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Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jun 19, 2018

Rika Kihira making right call by moving up to senior ranks

Japan junior champion Rika Kihira, one of only eight women in history to land the triple axel in international competition, has decided to move up to the senior ranks for the coming season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jun 15, 2018

Yuta Watanabe working out for teams ahead of NBA Draft

The 2018 NBA Draft is less than a week away, and Yuta Watanabe remains focused on pursuing his dream.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 9, 2018

Porsche picks Taycan as name of brand's first electric vehicle

Porsche AG named its first car to directly compete with electric leader Tesla Inc. the Taycan, as the German manufacturer gears up for what will arguably be its most ambitious and potentially risky vehicle project ever.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 8, 2018

Teenage star Chikara Tanaka to attend IMG Academy in bid to gain college hoop scholarship

Is up-and-coming basketball player Chikara Tanaka going to be a Japanese Kyrie Irving or Steph Curry?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jun 2, 2018

Life goals: Soccer player Yuki Nagasato is always on the ball

From Japan to Europe to the U.S., Nagasato's experience on the soccer field has taught her how to play smart.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 17, 2018

Nihon University's apology refused in football incident as scandal grows

This could be the end of the traditional rivalry "Showdown of Red and Blue." Not only that, the rich tradition of Nihon University football team, a 21-time national champion, has been severely damaged.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 15, 2018

Satellite imagery shows first evidence of buildings being dismantled at North Korean nuclear test site, monitor says

New commercial satellite imagery has provided the first definitive evidence that North Korea is dismantling its Punggye-ri nuclear test site ahead of a scheduled ceremony next week to mark the event, U.S. researchers said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Apr 22, 2018

The hoops worth going through

The challenges of coaching basketball in Japan keep Samir St. Clair on a winning streak
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2018

Obama continues push for denuclearization and world peace

Worldwide Support for Development (WSD), a nonprofit philanthropic organization that holds a variety of summit meetings on global welfare, held the fourth Global Opinion Leaders Summit, at which former U.S. President Barack Obama spoke about denuclearization and world peace, in Tokyo on March 25.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 27, 2018

Wakaba Higuchi seizes on defining moment at worlds

"Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss."
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Mar 13, 2018

Back to work: Astros refuse to rest on laurels after team's first World Series crown

Over the last four decades, there has been only one repeat World Series champion — the New York Yankees, who three-peated from 1998-2000.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2018

British women continue unlikely dominance

Lizzy Yarnold's second successive gold and a bronze for teammate Laura Deas underlined Britain's extraordinary dominance of Olympic women's skeleton racing on Saturday — made all the more extraordinary as the country does not boast a single track.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2018

Demand for electric bikes in Japan still brisk 25 years after Yamaha Motor's first model

Electric bicycles are enjoying brisk demand as they mark the 25th anniversary this year since the first model was released in 1993.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 5, 2018

Sport climbing gaining hold ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

The Olympics have the power to turn obscure sports into much bigger attractions once they've been included on the program for the global sports extravaganza.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Feb 3, 2018

Now or never for Dragons hurler Daisuke Matsuzaka

Daisuke Matsuzaka stepped into the bullpen for the first time during camp on Friday and threw 32 pitches in his still unfamiliar white No. 99 Chunichi Dragons uniform.
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Jan 23, 2018

NBA the latest to botch All-Star Game format

The one-upmanship never ends between the NBA, NHL and NFL regarding who can come up with the most ridiculous All-Star Game format.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 22, 2018

Hawks explore every avenue to improve club

It's often said in professional sports that teams with bigger payrolls have a better chance to win games and championships.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 20, 2018

The knives begin to sharpen for Hakuho after sumo scandal

At the start of last November’s Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, Shukan Taishu magazine (Nov. 20) led off its issue with a four-page article titled “What you need to know to enjoy the year’s final tournament tenfold.”
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 20, 2018

Shoe guru Hitoshi Mimura wants to help put Japan's marathon runners back on right track

Renowned footwear designer Hitoshi Mimura has become a global adviser for American sports apparel brand New Balance.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Jan 14, 2018

Uno eager to escape Hanyu's shadow

Shoma Uno first stepped on the ice at five, but it was the rough-and-tumble of hockey he had his eyes on — until a chance meeting with a figure skater changed everything.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Dec 3, 2017

Global citizen keen to take on new environments

Fikdanel Thaufik cannot pinpoint exactly how many languages he speaks. 'For sure, Indonesian,' Thaufik said laughing. 'And English — that's international.' But as the vice president and representative of Garuda Indonesia's Japan, Korea, and U.S. regions slowly lists off languages, whereas most of us would recall time spent in a classroom or poring over textbooks, Thaufik appears to be flitting through memories of all the places he's lived and the countless people he has met throughout his life.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 24, 2017

Staying on top of winter in Japan with snowshoes

Among snowshoeing's chief pleasures is the ability to walk across fresh powdery snow without sinking, often surrounded by complete silence — something one has to experience to appreciate.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Nov 18, 2017

Dikembe Mutombo spreads positive message as Special Olympics ambassador

As a player, Dikembe Mutombo made a big difference for his teams with his signature shot-blocking skills.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2017

Watch mecca offers exclusive selection of luxury brands

Misuzu Corp., a trading company dealing mainly in high-end watches, held a grand opening ceremony on Oct. 28 for the HANDA Watch World Kichijoji Universe Watch Shop at the shop near Kichijoji Station, in Tokyo's Musashino Ward.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Oct 28, 2017

Hawks believe quick-strike offense a big key to Japan Series success

The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks will try to strike first, scoring runs early, so they can play their own brand of ball in the 2017 Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 19, 2017

Farcical finish in Hiroshima robs BayStars of fair chance to compete

The Yokohama BayStars and their fans should be furious. They were robbed in Hiroshima Wednesday night, trudging out of a soggy Mazda Stadium down 2-0 in the Central League Climax Series Final Stage despite spending a grand total of five innings actually playing baseball in the series.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2017

U.S. preservation group puts Kenzo Tange-designed Kagawa gym on monuments watch list

World Monuments Fund, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization aiming to preserve imperiled cultural heritage sites, has named the Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium, designed by the late renowned architect Kenzo Tange, on its 2018 World Monuments Watch list.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 8, 2017

'King Kazu' wants to continue reign

Fifty-year-old soccer legend Kazuyoshi Miura insists he has no plans to retire any time soon, even joking that the day he stops will be "the day I die."
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.
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.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
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.”

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

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