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WE LEAGUE

Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 24, 2015
Watford's consistent form one of surprises of season
If Watford beats champion Chelsea on Saturday and other results go in its favor, the Hornets, who were promoted in May, could be in fourth place in the Premier League. For the record, they are words I never thought I would write.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 17, 2015
HeatDevils still lacking fan support
The Oita Ehime HeatDevils have a new name this season — well, sort of.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 14, 2015
Barcelona to face Arsenal in Champions League
Holder and Spanish League leader Barcelona will play Premier League leader Arsenal in the last 16 of the Champions League, 10 years after the sides faced each other in the final, following Monday's draw for the first knockout stage.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Dec 12, 2015
Fukushima’s Nash making big impact
His name isn't LeBron James, but his play, like the NBA legend's, captivates a pro basketball league's audience. And many of his performances in October, November and early December have been among the best of the 2015-16 bj-league season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 10, 2015
Sendai, Shiga capitalize on strong road records
Due to the format that has been in place since the league's inception in 2005 — back-to-back games on consecutive days against the same foe, and almost always at the same venue — an atrocious road record spells trouble for any team.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 9, 2015
Veteran QB Takata prepares to bring curtain down on career
In his 20-year career on the gridiron, Tetsuo Takata has always been a winner.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 8, 2015
Politicians launch support group for new men's basketball circuit
A group of nearly two dozen Diet members launched a basketball-supporting parliamentarians' association and held its kickoff meeting on Tuesday at the members' office buildings of the House of Councilors in Tokyo's Nagatacho district.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Dec 5, 2015
Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style
Tokyo, September 1964: A squad of plainclothes police descend on the tony Ginza shopping district and round up hundreds of Japanese youths who had outraged local businesses. Their crime? Loitering in what was then outre style — button-down shirts, skinny ties, suit jackets and chino pants. These delinquents...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 4, 2015
WJBL's Antelopes focus on positive gains
In Japan's sports culture, you are supposed to be disappointed and mourn when you lose a game.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
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.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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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