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OSAKA

SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 11, 2016
Gamba, Tokyo running out of time to get going in J. League
Fortunes can change quickly in the J. League, but the division's misfiring big guns will have to start finding their range soon if they want to make a mark this season.
BASKETBALL
May 7, 2016
Toyama stages fourth-quarter comeback against Iwate, wins 12th straight
The red-hot Toyama Grouses collected their 12th straight victory on Saturday, a wild 70-61 home triumph over the Iwate Big Bulls in the Eastern Conference semifinal series opener.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 5, 2016
Playoff action heats up with conference semifinals
Eight teams remain in the hunt for the 11th and final bj-league title.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 1, 2016
Conference semifinals set after opening weekend of bj-league playoff action
With one action-packed weekend of playoff games in the books, the number of title-chasing teams is now down to eight.
JAPAN / Politics / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Apr 24, 2016
Party name undermining Osaka Ishin candidate's chances in Kyoto by-election
What's in a name?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Apr 22, 2016
Ukon: Traditional kaiseki cuisine served in a bento box
The answer: bento box. The question: What Japanese food — or type of meal — would I miss most if I left Japan? And now for some qualifications, before an explanation in the form of a restaurant review.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Apr 22, 2016
541+: Mastering the art of dumplings and elaborate puns
There are all manner of euphemisms to describe the size of 541+: cozy, intimate, snug. But in reality it's a closet containing three small tables separated from the kitchen by a fridge.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Apr 16, 2016
Aoki, Maki cherished chance to play for Hill
Second in a three-part series
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE UNRELIABLE FOOD CRITIC
Apr 15, 2016
Osaka, give us this day our decent European bread
Encountering strangers on trips back to Europe, I find myself falling into a familiar conversational call-and-response:
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 8, 2016
Former Evessa star Lottich named new Valparaiso head coach
Ten years after helping lead the Osaka Evessa to the first of three consecutive bj-league championships, Matt Lottich has become a Division I head coach.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 6, 2016
Osaka Prefecture city works with FamilyMart to cover up adult magazines
Adult magazines at FamilyMart stores in the city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, are being covered up in line with a program to protect the young from sexually explicit materials, a move that has drawn protests from the publishing industry.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 5, 2016
'The Posters of Ikko Tanaka'
April 5-June 19
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 30, 2016
Osaka governor says Japan should debate need for nuclear weapons
Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui, the head of Osaka Ishin no Kai, has voiced support for a national debate on whether or not Japan should possess nuclear weapons.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Pope Francis, radical leader who broke the papal mold, dies at 88
Pope Francis blesses the faithful during the weekly general audience at the Vatican in August 2023.
Japan mulls reviewing car safety rules to strike deal with Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister and top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.
Japan tariff negotiator rules out quick U.S. deal despite push by Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Friday, a day after talks in Washington.
Shohei Ohtani announces birth of daughter
Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka attend a Lakers game in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2024.
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity
Takuro Tamayama’s sculpture “Models (Pair, 6 sets, 12 rings)” comes with a mathematical formation that scales it for different spaces.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.

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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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
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