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Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 24, 2015
Japan routs Malaysia in FIBA Asia clash
Japan got its FIBA Asia Championship campaign back on track on Thursday, demolishing Malaysia 119-48 to secure the team's first victory of the tournament.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 23, 2015
Japan falls to Iran in Asia championship opener
Japan's first game at the FIBA Asia Championship ended in a 86-48 loss against tournament heavyweight Iran in China on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 19, 2015
Matsui ready to be shooting star
The lack of a presence underneath the basket has been Japanese basketball's everlasting issue. So Kenji Hasegawa, the current men's national team head coach, looks more to his outside players than inside muscle, relying on their perimeter shooting to carry the offense.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 16, 2015
Japan's men hopeful of earning berth for 2016 Games
Basketball
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 15, 2015
Storm forward Tokashiki wraps up solid rookie season in WNBA
Ramu Tokashiki's first season in the world's premier club basketball competition for women came to a close with a loss on Sunday, but the Seattle Storm's Japanese rookie has already proved she belongs in the WNBA.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 11, 2015
JBA selects 12-man squad for FIBA Asia Championship
The Japan Basketball Association announced the men's national team roster for the upcoming FIBA Asia Championship on Friday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 7, 2015
Japan's Asian hoop champs return home
One day after they became the first Japanese team to clinch a berth at next summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the players and staff of Japan's women's basketball team made a triumphant return home with the gold medals around their necks on Sunday evening.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 5, 2015
Japan women defend FIBA Asia title, punch ticket to Rio
After holding off China by one point on Tuesday, the Japan women's national team provided a different type of drama on the basketball court during their high-stakes Saturday showdown: an old-fashioned blowout victory.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 4, 2015
Japan women hold off Taiwan, book spot in FIBA Asia final
The Japan women's national basketball team dominated key stretches of the first and fourth quarters en route to a 65-58 triumph over Taiwan in the FIBA Asia Women's Championship semifinals on Friday in Wuhan, China.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 31, 2015
Japan routs Taiwan, improves to 3-0 in tournament
The Japan women's national team caused fits for Taiwan in their Group A match at the FIBA Asia Women's Championship on Monday.
BASKETBALL
Aug 31, 2015
Japan women beat India by 100 points
The Japan national team overwhelmed India at the FIBA Asia Women's Championship on Sunday in Wuhan, China, winning 131-31 in a Group A game.
BASKETBALL
Aug 29, 2015
Japan women prevail against South Korea in FIBA Asia opener
The Japan women's national team began defense of its FIBA Asia Women's Championship title from 2013 with a 59-53 Group A victory over South Korea on Saturday in Wuhan, China.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 25, 2015
Tokashiki eager to put new skills on display
Less than a week before the Japan women's national team begins competing at the FIBA Asia Championship, Seattle Storm rookie Ramu Tokashiki returned home to join the squad.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 21, 2015
Star players Tokashiki, Yoshida named to Japan roster
Star players Ramu Tokashiki and Asami Yoshida are the headliners for Hayabusa Japan for the upcoming FIBA Asia Women's Championship.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 16, 2015
Japan routs Czech Republic to win three-game exhibition series
Sharp-shooter Keijuro Matsui nailed four 3-point shots and scored 18 points in the second quarter alone to boost the Japan men's team to a 75-61 victory over the Czech Republic on Sunday at Yoyogi National Gymnasium Annex.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 14, 2015
Czech Republic cagers edge Japan in exhibition
On Friday, the Japan men's national team played its first official international contest since FIBA's suspension of the Japan Basketball Association was officially lifted last Sunday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 13, 2015
Kurihara sparks Japan women in rout of Taiwan
Shooting guard Mika Kurihara hit five 3-pointers and scored 17 points to lead the Japan women's national team to a 92-52 win over the Taiwan national squad in an exhibition at Chiba Port Arena on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 9, 2015
Kawabuchi welcomes end of Japan's international basketball ban
In his opening statement at a news conference on Sunday, Japan Basketball Association president Saburo Kawabuchi joked that there weren't as many reporters and TV cameras as he had expected.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 7, 2015
China awarded 2019 FIBA World Cup
China will host the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the sport's global governing body announced on Friday night in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 6, 2015
China, Philippines vying to host 2019 FIBA World Cup
Before the start of the three-day FIBA Central Board meeting on Friday, the Japan Basketball Association hosted a welcome party for the sport's executives at a Tokyo hotel. The dignitaries included FIBA president Horacio Muratore and FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann on Thursday night.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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