The Rizing Fukuoka defeated the Ryukyu Golden Kings 104-97 in overtime on Friday, sending the hosts to their seventh straight defeat. Jeffrey Price scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Joshua Peppers added 26 as Fukuoka improved to 19-24 in the bj-league. For Ryukyu (10-33), Bryan Simpson scored a team-high 26 points and Shigeyuki Kinjo contributed 20. (Ed Odeven)
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Skytree's first anniversary marred by foul signals
by Hiroko Nakata
Tokyo Skytree will celebrate its first anniversary Wednesday but has not yet completed its prime mission of reliably broadcasting to households in the capital and its suburbs. Since December, the world’s tallest free-standing tower, at 634 meters high, has been making test broadcasts to ...