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Jun 29, 2005
Could Brown's next stop be New York?
NEW YORK -- Before somersaulting into some of the specifics and subtitles of Wednesday's draft, Knicks president Isiah Thomas asked if I would be so kind as to accentuate the Detroit Shock's WNBA record comeback Sunday, reducing a 25-point deficit to beat the L.A. Sparks.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jun 22, 2005
Horry's big shot took heat off Duncan
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Rasheed Wallace was more than a bit lucky the referees refused to acknowledge his appeal for a non-existent timeout after Tim Duncan's missed tip at the end of regulation in Game 5.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jun 10, 2005
Mikan a true giant for early NBA
NEW YORK -- No. 99 on my scorecard while growing up during the NBA's infancy, but No. 1 in almost everything else related to professional basketball, Mr. Basketball passed away last week at 80 when life is supposed to begin.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jun 3, 2005
Nobody believes Brown's latest charade
NEW YORK -- This farce has gone far enough.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 27, 2005
O'Brien made many enemies in short stay with 76ers
NEW YORK -- The 76ers had little choice Monday but to cut Jim O'Brien loose (with $8 million guaranteed and two years left on his contract; the team owned an option for a third) in favor of Maurice Cheeks.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 22, 2005
Cavaliers looking to hire Vandeweghe
NEW YORK -- Kiki Vandeweghe is emerging as the leading candidate to preside as president of the Cavaliers next season and beyond, numerous sources stipulate.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 15, 2005
Race not a factor in Nash's MVP victory
NEW YORK -- Miami Herald columnist Dan Le Batard played the race card last week and, despite the fact there was no one else sitting at his table, he couldn't resist dealing from the bottom of a deck obviously not near full.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 29, 2005
NBA labor talks getting bogged down
NEW YORK -- For the first time since dialogue began in earnest a year ago to re-negotiate the NBA's Collective Bargaining Agreement I'm getting negative feedback.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 22, 2005
Phoenix's Nash clear choice as NBA's MVP this season
NEW YORK -- For those scoring in the league office, this is how I voted for . . .
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 15, 2005
Cavs want coach with NBA experience
NEW YORK -- Contrary to reports, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo is not among Dan Gilbert's candidates to coach the Cavaliers.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 9, 2005
Moves by Cavaliers simply confounding
NEW YORK -- How stupid would it be to swap jockeys in the backstretch of a winnable race?
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 30, 2005
Season gets stranger for Pacers
NEW YORK -- Really, can anything else happen to Indiana this season?
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 23, 2005
Jackson could join LeBron in Cleveland
NEW YORK -- Well, at least when Don Nelson's coaching days in Dallas ended a few days ago his son (Donnie) got to remain a Maverick, which is more than can be said for Paul Silas whose son (Stephen) was dusted along with him yesterday by the Cavaliers.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 6, 2005
76ers must be patient while Iverson, Webber try to mesh
NEW YORK -- You can lead a compulsive scoring point guard to a recognized reservoir of talent but you can't make him feed it or feed off it.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 27, 2005
Isiah's plan to improve Knicks puzzling
NEW YORK -- On a day it might have been easier for the NBA to relocate franchises rather than move the multitude of traded players, Isiah Thomas almost did exactly the opposite of what he's been saying over the last couple weeks he wouldn't do.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 10, 2005
How about Coach K for Team USA?
NEW YORK -- Sources confirm Jerry Colangelo has been quietly chosen to preside over the U.S. Olympic basketball selection committee and overhaul it how he sees fit.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 27, 2005
Wilkens debacle means honeymoon over for Isiah in New York
NEW YORK -- Paying off or buying out predecessors' blunders -- coaches, players and front office personnel -- is acceptable standard operating procedure for newly hired sports executives.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 23, 2005
Injury keeps Hornets from moving Davis
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Dec 30, 2004
Rockets' trade of journeyman Jackson is hard to figure
NEW YORK -- Jimmy Jackson got the call yesterday he didn't want to hear, and had no idea was coming.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 22, 2004
Net gain: Adding Carter, subtracting 'Zo
NEW YORK -- If Vince Carter never plays a game for the Nets it was still a great trade.
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.

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

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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’
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