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Rugby
Sep 6, 2018
Richie Mo'unga to make first start for All Blacks
Flyhalf Richie Mo'unga will start a test for the first time and scrumhalf Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi could make his debut from the bench for New Zealand in Saturday's Rugby Championship game Argentina in Nelson.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2018
We may be facing a textbook emerging-market crisis
Argentina and Turkey look like outliers but the rot could spread fast.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 16, 2018
World Cup views from Tokyo, Group D: Nigeria, Iceland, Croatia and Argentina
Japan-based supporters of Group D teams fighting it out for the ultimate prize at the FIFA World Cup speak to The Japan Times.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 29, 2018
Fossils of 'badass' Argentine meat-eating dinosaur unearthed
On a semiarid Patagonian landscape 85 million years ago, a formidable meat-eater called Tratayenia rosalesi reigned as the apex predator, part of an enigmatic dinosaur group that menaced South America and Australia for tens of millions of years.
WORLD
Mar 4, 2018
Polish group sues Argentine paper under new Holocaust law
A Polish campaign group is suing an Argentinian newspaper it says breached a new law that makes it a criminal offense to suggest Poland was complicit in the Holocaust.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2018
Rex Tillerson raises specter of U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan oil to pressure Maduro
The United States is considering restricting imports of Venezuelan crude oil and exports of U.S. refined products to Venezuela, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday, to put pressure on socialist President Nicolas Maduro to "return to the constitution."
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2017
Argentine judge first to rule prosecutor Alberto Nisman's 2015 death was murder, not suicide
Alberto Nisman, the Argentine prosecutor who was found dead days after accusing former President Cristina Fernandez of covering up Iran's role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center, was murdered, a federal judge said on Tuesday.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 8, 2017
Judge charges Argentina ex-leader Fernandez with treason over Jewish center blast, seeks arrest
A federal judge in Argentina indicted former President Cristina Fernandez for treason and asked for her arrest for allegedly covering up Iran's possible role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85 people, a court ruling said.
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WORLD
Nov 28, 2017
Missing Argentine sub believed suffered battery short circuit after water entered its snorkel
Water entered the snorkel of the Argentine submarine ARA San Juan, causing its battery to short-circuit before it went missing on Nov. 15, a navy spokesman said on Monday as hope dwindled among families of the 44-member crew.
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WORLD
Nov 27, 2017
Strong winds hamper search for Argentine sub now missing for 11th day
The hunt for an Argentine submarine missing since Nov. 15 pressed on through gusting South Atlantic winds on Sunday while families of the 44 crew members tried to cling to hope despite tough search conditions and worries about the sub's air supply.
Japan Times
Rugby
Nov 10, 2017
Jones challenges England to improve against Argentina
England coach Eddie Jones has challenged his players to kick on from their summer series victory in Argentina and show they are continuing to evolve when they face the Pumas for the fourth time in 13 months on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 2, 2017
Argentines march en masse to demand answers in case of missing activist believed seized by security forces
Tens of thousands of Argentines marched through the rain in front of the presidential palace on Sunday to demand answers in the case of a young protester who went missing two months ago.
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WORLD / Politics
Aug 9, 2017
Argentine soccer great Maradona vows to be 'soldier' for Maduro, gets Caracas opposition invite to view disaster
With Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro facing criticism from around Latin America and the world amid a deepening political crisis, Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona said he was willing to fight for the embattled leftist regime.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 28, 2017
New coach Lamas preparing Japan national team for FIBA Asia Cup
New Japan men's national team head coach Julio Lamas, who arrived in Japan last week, has not spent enough time assessing his players and their technical skills yet. But he's satisfied with their intangibles so far.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 21, 2017
New coach Lamas wants Japan to play fast-breaking style
At long last, the Japan men's national team can legitimately begin its developmental project as its skipper has finally stepped onto the boat.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 30, 2017
Japan, Uruguay men's squads to play two exhibition contests in late July
The Japan Basketball Association announced on Friday that the men's national team will take on Uruguay in a pair of exhibitions at Aoyama Gakuin University on July 29 and 30.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 13, 2017
Argentine Lamas hired as new Japan men's national team basketball coach
Julio Lamas has assumed the head coaching position for the Japan men's national squad, the Japan Basketball Association officially announced on Thursday.

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