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The head of an official inquiry into the deadly collapse of a Bangladesh factory complex said the building’s owner was the “main culprit” for the disaster because he violated construction codes. The cave-in of the eight-story Rana Plaza outside the capital last month killed ...
Throughout most of Japan, June is the rainy season. While all that rainfall is great for rice paddies so that we can have delicious new harvest rice in the fall, it makes it a rather dull month for seasonal produce: The summer’s bounty of ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Claude Regy says the team at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) threw him the “best birthday party ever” when he arrived in Japan just days after the actual May 1 occasion. The 90-year-old French director is hoping for an even better birthday gift, ...
As far as debuts go, Shohei Otani's delivered. The celebrated rookie pitched fairly well on Thursday night, and though he finished outside the decision, he left the mound with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters well within striking distance of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Like a veteran boxer with 75 bouts on his resume, the Oita HeatDevils’ American quartet —Wendell White, Matt Lottich, Taj Finger and Cyrus Tate — is not going down without a fight. They’ve laced up their gloves, so to speak, and are headed into ...
The Ryukyu Golden Kings routed the host Oita HeatDevils in the second half on Saturday, turning a close contest into a 100-68 annihilation in Beppu, Oita Prefecture. The unbeaten Golden Kings (13-0) scored 59 second-half points to Oita’s 30. They shot 62.7 percent from ...
The on-the-verge-of-bankruptcy Oita HeatDevils will field an undermanned team this weekend at home, a squad that’s a cheap imitation of the 12-man unit that had the potential to reach the Final Four this season. And then it’ll be back to the drawing board with ...
The Oita HeatDevils assembled one of the league’s top rosters, a smart collection of veterans, and produced nine victories over their first 14 games, fewer wins than only one club in the 10-team Western Conference — the perennial powerhouse Ryukyu Golden Kings. More of ...
The Miyazaki Shining Suns have endured a miserable start to the 2012-13 season. After a victory in their first game against the Shiga Lakestars on Oct. 13, Miyazaki lost its next 12 games, and most of them were blowouts. Coach Junichiro Hongo’s club snapped ...
David Palmer scored a team-high 19 points and Gyno Pomare poured in 14 as the Kyoto Hannaryz topped the visiting Takamatsu Five Arrows 80-69 on Saturday. Coach Honoo Hamaguchi’s club is among the league’s hottest teams right now, the Hannaryz (5-8) winning their fifth ...
The Iwate Big Bulls held off the host Yokohama B-Corsairs in overtime on Friday night, winning 89-84 in the bj-league series opener. Reggie Okosa paced the Big Bulls (11-2) with 22 points and 17 rebounds (seven offensive boards). Carlos Dixon scored 19 points for ...
The Sendai 89ers are lending a helping hand to a 17-year-old South Dakota student’s fight against cancer. Halfway around the world, Conrad Adam, a high school basketball player, has his own team of supporters, the 89ers. In fact, they are part of a larger ...
Tracy Williams is the Saitama Broncos’ eighth head coach since the team entered the bj-league in 2005. Only ex-NBA forward David Benoit lasted more than one season during his time at the helm — 2006-08 — and the Broncos were 36-48 in those two ...
Momentum shifts from time to time during an ordinary basketball game, and there are several big scoring spurts to witness. Nothing unusual about that, and this is what happened on Sunday: A 19-point third-quarter lead had vanished to a meager four points for the ...
Nearly six months after being released from Osaka Prefectural Police custody, Dana Washington, wife of bj-league legend and former Osaka Evessa star Lynn Washington, decided it was time to tell her side of the story. During an exclusive interview with The Japan Times earlier ...
The Ryukyu Golden Kings celebrated their ninth victory in as many games this season, edging the visiting Oita HeatDevils 85-82 on Saturday evening in a clash between the Western Conference’s first- and second-place clubs. University of Georgia product Terrance Woodbury, an offseason acquisition for ...