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J LEAGUE

SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 6, 2013
United faces improbable climb to defend title
WARNING: The opening paragraph does not make happy reading for Manchester United fans. The champions have won only two points from their last three games, they are in ninth position, their lowest ever at this stage of a Premier League season. They have scored fewer goals at Old Trafford than basement...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 26, 2013
Chiba Jets to acquire power forward Burrell: source
The Chiba Jets, looking to snap a 14-game losing streak, are on the verge of signing former bj-league MVP Justin Burrell, a basketball insider told The Japan Times on Tuesday evening.
Japan Times
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Nov 17, 2013
Frontiers down Rise in X League regular-season finale
Yusuke Shinshi rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Fujitsu Frontiers to a 45-24 victory over the Nojima Sagamihara Rise on Sunday at Yokohama Stadium as the X League's regular season concluded.
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Nov 4, 2013
Sloppy Seagulls beat Silver Star
Shun Sugawara overcame three turnovers — two interceptions and a lost fumble — to throw two touchdown passes as the three-time defending champion Obic Seagulls defeated the Asahi Beer Silver Star 21-7 on Monday at Tokyo's Oi No. 2 Stadium in the X League.
BASKETBALL
Nov 3, 2013
D-League teams draft five bj-league alumni
Five former bj-league players were selected in Friday's NBA Development League Draft.
Japan Times
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Nov 2, 2013
Takata, high-powered Panasonic Impulse offense cruise past IBM Big Blue
Tetsuo Takata completed 21 of 27 for 288 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Panasonic Impulse to a 55-24 rout of the IBM Big Blue on Saturday at Amino Vital Stadium in Tokyo on the opening day of the X League second stage.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 1, 2013
Cardiff City-Swansea derby poses a security nightmare
It has been declared a "Bubble Match," which sounds fun.
BASKETBALL
Oct 29, 2013
bj-league bans JT access
In an unprecedented move, the professional basketball bj-league has issued a ban on media access by The Japan Times for the entire 2013-14 season. The directive has been relayed to teams around the country by the league office, the newspaper has learned.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 23, 2013
Versatile Bozeman making impact for Toshiba Brave Thunders
For sure, there are countless basketball players who can compete at multiple positions. But it's hard to find someone that's as exceptionally versatile as Cedric Bozeman, who basically plays all positions but center.
Japan Times
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Oct 22, 2013
Frontiers post first victory over Deers since 2009
The Fujitsu Frontiers, helped by their American newcomers, finally defeated the archrival Kajima Deers 15-7 on Monday night at Todoroki Stadium in the final game of the X League first stage.
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Oct 20, 2013
Seagulls beat Rise to maintain perfect record
Takuto Hara rushed for 10 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with 5:51 remaining in the third quarter as the Obic Seagulls defeated the Nojima Sagamihara Rise 12-3 at Yokohama Stadium in the X League Central Division showdown on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 15, 2013
Carp embrace opportunity to face CL powerhouse Giants
It's been 22 years since the Hiroshima Carp have played this deep into a season. A long enough period that most of the team is experiencing postseason baseball for the very first time.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Oct 14, 2013
Marines cage Lions to reach final stage of PL Climax Series
Many people would jump at a chance for an autumn getaway in Miyzaki.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2013
Marines belt three homers in Game 1 rout over Lions
The Chiba Lotte Marines had trouble winning at Seibu Dome during the regular season, but the postseason gave them a chance to wipe the slate clean and start anew.
BASKETBALL
Oct 8, 2013
Geary guides Chiba to 4-0 start in NBL
The bj-league's loss has become the NBL's gain.
Japan Times
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Oct 8, 2013
Stanton finds niche in Japan as tight end, teacher
Football player John Stanton is one of the IBM BigBlue's most feared offensive weapons.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 27, 2013
Players react after NBL takes unilateral action
On Sept. 16, after a pair of National Basketball League preseason games wrapped up, four players came into the press room at Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2 in suits to announce something the nation's sport had never seen before.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 25, 2013
Guangzhou deals crushing blow to Reysol's Asian Champions League hopes
Kashiwa Reysol suffered a second-half meltdown to leave their Asian Champions League final dream hanging by a thread after a 4-1 home defeat to Marcello Lippi's Guangzhou Evergrande in their semifinal first leg on Wednesday night.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

Podcast

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

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