Tag - fc-tokyo

 
Menu
Search
 
August 17, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

FC TOKYO

Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
May 13, 2017
Offense clicks for Brave Thunders in Game 1 victory over Sunrockers
The top-seeded Kawasaki Brave Thunders shot a sizzling 53 percent from the field in the first game of the B. League Championship quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
May 12, 2017
Daily conversations about life, basketball strengthen Dick and Diante Garrett's special bond
Diante Garrett's dazzling basketball skills, contagious confidence and veteran leadership have provided a big boost for the title-chasing Alvark Tokyo this season.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2017
Koike agrees to foot bill for temporary Olympic facilities but neighbors irked by delays, loose ends
Gov. Yuriko Koike pushes Tokyo's Olympic preparations forward by agreeing to foot the cost of building temporary facilities outside the capital, but not everyone is happy.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 11, 2017
Former UCLA coach Lavin, five-time NBA All-Star Marques Johnson reflect on Sakuragi's poise, intelligence
Longevity is just one aspect of J.R. Sakuragi's successful basketball career.
JAPAN
May 11, 2017
Borneo village chief urges Tokyo to stop using cheap timber in centerpiece Olympic stadium
A village leader from Borneo urged Japan on Wednesday to stop building its Olympic stadium with cheap timber that he says is obliterating traditional life for his indigenous people.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 8, 2017
Tokyo Rainbow Pride participants march for 'change' in LGBT recognition
Thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people paraded through Tokyo's Shibuya district on Sunday to express hope that Japan will further embrace gender equality and diversity.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 6, 2017
Japanese tradition denies surrogacy
Most major media covered the March 22 Tokyo news conference where Sachiko Kishimoto of the nonprofit organization Oocyte Donation Network (OD-Net) explained how a woman in her 40s had recently given birth to a daughter who had been conceived using the woman's husband's sperm and an egg from a third party....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
May 6, 2017
'Target Tokyo: The Story of the Sorge Spy Ring': Uncovering a little-known chapter in history
Even some dedicated Japanophiles are unaware of an important international espionage ring that operated in Tokyo before and during World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
May 6, 2017
Japan Times 1917: 'Tampering with mail at the Post Office'
An extraordinary case of wanton mischief by Post Office employes was recently revealed by Mr. K. Ishikawa of Azabu, who made a formal complaint to the director of mails of the Department of Communications.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
May 5, 2017
Brave Thunders soar past Sunrockers in OT
The Kawasaki Brave Thunders' two-point halftime deficit increased to 12 entering the fourth quarter on Friday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 4, 2017
Fukudome's hot bat sends Tigers past Swallows again
There were fireworks the last time the Hanshin Tigers' Shintaro Fujinami pitched against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
May 3, 2017
Brex capture East Division crown with victory over Alvark
The Tochigi Brex wrapped up the East Division title and snapped a two-game losing streak on Wednesday, holding off the Alvark Tokyo with a 79-76 victory.
‘Very strong’ Typhoon Ampil set to approach eastern Japan on Friday
A satellite image shows Typhoon Ampil south of Japan on Thursday afternoon.
Typhoon Ampil lashes eastern Japan with heavy rain and wind
Waves crash ashore amid Typhoon Ampil on Tokyo's Hachijojima Island on Friday. The dangerous storm is brushing by the Kanto region but will not make landfall.
Japan lifts megaquake alert after no major seismic activity detected
An electronic signboard at Tokyo Station displays information about a megaquake alert last Saturday. The government lifted the alert on Thursday but urged continued vigilance.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Thaksin’s 37-year-old daughter becomes new Thai premier
Pheu Thai party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra greets members of the media at local news outlet Voice TV in Bangkok on Friday.
Dreading the Big One? How to manage pre-disaster anxiety.
Earthquakes are a fact of life in Japan, but there are strategies to keep yourself from spiraling into stress and despair over future catastrophes.
New tales in translation to give you chills and thrills this summer
For centuries, Japanese people have been scaring themselves with horror stories as a way of cooling down during the stifling summer months.
Women's sumo takes big step forward with first high school championships
Yuzuki Komiya (left) competes in the first national high school sumo tournament for girls in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Saturday.
Kishida's out. Who will likely be Japan's next leader?
Digital minister Taro Kono (left), Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba are among the potential candidates for the ruling party's presidential election next month.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

SWCC keeps changing with keyword ‘new challenges’
SWCC keeps changing with keyword ‘new challenges’

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER