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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 27, 2016
Johnny Depp as a sociopathic crime lord in 'Black Mass'
'Black Mass" may sound like a classic horror film featuring Vincent Price or Barbara Steele, but it's actually a modern crime film about a gangster nicknamed "Whitey," played by Johnny Depp. Confusing? Yes, even more so when you examine its promo photos of a dome-headed Depp in aviator shades, which...
MORE SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Jan 12, 2016
It's a whole new ballgame for old-school coaches in today's NFL
"He treated us all equal — like
BASKETBALL
Dec 18, 2015
Kyoto signs veteran forwards Johnson, Ehambe
The Kyoto Hannaryz, who recently lost forwards David Palmer and Larry Owens to retirement and a season-ending knee injury, respectively, have signed a pair of Americans as roster replacements, the bj-league team announced on Friday.
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.
BASKETBALL
Nov 23, 2015
Hamamatsu overwhelms Nara for ninth straight victory
The defending champion Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix drained 19 3-pointers in a runaway 109-63 triumph over the Bambitious Nara on Monday afternoon in the bj-league.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 19, 2015
Johnson rips Shiga management after release
After being shown the door following just 12 games with the Shiga Lakestars, 2014-15 regular-season MVP Kejuan Johnson reflected on the team's decision.
BASKETBALL
Nov 17, 2015
Lakestars terminate contract of former league MVP Johnson
The Shiga Lakestars released star guard Kejuan Johnson on Tuesday, two days after he scored a season-low one point.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 15, 2015
Mayor of London urges Japan Inc. to upgrade payments systems, draw on his city's fintech sector
The mayor of London on Thursday urged Japan to embrace more financial innovations such as mobile payments as it prepares for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 9, 2015
'San Andreas' struggles to hold water in post-3/11 Japan
In the 1970s, Hollywood disaster movies were a lucrative genre. In 1974 "Earthquake" and "The Towering Inferno" were released, and the decade saw the box-office success of multiple "Airport" films.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 5, 2015
TV sexism comes from a problematic place
At the World Assembly for Women held in Tokyo last week, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, lauded the social achievements of women worldwide but added that "we are not there yet." Sirleaf didn't say where exactly "there" is, but during the same week, two media-related...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2015
'Empower women,' say global female leaders at World Assembly for Women
Women have made significant achievements in all levels of society but "it is equally clear that we are not there yet," Liberian President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said in Tokyo Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2015
Abe pledges to support Liberia's recovery from Ebola epidemic during meeting with president
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to support Ebola-hit Liberia as it recovers from the deadly epidemic during a summit with the country's visiting President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 22, 2015
D-Backs trying to set up roots in Japan
Takashi Saito, a former major leaguer and currently a reliever for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, announced his intention to retire from baseball at the end of the year on Monday in Sendai. It was a happy coincidence Saito's news conference was the same day members from the front office of the Arizona...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Aug 20, 2015
Hall of Fame pitcher Johnson impressed by Otani, Maeda
Randy Johnson won 303 games, five Cy Young Awards, struck out 4,875 batters (second all time) and was recently inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Needless to say, the Big Unit knows his way around a mound.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 18, 2015
Diamondbacks representatives help promote MLB Cup in Japan
Major League Baseball enlisted a little star power to help announce its latest youth initiative in Japan.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / THE DOPING EPIDEMIC
Aug 7, 2015
Conte says top officials hindering fight against doping
BALCO founder Victor Conte worked on the 'dark side' when his San Francisco Bay Area company supplied performance-enhancing drugs to elite athletes, including sprinter Marion Jones and MLB home-run king Barry Bonds. That's how Conte has frequently described those years at the start of the 21st century.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 30, 2015
Lakestars land MVP Johnson
After reaching the Final Four for the first time in franchise history in May, the Shiga Lakestars are tweaking their roster.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2015
TSA airport screeners fail undercover tests, prompting U.S. security boost
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Monday he had ordered improved security at U.S. airports after media reports that checkpoint screeners failed to detect mock explosives and weapons in 95 percent of tests carried out by undercover agents.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 14, 2015
Carp pitcher Johnson putting it all together in Japan
Good luck trying to describe Hiroshima Carp pitcher Kris Johnson's first few weeks in Japanese baseball.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 30, 2015
Sendai's Johnson named MVP; Kyoto's Hamaguchi nabs coaching award
Since he made his debut in the fall, star guard Kejuan Johnson has excelled for the Sendai 89ers, leading the team to its best-ever regular season (37-15).
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.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
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.

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