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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 22, 2015
Bryant determined to remain defiant until the end
In some respects Kobe Bryant, perhaps the true Baby Jordan, reminds me the most of Jerry West, the original Los Angeles Lakers great guard. Because they go out of their way, defiant to the end.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 31, 2015
Beverly Hills fined for not conserving enough water in drought
Upscale Beverly Hills is among four California cities where water utilities have been fined for not forcing residents to conserve enough water during California's unrelenting four-year drought, officials said on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Oct 20, 2015
MLB creates cosmetic rules after high-profile incidents
The rule makers at MLB headquarters in New York City should moonlight at Bloomingdale's Department Store in the Big Apple.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 11, 2015
Art heist in LA replaces Warhol prints with fakes
Nine original Andy Warhol prints were quietly stolen from a Los Angeles movie business and replaced with fakes in an art heist that went undetected for years, police and court documents showed on Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Aug 28, 2015
Honorary Oscars to go to Spike Lee, Gena Rowlands, Debbie Reynolds
Director Spike Lee and actresses Gena Rowlands and Debbie Reynolds will receive honorary Oscars for their filmmaking legacies, the organizers of the world's most coveted movie awards said Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 13, 2015
Who's behind the 96 million 'shade balls' rolled into LA's reservoirs?
Shade balls?
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 29, 2015
Los Angeles joins San Francisco in banning large-capacity gun magazines
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to ban the possession of large-capacity gun magazines on Tuesday, following San Francisco to become the second major city in California to take that step.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Jul 14, 2015
Hillman won't rule out managing in Japan again
These days, you'll find Trey Hillman, the former Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters skipper, serving as bench coach for the Houston Astros.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 10, 2015
Despite protests, Cosby's Walk of Fame star to stay but other honors scrutinized
Bill Cosby's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will not be removed, organizers said on Thursday, but other honors given to the beleaguered comedian came under assault in the face of mounting sexual abuse allegations against him.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 21, 2015
LA diner famed for Space Age 'Googie' architecture saved from threat of demolition
A Los Angeles diner celebrated as a classic example of mid-20th-century Space Age-style Googie architecture was granted historic monument status by city officials on Wednesday, protecting it from the threat of demolition.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 20, 2015
Japanese-American arts group seeking funds to upgrade LA theater
A Los Angeles-based Japanese arts group called Wednesday for business and government to support their efforts to revitalize a local theater that has staged performances for the Japanese community in the United States for decades.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
May 19, 2015
NBA playoffs offer everything from sublime to ridiculous
Some MAS musings on the disappointing-turned-exhilarating first two rounds of the NBA playoffs.
U.S. Osprey accidentally drops cargo into sea in Okinawa
A V-22 Osprey
Large fire breaks out near Osaka's Tsutenkaku Tower
Smoke rises from a fire at a commercial building near Tsutenkaku Tower, in Osaka, on Tuesday.
Nissan to end production of compact van as Honda rescue looms
A trailer transports Nissan’s NV200 Venette minivans in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
BOJ likely to raise rates this week in absence of immediate Trump tariffs
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda is still signaling caution ahead of the central bank's January meeting.
'Quad' diplomats meet in signal of Trump commitment to grouping
Top "Quad" diplomats — Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi (left to right), Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong — walk to their meeting at the State Department in Washington on Tuesday.
'America first' returns as Trump ditches focus on allies and rules-based order
U.S. President Donald Trump reviews troops during his inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington on Monday.
Japan looks to learn from the past with bid to build Australian warships
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami frigate, of the class of the same name, is anchored at the MSDF's naval base in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in September 2022.
Amid rising world hunger, a Japan-inspired group in Kenya is making a big impact
Wawira Njiru, the founder of Food4Education, serves food during the opening of a new kitchen in Mombasa County, Kenya, in 2022. The organization started in 2012 by feeding 25 children out of a single kitchen. Now it feeds nearly half a million every day.
From Tokyo to Manhattan, Takuma Watanabe stirs up a stiff drink
It's taken Takuma Watanabe little time to establish himself as one of New York's hottest bartenders.
For tourists in search of seasonal sights, Yamagata makes its case
For some time away from Tokyo's suffocating urban sameness, Yamagata Prefecture is home to a soothing array of natural abundance.

Podcast

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

Longform

Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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