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HOOP SCOOP

BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
May 18, 2007
Bryant: JABBA should end nonsense toward bj-league
Outsiders often have the best "inside" view. It enables them to see the big picture without having their perspective clouded by petty differences, politics or cliques.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Apr 13, 2007
Life altering experience came early for Oita's Allen
They say the older you get, the wiser you become.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 28, 2007
Joe Bryant says conditioning key for Kobe
Kobe Bryant has never been in better shape, and he's never played a better stretch of basketball than he has during the Los Angeles Lakers' current five-game winning streak.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 21, 2007
King James: Saitama's Gordon relies on effort to rule boards
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Catch a glimpse of any Saitama Broncos game and this is something you'll see time after time:
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Feb 21, 2007
Kimura fulfills dream in bringing pro hoops to Okinawa
"Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.'' --
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 30, 2007
All-Star game in Okinawa proves a slam dunk
GINOWAN, Okinawa Pref. -- Never underestimate the impact of a dream.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 21, 2007
IBL looking to become part of basketball boom in Japan
It's an exciting time for basketball in Japan.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 1, 2007
Blackwell, Marshall should be All-Stars
Twenty players were chosen to appear in the first-ever bj-league All-Star Game on Jan. 27, and for each of them the day will be special.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Dec 9, 2006
Apache's Humphrey flying high in second season in Tokyo
John Humphrey possesses the bj-league's best nickname.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Nov 18, 2006
Three teams share early bj-league lead
The third week of the bj-league season tips off this weekend. It started with Friday night's Osaka Evessa-Takamatsu Five Arrows contest in Takamatsu.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Nov 10, 2006
Hats off to expansion Grouses for road win in first game ever
Talk about a great start.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Nov 2, 2006
Joe Bryant and Apache reaching out to community
It's 10:45 on Tuesday morning. Tokyo Apache coach Joe Bryant and his players are busy preparing for another day in the gym. They bring the necessary attire -- sneakers, baggy shorts, jerseys -- and, of course, their basketballs. They have a special audience, too.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
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.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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

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