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BASKETBALL / B. League
Sep 21, 2016
Alvark, Golden Kings eager to deliver entertainment, quality competition in B. League opener
One day before the opening game of the B. League's first season between the Alvark Tokyo and Ryukyu Golden Kings at Yoyogi National Gymnasium, the players and coaches were ecstatic, saying they are ready to put on a show the next day to usher in a new era of Japanese basketball.
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BASKETBALL / B. League
Sep 21, 2016
B. League ready to begin first-ever season
A new era in Japan pro basketball begins this week.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 20, 2016
University of Tokyo student who co-founded club for molesting women given suspended sentence
The Tokyo District Court sentences a student to two years in prison, suspended for four years, for his role in a sexual assault.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 18, 2016
Tokyo's safety claims for Toyosu fish market cleanup getting harder to sell
On Sept. 10, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike revealed that the people in charge of the soil remediation work for the Toyosu market, the relocation site for the famed Tsukiji fish market in Chuo Ward, ignored the recommendations of outside safety experts.
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SOCCER / J. League
Sep 17, 2016
Reds rally past FC Tokyo, reduce Frontale's lead at top of table
Urawa Reds cut Kawasaki Frontale's lead at the top of the overall J. League table to two points after coming from behind to beat FC Tokyo 3-1 on Saturday.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 16, 2016
Yakitori Ogawa: Traditional 'yakitori' served like high-end sushi
There's no mistaking the kind of cuisine offered at Yakitori Ogawa. All 15 seats in this compact, one-counter grill look directly onto the open kitchen where skewers of premium poultry are slowly, carefully tended to over glowing charcoal.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 16, 2016
Tempu: A cluttered hole-in-the-wall with incredible 'takoyaki'
Tempu is in no way a destination restaurant. It's a six-minute schlep beside the tracks from JR Shibuya Station, and when you arrive all you'll find is a cluttered hole-in-the-wall that fits eight at a pinch, all standing. But it's this funky setting that makes it such a favorite with the locals —...
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BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 15, 2016
At Tokyo Game Show, virtual technology is the highest scorer
The Tokyo Game Show kicked off Thursday, with virtual reality products grabbing the lion's share of attention at one of the central fixtures in the global gaming calendar.
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LIFE / Digital
Sep 15, 2016
From the latest titles to VR and cosplay, the Tokyo Game Show has been in Japan's corner for 20 years
Twenty years ago, two new video game trade shows launched in Tokyo with the hopes of capturing the attention — and yen — of gamers in Japan. The first Tokyo Game Show (TGS) took place from Aug. 22 to 24, 1996, and was followed that November by E3 Tokyo, a Japanese offshoot of the U.S.-based Electronic...

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