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A sit-in by visa violators and their families entered its second day Tuesday in front of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau with protesters seeking government good will. The action at the bureau in Minato Ward is being organized by the Asian People’s Friendship Society, ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“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, ...
Takashi Miike's blood-soaked vengeance tale, one of two Japanese films being shown in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, draws the biggest boos so far, with critics savaging it as overacted and cliched.
Have you ever given your best effort while striving to achieve something but felt like what you were doing was futile? That’s the feeling I’m getting about Tokyo’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics. With just over three months to go until the IOC ...
The Japan Times periodically features interviews with personalities in the bj-league. Coach Zoran Kreckovic of the Osaka Evessa is the subject of this week’s profile. Age: 53Country: Serbia Coaching background: Kreckovic served as head coach for IMT Beopetrol in Serbia from 1997-2000, with a ...
The expansion Tokyo Cinq Reves fell to 0-4 in exhibition play on Sunday, losing 86-69 to the Sendai 89ers in the second day of the Tohoku Cup in Akita. Kevin Coble paced the 89ers with 25 points and Takuya Komoda scored 21 points and ...
Sharpshooter Wayne Arnold, one of the top all-around performers for the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix during the past three seasons, has joined the Shiga Lakestars. The move became official late Saturday night. The Tennessee State product averaged 15.0 points per game for the bj-league championship ...
Hirotaro Nomamoto, the Osaka Evessa general manager since the team entered the bj-league in 2005, was relieved of his duties on Wednesday, sources familiar with the situation told The Japan Times. The Evessa went 0-3 in preseason play, and Nomamoto lost his job two ...
Relations between Japan, China and Taiwan have spiraled out of control over the past week, but a longtime Taiwanese International Olympic Committee member is not using that as a pretext for his vote for the 2020 Summer Olympics. He has, however, admitted that Japan’s ...
For Ryuji Kawai, his second season at the helm has the same aspiration as the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix’s daily message throughout the 2011-12 season: A championship is the only goal. And the high-profile team will aim for that target as a first-year member of ...
With the vote to determine the host of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games less than one year away, Tokyo’s chances of landing the global extravaganza could slip away in the wake of Japan’s ongoing involvement in island disputes with South Korea, China, Russia and ...
Former Georgia Tech guard D’Andre Bell has joined the Chiba Jets for the 2012-13 season, the bj-league team announced on Saturday. The Los Angeles native played sparingly in the 2011-12 season, according to published reports. He signed with the Quebec Kebs of Canada’s NBL ...
The Greek economy is in horrible shape. The eurozone has been on shaky ground for years. And, yes, the Greek League is barely surviving. “Teams are compiling huge debts even as player salaries shrink,” Ken Maguire wrote in an SI.com report in April. “Desperate ...
If the current rate of signings keeps up, don’t be surprised if a Cameroon basketball fan club is soon established in Japan. Former Arizona State forward Serge Angounou has signed a contract to play for the Chiba Jets this season, the bj-league club announced ...
After another offseason of major changes, the bj-league is entering year eight of its curious existence. Preseason competition will get the wheels in motion for the 21-team circuit, featuring two expansion clubs (Tokyo Cinq Reves, Gunma Crane Thunders), a squad that went 2-50 a ...
Another season, another team for Julius Ashby. The veteran big man will suit up for his fifth bj-league squad, the Rizing Fukuoka, after playing for the Shiga Lakestars last season. He patrolled the middle for the Niigata Albirex BB in 2010-11, and collected paychecks ...