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 ...
The Miyazaki Shining Suns, who have a league-worst 5-31 record, and the Eastern Conference-leading Yokohama B-Corsairs (25-9) are on shaky financial ground, multiple sources claim in recent comments to The Japan Times. In the words of one source who spoke on condition of anonymity, ...
It’s a bit premature to say the Ryukyu Golden Kings need to push the panic button. Their 24-8 win-loss record is the league’s best (based on winning percentage), the same as the Yokohama B-Corsairs’ through Sunday. But after a magical 15-0 start, the reigning ...
Coming off a championship game loss to the Ryukyu Golden Kings last spring, the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix have been on a mission to reclaim the title that was theirs in the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons. To do so, the Phoenix must reach the Final ...
Senegalese-born center Pape Faye Mour scored a season-high 21 points, including 9-for-10 at the free-throw line, and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the visiting Yokohama B-Corsairs to a 97-83 victory over the Shinshu Brave Warriors on Saturday night. The B-Corsairs (23-8) climbed into first ...
Matt Garrison did not set forth to reinvent the wheel when he was hired as the Niigata Albirex BB head coach for the 2011-12 season. So after replacing longtime bench boss Masaya Hirose, who was at the helm for 11 seasons in the team’s ...
The Akita Northern Happinets have terminated forward Dan Fitzgerald’s contract, the bj-league club announced on Friday. The Marquette University product struggled to knock down shots since joining the team in December. Fitzgerald, who drained 146 3-pointers and shot 34.6 percent from beyond the arc ...
An individual’s all-around game can flourish when attention to details and a commitment to defense are ever-present. Similarly, the pursuit of defensive excellence can transform a good team into a championship-contending team. Nile Murry and the Niigata Albirex BB share the same goal: to ...
Can shot-blocking maestro Jeral Davis reach the NBA in his late 20s? It’s not impossible. After all guard Pablo Prigioni is a 35-year-old Argentine rookie with the New York Knicks. That said, the Shimane Susanoo Magic center, who turns 29 on Sept. 17, probably ...
All good things must come to an end. For the Chiba Jets, their nine-game winning streak ended on Monday in an 88-77 defeat to the visiting Iwate Big Bulls. Carlos Dixon scored 26 points on 8-for-13 shooting and went 8-for-11 at the free-throw line ...
The Osaka Evessa do not look like a championship contender. And it will probably take a minor miracle for the Western Conference club to qualify for the playoffs this season. But this much is certain: The Evessa are headed in the right direction under ...
The Niigata Albirex BB made exactly 50 percent of their shots from inside the 3-point arc on Saturday in their series opener against the host Tokyo Cinq Reves. And they were even better from beyond the arc, knocking down 13 of 25 shots (52 ...
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 ...
