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Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 8, 2020
Rui Hachimura inspires Japan's young basketball talent to dream big
The emergence of Rui Hachimura has absolutely been a catalyst for Japanese basketball and given younger Japanese players the inspiration to dream of one day reaching the NBA.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 29, 2019
Yuki Kawamura and Kubema Joseph Steve power Fukuoka Daiichi to second straight Winter Cup
Fukuoka Daiichi added another crystal Winter Cup to its trophy shelf on Sunday with a dominant performance.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 28, 2019
Ohka Gakuen holds off Gifu Girls' late rally to capture Winter Cup title
Ohka Gakuen survived reigning champion Gifu Girls' late surge and recaptured the Winter Cup title with a 72-67 victory on Saturday at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 23, 2019
Japan to hire 1,726 more teachers in 2020 for elementary and junior high schools
The government will increase its employment quota for teachers at public elementary and junior high schools by 1,726 in fiscal 2020.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Dec 13, 2019
Hiroshima's middle school students wear bike helmets, so why not high schoolers?
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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 6, 2019
Tokyo High Court changes Peruvian man's death sentence to life in prison
The Tokyo High Court overturned a lower court's death sentence and gave a Peruvian man life in prison Thursday over the 2015 murder of six people in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 29, 2019
National high school body orders pitch limits for first time
High school games played at the spiritual home of Japanese baseball will get a new look in 2020 after the organizer of the prestigious national championship on Friday announced its first pitch limits.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 28, 2019
Police re-arrest Saitama man over kidnapping of junior high school girl
Police re-arrested a 37-year-old man on Wednesday for allegedly kidnapping and keeping a Hyogo Prefecture junior high school student at his home in the city of Honjo, Saitama Prefecture, for about two months.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2019
Teacher at prince's school in Tokyo admits kicking student and breaking his rib, sources say
The school consulted the police about the incident in late September and held an emergency meeting for parents to explain what happened, the sources said.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 17, 2019
Marines make high school hurler Roki Sasaki top pick in NPB amateur draft
The Chiba Lotte Marines took hard-throwing high school pitcher Roki Sasaki in NPB's amateur draft Thursday after four teams selected the teen talent who has been on the radar of major league clubs.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 2, 2019
High school ace Roki Sasaki declares for NPB draft
Flame-throwing high school pitcher Roki Sasaki said Wednesday he had registered for Nippon Professional Baseball's Oct. 17 draft and suggested he would play for any team that drafted him.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 26, 2019
Tokyo High Court opens appeal trial over 2017 murder of Vietnamese girl
The Tokyo High Court on Thursday began hearing an appeal against a lower court ruling convicting a man of the murder of a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl in 2017, with prosecutors calling for a death sentence and the accused seeking acquittal.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2019
Kawasaki aims to help children of foreign nationals overcome language barrier as Japan accepts more workers from overseas
Officials in Kawasaki Ward in the city of Kawasaki have teamed up with a social welfare service provider to host a summer school this year for students who have come to Japan within the past three years.
WORLD
Sep 3, 2019
U.K. high-speed rail link is £20 billion over budget and up to five years behind schedule, government says
A proposed high-speed rail project to improve links from London to central and northern England will cost about £20 billion more than originally expected and is up to five years behind schedule, the government said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2019
Japan's top court dismisses damages over exclusion of pro-North Korea schools from tuition waiver
The Supreme Court has dismissed a damages claim filed over the government's decision to exclude pro-Pyongyang Korean schools from its tuition-free program for high schools, upholding lower court rulings that found the policy lawful.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2019
Women still required to wear heels at most customer-facing firms in Japan, survey shows
A majority of companies where in-person customer service plays a major role in their business, such as banks and airlines, have dress codes requiring women to wear high-heeled shoes, according to a survey by Kyodo News.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Aug 22, 2019
Riseisha captures Koshien crown
Riseisha High School claimed its maiden title at Japan's National High School Baseball Championship on Thursday, coming from behind in an action-filled final against Seiryo, 5-3.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2019
Nationwide test results highlight Japanese students' poor English speaking and writing skills
In the speaking section, many students struggled with improvised speech on randomly chosen topics.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jul 29, 2019
Controversy surrounding high school ace Roki Sasaki stirs up familiar debate
Ofunato High School was inundated with calls after its loss in the final of the Iwate Prefectural tournament on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Jul 25, 2019
Ofunato High School pitcher Roki Sasaki's shot at summer glory ends on bench
Hard-throwing high school pitcher Roki Sasaki, who is being heavily scouted by major league clubs, stayed on the bench to avoid injury as his team was eliminated from contention for a prestigious national title on Thursday.
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.
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.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Brazil issues apology for persecuting Japan immigrants during WWII
Enea Almeida (right), chair of the Brazilian amnesty commission, shakes hands with the representative for Japanese immigrants on Thursday in Brasilia.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
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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