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SUMO / Basho reports
May 17, 2017
Kisenosato falls to 2-2 with loss to maegashira Endo at Summer Basho
Kisenosato crashed to a second defeat at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament after the yokozuna was upset by top-ranked maegashira Endo on the fourth day of action on Wednesday.
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BASKETBALL / B. League
May 13, 2017
Brex capitalize on home-court advantage, tight perimeter defense to top Jets in series opener
The arena was all yellow and extremely loud.
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CULTURE / Music
Apr 25, 2017
Pop music catches up to De De Mouse
Daisuke Endo made peace with EDM thanks to Mister Donut. The electronic artist, better known by his stage name De De Mouse, eats at the snack chain frequently. Recently, he says he has been enjoying the American pop music they pipe into the store.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 29, 2017
Japanese professor among 2017 Gairdner medical prize laureates
Japanese professor Akira Endo will be one of this year's Canada Gairdner Award laureates for his discovery of statins, an achievement that led to the development of cholesterol-lowering medicines, the award's foundation said Tuesday.
SOCCER
Mar 25, 2017
Kobayashi, Endo named injury replacements for match against Thailand
Injured Yasuyuki Konno, Yuya Osako and Yojiro Takahagi have been replaced by Yu Kobayashi and Wataru Endo for Japan's World Cup qualifier against Thailand, the Japan Football Association announced Saturday.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Mar 22, 2017
Author returns to China civil war siege that haunts her, still seeking honor for its dead
Scarred by her childhood ordeal in Changchun, Homare Endo channeled her energies into helping Chinese students in Japan.
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SOCCER / J. League
Mar 14, 2017
Antlers pounce on Brisbane Roar
The Kashima Antlers rebounded from a shock first defeat in Group E to brush aside Brisbane Roar 3-0 at home in the Asian Champions League on Tuesday night.
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SOCCER / J. League
Feb 18, 2017
Suzuki leads Antlers past Reds in Fuji Xerox Super Cup
Substitute Yuma Suzuki scored an 83rd-minute winner as J. League champions Kashima Antlers maintained their dominance over Urawa Reds with a 3-2 victory in the Fuji Xerox Super Cup on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 17, 2017
Freestyle skier Endo sidelined by back injury
Men's moguls ace Sho Endo on Friday pulled out of this weekend's freestyle skiing World Cup meet in Akita Prefecture due to an injury injury.
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CULTURE / Books
Jan 21, 2017
The triumphant second coming of Endo's 'Silence'
Martin Scorsese's adaptation of "Silence," Shusaku Endo's tale of Catholic missionaries suffering brutal repression in 17th-century Japan, has met with mixed reviews. Some have found it ponderously overlong and, for those unfamiliar with Japanese history, baffling in context. It is, in fact, not a minute...
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CULTURE / Film
Jan 18, 2017
'Silence': A test of faith — and of patience
After spending nearly 30 years shepherding his adaptation of Shusaku Endo's "Silence" to the screen, Martin Scorsese may be starting to feel as forsaken as the book's Jesuit protagonist, abandoned by an uncommunicative and apparently uncaring God. The movie has been roundly ignored by Hollywood awards...
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 24, 2016
Japan's first Christmas
In a letter home to Portuguese brethren, Jesuit missionary Pedro de Alcacova writes of singing a Mass to Japanese believers in 1552: "Our voices weren't good," he recalls, "still the Christian believers rejoiced."
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CULTURE / Film
Dec 21, 2016
Finding courage and hope in 2016
The Year of the Monkey is drawing to a close. Despite the events in the real world, this year at least brought us some soulful films. Perhaps the filmmakers wanted to prepare us for the impending yuckiness of future reality. Still, my picks for the best films of the year intriguingly combined sweetness...
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SOCCER
Dec 11, 2016
Antlers sink Sundowns to reach Club World Cup semifinals
Club World Cup debutants Kashima Antlers advanced to the semifinals with a gritty 2-0 victory over African champions Mamelodi Sundowns on Sunday.
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CULTURE / Books
Nov 26, 2016
'Japanese Girl at the Siege of Changchun': Remembering a traumatic moment in China's history
Homare Endo's memoir, "Japanese Girl at the Siege of Changchun," vividly captures the psychological and physical trauma of surviving war. Today, Endo is a professor emeritus at the University of Tsukuba, but she writes from the perspective of her 7-year-old self, lyrically revealing the horror of one...
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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 10, 2016
Tawatari shooting lights out from downtown
As the B. League takes a bye week and all players and teams get a well-deserved rest, it's a good time to highlight some of the league's key performers.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 2, 2016
Four teams battling to avoid drop on final day of J. League regular season
While Urawa Reds and Kawasaki Frontale battle to clinch the top seed for the J. League Championship on the final day of the regular season on Thursday, a more decisive tussle will be going on at the other end of the table.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 15, 2016
Is the end near for Earth's biggest fish market?
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SOCCER / J. League
Oct 15, 2016
Reds capture J. League Cup
Urawa Reds claimed their first trophy since 2007 after beating Gamba Osaka 5-4 on penalties to lift the J. League Cup following a 1-1 draw in Saturday's final.
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BASKETBALL / B. League
Oct 14, 2016
Brex pound Levanga for seventh straight victory
The Tochigi Brex took an eight-point cushion into halftime on Friday night.

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