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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2017
Trump boasts his team doing 'really good job' but hurricane-hit Puerto Rico begs to differ, feels slighted
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration was doing a "really good job" helping Puerto Rico recover from the devastation of Hurricane Maria despite complaints that federal aid has been too slow to reach the U.S. territory.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2017
Football players who protest racism have right to free speech but not to disrespect nation: Jeff Sessions
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday denounced football players who have protested racism by kneeling or locking arms during the playing of the national anthem before games, saying that even though their speech is protected, they should be condemned for showing disrespect to the country.
Japan Times
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Sep 26, 2017
Trump again blasts NFL for anthem protests, claims they're not about racism
U.S. President Donald Trump kept up his verbal battle with the National Football League over players who drop to one knee during the national anthem, saying on Monday their acts of protest had nothing to do with racism.
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Sep 23, 2017
Fire players who protest: Trump
President Donald Trump profanely criticized NFL players who protest police brutality by kneeling during the U.S. national anthem and said they should be fired by their teams.
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Dec 27, 2016
A wish list of sports resolutions for the coming year
Some New Year's Sports Resolutions MAS would love to see made for 2017 — and, more importantly, KEPT.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 3, 2016
'Thursday Night Football' NFL draws Friday morning tweeters in Japan
Reading the tweets as they scroll below NFL games shown live on Twitter has become my new Japanese study obsession.
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Jul 26, 2016
NFL teams take different approaches in addressing quarterback issues
Just as one can never be too rich or too thin, if you are an NFL ball club, you can never have enough quality at the quarterback position.
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Jun 8, 2016
Commissioner Goodell alive, well but NFL Twitter account suffered hack, false tweet
The National Football League's Twitter account was hacked on Tuesday and a false tweet was sent that Commissioner Roger Goodell had died, an NFL spokesman said on his Twitter account.
Japan Times
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Apr 22, 2016
Kawaguchi developed unique training skills overseas
Masafumi Kawaguchi is not interested in the past. Not even in his brilliant American football career.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Dec 1, 2015
Newton affair reveals ugly truth about discourse in U.S.
Sports, MAS has often heard it said, are a metaphor for life.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 20, 2015
Iwate signs versatile power forward Harris
Forward Alandise Harris brings big athletic potential as he embarks on a pro career.
Japan Times
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Jul 29, 2015
NFL star Brady had his phone destroyed; 'Deflategate' suspension stands: commissioner
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Tuesday upheld a four-game suspension of Tom Brady for his role in deflating footballs used in the game that put the New England Patriots in the 2015 Super Bowl, saying for the first time that the star quarterback had his phone destroyed to keep it out of hands of investigators....
Japan Times
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Jun 16, 2015
Kurihara aims high for national team, NFL aspirations
Reaching the NFL is every football player's dream. And that's no exception for Takashi Kurihara.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Jun 16, 2015
Rundown on flurry of offseason NFL moves, changes before camps
Unlike the NBA, NHL and MLB, blockbuster trades in the NFL have always been few and far between.
Japan Times
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May 12, 2015
NFL suspends Brady for four games, fines Patriots $1 million over 'Deflategate'
The National Football League on Monday fined the New England Patriots $1 million for its role in "Deflategate" and will suspend star quarterback Tom Brady for the first four games of next season.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / NFL NOTEBOOK
May 9, 2015
Brady may be suspended in ball scandal
"Deflategate" has become the biggest NFL scandal since the New Orleans Saints' bounty scandal in 2012. Or it could be even bigger because one of the most popular and respected quarterbacks in NFL history seems to be involved.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 16, 2015
Ex-NFL star Hernandez gets life term without parole for 2013 slaying, faces trial for two more
Former National Football League star Aaron Hernandez was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for murdering an acquaintance in an industrial park near his Massachusetts home, concluding the first of two murder trials he faces this year.
Japan Times
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Mar 22, 2015
Wide receiver Kurihara invited to NFL Veteran Combine
Wide receiver Takashi Kurihara on Sunday will participate in the inaugural NFL Veteran Combine at the Arizona Cardinals' practice facility in Tempe, Arizona.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / NFL NOTEBOOK
Mar 9, 2015
NFL players gearing up for free agency
The free agency period in the NFL is set to open as the new league year starts on Tuesday. As usual, it presents teams with a dilemma of needs and money, where one's loss is another's gain.
Japan Times
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Feb 4, 2015
Fans want NFL return
It was a Monday night, not a Super Sunday, but an estimated 100 people had assembled for a viewing party for Super Bowl XLIX between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks on massive screens at a public viewing event in Tokyo.
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.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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