Transport authorities launched a full-fledged investigation Sunday into the derailment of a bullet train on the Akita Shinkansen Line in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on Saturday afternoon.
It's a dangerous, unpredictable world. Twice in January Chinese warships in the East China Sea challenged Japan's Maritime Self Defense Forces patrols in a manner deemed threatening. And on Feb. 12 came North Korea's nuclear test.
Here's an open secret: Japanese men have a bad international reputation on the romance front.
SELLING WOMEN: Prostitution, Markets and the Household in Early Modern Japan, by Amy Stanley. University of California Press, 2012, 282 pp., $49.95 (hardcover) In the vast cultural landscape, Japan fascinates the mainstream with manga and anime, the martial arts, Zen and kimono. Of course, ...
Kenta Maeda shook off worries about his form with five shutout innings as Japan beat China 5-2 in first-round Pool A of the World Baseball Classic on Sunday at Fukuoka Dome. Japan improved to 2-0 following a tough win over Brazil in Saturday evening’s ...
High-scoring forward Ricky Woods, who once set the bj-league’s single-game scoring record with 52 points while playing for the Oita HeatDevils, is on the move again. The 28-year-old New Orleans native has joined the Tokyo Cinq Reves, the expansion team announced on Friday. The ...
Eight straight victories is an impressive feat in any pro sports league. Riding an eight-game winning streak, the Chiba Jets are unbeaten in 2013. Their last eight victories have not come against elite teams; in fact, those teams are a combined 21-67 through Sunday. ...
This season Rizing Fukuoka head coach Atsushi Kanazawa’s message to his players has been consistent. “Don’t back down,” or some similar expression has been the message, according to Rizing power forward Reggie Warren. And Warren was reminded of that during the hard-fought third quarter ...
Osaka Evessa bench boss Bill Cartwright reveals what he thinks are important traits for the team leader after landing his first head coaching job since guiding the Chicago Bulls from 2001-03.
Yuki Togashi won’t technically be an adult for almost six more months, at least that’s true according to Japanese custom. In his bj-leauge debut, the Akita Northern Happinets rookie point guard played well beyond his years in a 88-78 victory over the host Toyama ...
Looking to fine tune their roster for the season’s final three months, the Tokyo Cinq Reves have signed former BYU shooting guard Lee Cummard, the expansion team announced on Friday. Cummard, 27, suited up for the Kyoto Hannaryz last season. His clutch 3-pointer with ...
Finalizing a schedule for a league with an uneven number of teams creates real challenges. For example, the 21-team circuit must always have one squad with a bye week to make the schedule work. Other times that number may be three, but rarely five ...
It’s only been two games, but new coach Bill Cartwright’s no-nonsense challenge to the Osaka Evessa — to play a smart, aggressive brand of basketball, as revealed by several players — is paying off. Osaka took control of the game in the third quarter ...
Call it a successful start. Longtime NBA big man and former Chicago Bulls head coach Bill Cartwright guided the Osaka Evessa to a victory in his first game in charge on Saturday. The Evessa, who beat the visiting Miyazaki Shining Suns 83-73, had five ...
Formed as a six-team breakaway circuit from the old-guard JBL, the bj-league aimed to usher in a new era of pro basketball in Japan in 2005.
