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Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Jul 28, 2015
Heavyweight brawlers have been replaced by stick-and-move specialists
Want a blueprint for the modern heavyweight boxing champion?
MORE SPORTS
Jun 12, 2015
Gushiken awaits International Boxing Hall of Fame induction
Okinawan native Yoko Gushiken, the WBA light flyweight champion from 1976-81, is among the luminaries scheduled for enshrinement on Sunday at the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Feb 12, 2015
Tyson-Douglas anniversary brings back mixed emotions
For MAS, it was the best — and worst — of times.
MORE SPORTS / TYSON-DOUGLAS SHOCKER REVISITED
Feb 5, 2015
Vaccaro was only bookmaker to lay odds on historic fight
Just like Don King, Mike Tyson's inimitable promoter, and Tyson and James "Buster" Douglas themselves, longtime Las Vegas bookmaker Jimmy Vaccaro had a pivotal role in making the Tokyo fight on Feb. 11, 1990, a historic occasion.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / TYSON-DOUGLAS SHOCKER REVISITED
Feb 5, 2015
Seeing Douglas shock Tyson gave Lewis confidence
Editor's note: Looking back at one of the greatest upsets in sports history, The Japan Times is featuring a series of stories over the next several days to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Mike Tyson-James "Buster" Douglas fight on Feb. 11, 1990, at Tokyo Dome.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Oct 19, 2014
Renaissance man scours the globe for stories
Manuel Bruges has lived life to the full, as photographer, inventor, journalist, chef, boxer and more.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 12, 2014
Mickey Rourke shows off Putin T-shirt in Moscow hunt for boxing partner
Mickey Rourke on Monday stocked up on T-shirts emblazoned with a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin as the U.S. actor and boxer visited a central Moscow department store.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 21, 2014
Murata determined to make major impact
For Ryota Murata, the middleweight gold medal he earned in London wields power.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 12, 2014
Murata growing in confidence, improving overall boxing skills
With only 10 days until his third professional fight, former Olympic boxing champion Ryota Murata showed no signs of jitters. But he demonstrated his developing confidence.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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