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Japan Times
LIFE / G7 Ise-Shima Summit Special
May 25, 2016

Modern take on traditional medicine

"The practice of medicine is an art, based on science."
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
May 18, 2016

Gunma's Hamilton happy to help others shine

The Japan Times has featured periodic interviews with players in the bj-league since 2006 in this long-running series. Gary Hamilton of the Gunma Crane Thunders is the subject of this week's profile. Because the league's final game was held on Sunday, this article wraps up the series in its current format....
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 2, 2016

Inoue determined to help Japan keep pace in judo

Judo had always been a reliable provider of Olympic medals for Japan since the sport was first officially included in the 1964 Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 22, 2016

Kawaguchi developed unique training skills overseas

Masafumi Kawaguchi is not interested in the past. Not even in his brilliant American football career.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 9, 2016

Appreciating unforgettable career of broadcaster Scully

One sidelight for those living in Japan this season is we will get to see more Los Angeles Dodgers games on TV. NHK and J-Sports will no doubt be televising live the Dodgers games when Japanese pitcher Kenta Maeda is the L.A. starter. When the team is at home, and we choose the sub-channel audio for...
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 11, 2016

Benitez taking big risk at Newcastle

It will be no surprise when Steve McClaren is fired by Newcastle United. It is 19th in the Premier League having won only six games after spending £74 million over the last two transfer windows. There is no realistic argument for McClaren to remain in charge of this particular sinking ship.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 5-YEAR MEMORIAL OF GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE
Mar 11, 2016

Reconstruction moving forward

Five years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. On behalf of the people of Fukushima, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to those people at home and abroad for their overwhelming support during this period.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Mar 7, 2016

Let's discuss the Tokyo Marathon

February in Tokyo was the season for running, as thousands prepared for one of the world's major sports events: the Tokyo Marathon.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 6, 2016

Does sumo commentary need to stress the foreignness of the wrestlers?

Let's scroll 10 years back to 2006, when a wrestler named Tochiazuma emerged victorious in the January Grand Sumo tournament. That win, by a native Japanese grappler, was already a rare occasion, as Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu almost completely dominated the sport and another Mongolian,...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2016

Toyota seeks to sell Prius as stylish and sporty, starting with the Super Bowl

It is not easy being green, particularly when gas is cheap.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 23, 2016

Giants hurler Sugano aims for winning season

Tomoyuki Sugano returned to Japan recently after spending several days training in Hawaii. He told reporters at Narita Airport that his workouts yielded great results and allowed that "my condition is the best it's been in three years."
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 18, 2016

Rescues point to dangers of searching out backcountry powder

Backcountry skiing and snowboarding have come under scrutiny after the recent rescue of two groups of skiers stranded in mountains in Nagano and Fukushima prefectures.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 17, 2016

Time for fun and games about to end for new Giants skipper Takahashi

New Yomiuri Giants manager Yoshinobu Takahashi was all smiles at the Dome Kickoff party last week. He was introduced to a loud ovation, took part in a light-hearted talk show and got a kick out of seeing his batting form imitated by a couple of former NPB players. Current Giants star Shinnosuke Abe,...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 10, 2016

New Hall of Famers Griffey Jr., Piazza familiar to Japanese fans

Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza were elected to the United States' National Baseball Hall of Fame last week to much fanfare. While both players spent the entirety of their Hall of Fame careers in North America, neither star is a stranger to Japanese baseball fans.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 2, 2016

Golden Kings continue winning tradition

The Ryukyu Golden Kings have been so good for so long that they've maintained a winning formula for nearly a decade.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 8, 2015

Politicians launch support group for new men's basketball circuit

A group of nearly two dozen Diet members launched a basketball-supporting parliamentarians' association and held its kickoff meeting on Tuesday at the members' office buildings of the House of Councilors in Tokyo's Nagatacho district.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Dec 1, 2015

Hanyu's greatness confirmed at NHK Trophy

Sometimes in life we are in the right place at the right time.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 20, 2015

WBSC's Fraccari sees potential for Premier 12 to grow on global stage

Riccardo Fraccari, the president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation, was in Sapporo for the Premier 12 opening game between Japan and South Korea on Nov. 8 before returning to Europe to attend an IOC summit in Lausanne. The Italian then traveled back to Japan for the final phase of his federation's...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Nov 14, 2015

Newton reflects on stellar Japan career

To define true greatness in pro sports, there's no greater measuring stick than championships.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Nov 3, 2015

Visit to Cooperstown brings back memories of youth

Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Nov 1, 2015

Tackle embedded racism before it chokes Japan

Japan has a dire problem it must address immediately: its embedded racism.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TOKYO MOTOR SHOW 2015
Oct 28, 2015

The highway to the future of transport starts here

The Tokyo Motor Show 2015 kicks off this week, giving visitors an opportunity to see the latest automotive trends and a glimpse of the future of vehicles and mobility.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TOKYO MOTOR SHOW 2015
Oct 28, 2015

Honda to showcase extensive lineup

Using its global brand slogan — The Power of Dreams — as a booth concept, Honda Motor Co. will exhibit a broad range of items including innovative mobility items to make daily life easier, as well as a lineup of products capped by racing machines that pursue excellence in driving performance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TOKYO MOTOR SHOW 2015
Oct 28, 2015

BMW set to debut newest M car

BMW has chosen the Tokyo Motor Show 2015 for the world premiere of the BMW M4 GTS. Celebrating its Asian premiere, meanwhile, is the new, luxurious BMW 7 Series containing a host of innovations never before seen in automotive construction. Likewise making their Asian debut are the completely newly designed...
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 19, 2015

As winter looms, Germany struggles to find warm homes for refugees

At a sprawling camp in the German town of Celle, refugees wearing thick sweaters sit around a heater smoking cigarettes as rain beats down on the cramped white tent that has become their home. Some of them are ill and worried it will snow.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 15, 2015

New pro basketball league unveils name, logo

A brand-new name for the brand-new professional league.
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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