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Silvio Berlusconi has failed in his attempt to topple the Italian government, leaving him weaker than ever and zapping the aura of invincibility that has surrounded him for two decades as he faces the possible loss of his Senate seat and a ban from ...
Hatsudai has a lot going for it. This quiet low-rise residential neighborhood just minutes west of Shinjuku boasts a friendly traditional shōtengai (shopping street) and a lively annual Awa Odori dance festival. Now add to that a really outstanding restaurant. Anis opened in early ...
International events undermine Japan's democracy. Shame on the International Olympic Committee for being a party to it.
In the glitzy and gossipy world of Japanese celebrity, hardly a week goes by without revelations being made about — or made by — Ichikawa Ebizo XI. For years, the charismatic young star of the kabuki world has never long been out of the ...
Reigning champion Kei Nishikori made quick work of Feliciano Lopez, walloping the Spaniard in a straight-sets victory Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Rakuten Japan Open. The world No. 13 Nishikori needed little over an hour to put away Lopez, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0 ...
Aisin center J.R. Sakuragi scored 13 of his 25 points in the final quarter to lead the Sea Horses to a 74-65 victory over the Toshiba Brave Thunders in Game 4 of the JBL Finals at Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2 on Sunday afternoon. ...
The Toshiba Brave Thunders had a strong late-game surge and prevailed in overtime in Game 2 of the JBL Finals on Thursday night, tying the best-of-five series at one win apiece with a 65-61 victory over the Aisin Sea Horses. Just like in Wednesday’s ...
The powerhouse Sea Horses withstood a tough challenge by Toshiba, but came through down the stretch as Aisin defeated the Brave Thunders 77-71 in Game 1 of the JBL Finals on Wednesday night. Center J.R. Sakuragi had a team-high 20 points and 12 rebounds ...
The Aisin Sea Horses have inarguably been the team to beat in the JBL in recent years, but they aren’t about to rest on their laurels. The Aichi Prefecture-based club finished atop the regular season standings, going 34-8, for the sixth straight season, but ...
After a dismal 2011-12 campaign, the Toshiba Brave Thunders are the JBL’s undisputed Cinderella team this season The addition of frontcourt standouts Nick Fazekas and Mamadou Diouf was one of the biggest factors that sparked their rapid rise. Takuya Kita, the club’s second-year head ...
The Kajima Deers are known as one of the powerhouse teams in the X League, Japan’s corporate football circuit. But they will no longer go with the name “Kajima” after this year. The club announced Wednesday that the 2013 season would be the last ...
Toshiba center Nick Fazekas scored 23 points and grabbed 22 rebounds as the Brave Thunders edged the reigning JBL champion Toyota Motors Alvark 64-62 in the decisive third game of the playoff semifinals at Todoroki Arena on Tuesday night. With the victory, the Brave ...
Alex Ramirez edges closer to history during the BayStars' victory over the Swallows
Rivalries are perhaps the superfine ingredient that works to spice up teams and athletes and make fans louder. Think of the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in the major leagues, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens in the NFL, Real Madrid and ...
A lot of passion with different ways of cheering for each respective nation. That’s one of the things you can taste only at the World Baseball Classic. For Sunday’s semifinal between Japan and Puerto Rico, the stands were filled with an enormous amount of ...
With the World Baseball Classic acting as a showcase in front of major league scouts, Team Japan has obviously been one of the countries attracting attention from the men with stop watches and speed guns in the stands. In the first two rounds held ...
Team Japan sure put it all together Sunday night. But who would have thought it would earn the victory with a slugfest? A total of 17 hits, six of them home runs. That’s what Japan racked up during a 16-4 win over the Netherlands ...