Point guard Herb Gibson scored the game-winning basket with 3 seconds remaining, leading the Ryukyu Golden Kings to a 70-69 victory on Friday over the visiting Niigata Albirex BB. The Golden Kings, who improved to 5-16, got a team-high 18 points from Eric Walton and 12 from Danny Jones, while Gibson finished with nine. For the Albirex (13-10), Makoto Hasegawa had a team-best 18 points and Matt Garrison added 17. Meanwhile, a bj-league spokesman told The Japan Times on Friday that the league’s commissioner, Toshimitsu Kawachi, will attend the NBA All-Star Weekend festivities in New Orleans from Feb. 15-17. Kawachi has established ties with the NBA and has visited the United States to see Commissioner David Stern.
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Visa violators continue sit-in at Immigration
by Tomohiro Osaki
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, ...