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NTT DoCoMo Inc., despite being Japan’s biggest mobile phone carrier, has been struggling against tough smartphone competition from KDDI Corp. and Softbank Corp., which is leading in that area. But one edge that the cellphone behemoth — it has more than 60 million subscribers ...
Throughout most of Japan, June is the rainy season. While all that rainfall is great for rice paddies so that we can have delicious new harvest rice in the fall, it makes it a rather dull month for seasonal produce: The summer’s bounty of ...
If you don’t get into the ring once or twice, then you’re a coward, Geoffrey Ima says as he describes people’s attitudes toward boxing in his hometown in Uganda. Ima has been in the ring hundreds of times and came to love boxing so ...
Claude Regy says the team at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) threw him the “best birthday party ever” when he arrived in Japan just days after the actual May 1 occasion. The 90-year-old French director is hoping for an even better birthday gift, ...
The 27-year-old defender says he was ready for a change of scenery after helping Sanfrecce Hiroshima win theJ. League title last season.
The Rizing Fukuoka and Kyoto Hannaryz renew their rivalry on Saturday in the Western Conference final at Ariake Colosseum. Tipoff is set for 2:10 p.m. The winner will book a spot in the final for the first time, and face the Niigata Albirex BB-Yokohama ...
The Japan Times features periodic interviews with players in the bj-league. Marcus Cousin of the Kyoto Hannaryz is the subject of this week’s profile. Position: Center Age: 26 Ht: 211 cm Wt: 116 kg Hometown: Baltimore College: Houston (final two seasons), Seton Hall Noteworthy: ...
The Final Four is set, with a pair of returning teams and two which haven’t been to the big show for a few seasons. There will be a first-time champion this season. The reigning champion Ryukyu Golden Kings were knocked off by the fifth-seeded ...
The Kyoto Hannaryz stunned the host Ryukyu Golden Kings in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series on Saturday afternoon. The Hannaryz’s 82-57 victory represents a big departure from their 0-4 record during the bj-league regular season against the Golden Kings. Game 2 ...
The Ryukyu Golden Kings are one of three bj-league franchises with two or more championships. But the other two — the Osaka Evessa (three titles) and Hamamatsu Hiagshimikawa Phoenix (two) — are not playing in the conference semifinal round of the playoffs. Osaka didn’t ...
Despite a dreadful 0-8 start to their season in the fall, the Kyoto Hannaryz never pushed the panic button. Coach Honoo Hamaguchi, a demanding coach who sees the big picture, recognized that his team needed time to develop into a cohesive unit, especially since ...
For Honoo Hamaguchi and Dai Oketani, longevity is one part of their success story as the bj-league’s longest-tenured coaches. What’s more, their quality teams are always competitive year after year. Hamaguchi, the Kyoto Hannaryz coach, and Oketani, the Iwate Big Bulls bench boss, are ...
Rebounding from an 0-8 start this season, the Kyoto Hannaryz then rattled off eight straight victories to return to respectability. A quick update: In their last 10 games, they’ve gone 5-5. And the Hannaryz (21-16) currently occupy sixth place in the bj-league’s 10-team Western ...
In the season’s first 24 games, the Osaka Evessa, the bj-league’s first powerhouse team, collected five victories. They’ve now played 10 games under new head coach Bill Cartwright. Their record in that span? Five wins and five defeats. The Evessa snapped a three-game losing ...