...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 5, 2008

Valentine: I won't support Giants

Chiba Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine isn't cheering for the Yomiuri Giants in the ongoing Japan Series.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Nov 5, 2008

Bare-bones cube fancies itself as media center

Let's get small: Computer makers are pursuing a bloated form of minimalism. Stripped-down, shrunken machines such as the Asus Eee PC subnotebooks are the great new trend. Less is more and small is the new big.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 3, 2008

Giants sluggers bring crowd into the action

The ushers blow whistles to call the fans' attention when batters hit into the outfield stands during the batting practice. And with the powerful Giants, the whistles are particularly heard more often when Michihiro Ogasawara and Alex Ramirez take the cages.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 1, 2008

The secret of living to 200

It takes a special kind of person to live on a small island of 688 people — a crazy person. And it takes a special island to put up with 688 crazy people.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 31, 2008

Three clubs unbeaten as Week 4 play begins

Parity can be a good thing in sports, keeping fans' attention throughout a long season. And already that is what we are seeing in the bj-league this season.
SOCCER
Oct 28, 2008

Palestinians host first soccer game

RAM, West Bank (AP) Palestinians may not have a state, but now they have a way to express their national pride — through soccer.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 26, 2008

Taking a look at the one-game advantage in the Climax Series

Until 2004, the term "postseason play" in Japanese baseball simply meant the Japan Series.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 25, 2008

Hasegawa qualified to manage WBC team

There has been much discussion about who should be the manager for Japan's 2009 World Baseball Classic team. The now-retired Sadaharu Oh won't be the skipper and Senichi Hoshino has repeatedly stated he will refuse to accept the job if it is offered to him.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 25, 2008

The melting pot of 2008

Today's fun fact is that 2008 marks the 100th year since the coining of the term "melting pot" to describe the multiethnic stew that then comprised the American populace. "Then" refers to the years when immigrants flooded over the ocean in a great global warming of the pursuit of opportunity.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2008

Automakers to lower production in Britain

LONDON (Kyodo) Japanese automakers operating in Britain have announced production cuts due to the slowing European economy, but Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. have so far announced no workforce reductions.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Oct 21, 2008

Dining on the Web

Every day at around 4 p.m., as the air cools down, the sky takes on a purple hue and schoolchildren make their way home, hordes of people across Japan — predominantly female, predominantly in their 30s — start furiously typing on their PCs. They all have one burning question on their minds: "What...
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 17, 2008

England tops Belarus as Rooney leads way

LONDON (AP) England, Spain and the Netherlands maintained perfect starts in World Cup qualifying Wednesday night to open big leads for spots in the 2010 tournament in South Africa, while Italy and Germany also were victors heading into a six-month break.
Reader Mail
Oct 12, 2008

How to waste an athlete's time

Jack Gallagher's Oct. 10 sports column, "Murakami case shows JSF short on skater support," gives a clear example of what happens when a lack of communication combines with a lack of knowledge regarding the rules and procedures. The 17-year-old skater Daisuke Murakami could have been training with his...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 12, 2008

Ryu Murakami mistakes consumption for labor

A friend used to call TV Tokyo the "ramen and golf channel." He was referring to the station's penchant for programming centered on food shows and sponsored sports events, which don't cost as much to produce as drama series or celebrity- laden variety shows. However, the station's tightwad image was...
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 11, 2008

Nakajima follows father's path, chooses own route to success

In his first campaign as a full-time pilot in the highest level of motor sports, Kazuki Nakajima is, if not rapidly but gradually, seizing a position and recognition by driving steadily and patiently.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 11, 2008

English for one's health

A friend recently asked me to teach some English classes for her while she took a semester off to have a baby. Of course, I was happy to help out.
CULTURE / Music
Oct 10, 2008

Girl Talk "Feed the Animals"

Unveiled digitally this summer using a Radiohead-style "pay-what-you-like" model, the CD release of mashup artist Gregg Gillis' fourth Girl Talk full-length, "Feed the Animals," has been issued just in time to be rightfully included on critics' end-of-year lists.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Oct 8, 2008

Murakami case shows JSF short on skater support

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.''

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?