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WE LEAGUE

BASKETBALL / B. League
Jan 14, 2018
Hometown hero Shintaro Kobayashi steals the show at B. League All-Star Game in Kumamoto
The players didn't take themselves too seriously during the second annual B. League All-Star Game.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 12, 2018
Liverpool moving on with Coutinho gone
Come May, Philippe Coutinho will probably have a La Liga and possibly a Copa del Rey winners' medal. He cannot play for Barcelona in the Champions League as he is ineligible, but two — even one — medal would be welcome because they would be the first club honors the Brazil midfielder, 25, has won....
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 3, 2018
Man City eases past Watford to restore lead to 15 points
Manchester City returned to winning ways and restored its Premier League lead to 15 points with an emphatic 3-1 victory over Watford at its Etihad Stadium stronghold on Tuesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 2, 2018
Ragnar Klavan gives Liverpool win over Burnley
Liverpool defender Ragnar Klavan's 94th-minute header snatched a 2-1 victory at Burnley on Monday as the visitors coped without the injured Mohamed Salah and Philippe Coutinho and made up ground on their rivals near the top of the Premier League.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 25, 2017
V.League hoping to shake up volleyball scene
The name of the new league is nothing fresh, but Japan's top volleyball circuit will shake things up next fall.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Dec 17, 2017
Japanese players stay in swing of things even during winter
While it might be the time of year when temperatures are a little cooler and the regular season for almost every major baseball league is weeks in the rearview mirror, that doesn't mean there aren't a host of players still darting around a diamond somewhere.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 15, 2017
Sean Dyche has Burnley moving in right direction
The Visit Lancashire website lists as one of the things to see in Burnley as the "iconic Singing Ringing Tree which towers high above Burnley on Crown Point Moor and has been named in the top 10 pieces of 'sound art' in the world."
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Dec 7, 2017
Brave Thunders captain Ryusei Shinoyama surprised and upbeat about team's impending ownership change
Energetic veteran Ryusei Shinoyama said that he did not get upset with the announcement because he is competing in an anything-can-happen professional sports circuit.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 2, 2017
Frontale capture J. League title with rout of Ardija; Antlers held
Kawasaki Frontale clinched their first-ever J. League title with a 5-0 win over Omiya Ardija on Saturday, snatching the silverware from under Kashima Antlers' noses on goal difference.
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.
Japan buys first South Korean rice in over two decades as prices surge
Bags of rice at a warehouse in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Japan imported South Korean rice for the first time since 1999 this month amid soaring domestic prices for the staple grain.
Nvidia CEO lobbies Japan to generate more power to fuel AI
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang answers questions from reporters after his meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Monday.
Nvidia CEO urges LDP to build up Japan’s AI infrastructure
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba receives a gift from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the start of their meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Monday.
Yen on the march as Plaza Accord 2.0 debate grows
The yen strengthened dramatically this month — hitting ¥139.9 to the dollar on Tuesday — and could become a topic of conversation in trade talks between the United States and Japan.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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