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BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 20, 2009

Nuggets look poised for first trip to NBA Finals

NEW YORK — Undersized market. Unsightly tattoos. Unadulterated threat to come out of the West and reach the Supreme Court for the first time since the sphere of influence was red, white and blue (1976) and their coach was known simply as Twin Town Brown.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 15, 2009

Newton, Washington reunited in Ryukyu-Osaka semifinal clash

When future historians document the early years of the bj-league, they'll spend plenty of time chronicling the achievements of Jeff Newton and Lynn Washington.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 10, 2009

Apache run past 89ers in Game 1

Since losing in the bj-league championship game last May to the Osaka Evessa, the Tokyo Apache have had one clear mission: earning a return ticket to the final.
BASKETBALL
May 10, 2009

HeatDevils hoping to live to see fifth season

The Oita HeatDevils endured an 8-44 regular season, the worst record in the bj-league this season. And now the team is looking to find a way to remain in business.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 8, 2009

Apache, 89ers ready to rumble at Ariake

Now that the bj-league's Western Conference finalists are set with the Osaka Evessa and the Ryukyu Golden Kings, the spotlight falls on a quartet of Eastern Conference squads this weekend.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 6, 2009

Benoit resigns after two seasons as Broncos coach

David Benoit has ended his tenure as the head coach of the Saitama Broncos, The Japan Times has learned.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 6, 2009

Bulls' Noah starting to come into his own

NEW YORK — How frequently do coaches warn defenders not to leave their feet, to "stay down" on jump shooters?
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 1, 2009

Three-time champ Evessa faces tough playoff series against Five Arrows

Who will be crowned the 2008-09 bj-league champion?
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 24, 2009

Top scorer Parker sidelined with injury

Michael Parker, the bj-league's leading scorer this season, will be sidelined for two to three weeks with a right knee injury, Rizing Fukuoka coach John Neumann said.
Japan Times
SUMO
Apr 19, 2009

Hakuho remains student of sumo despite success

Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho says his style of sumo is nothing special.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 12, 2009

Veteran announcer Bickard calling NPB games on TV in English

Did you know there is English-language coverage (though very limited) of some Pacific League games in Japan?
BASKETBALL
Apr 11, 2009

Kawamura leaves

Takuya Kawamura, a guard in the Japan Basketball League, has opted not to play for Japan's national men's team, choosing instead to pursue a career in the NBA.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 10, 2009

Broncos making late push for playoff spot

The Saitama Broncos picked up a pair of important victories last weekend, overwhelming the Toyama Grouses in the process. Those wins were by a combined 50 points.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Apr 5, 2009

Washington, Ryukyu forwards recognized for excellence in March

Two-time league MVP Lynn Washington knows how to inspire his Osaka Evessa teammates.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 30, 2009

Confident Gardener finds his range to boost Phoenix past Apache

If you shot 4-for-31 from the field, as Michael Gardener did on Saturday, you'd probably expect to shoot a better percentage in your next basketball game.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 29, 2009

Carp skipper Brown excited about team's chances

Hiroshima Carp manager Marty Brown says he expects his team to be much improved this season and does not feel any pressure to get the club into the Central League Climax Series.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 27, 2009

League admits blown call cost Saitama game

Some games are difficult to forget.
BASKETBALL
Mar 26, 2009

Sea Horses repeat as JBL champs

David Young scored 20 points and J.R. Sakuragi added 17 to lead the Aisin Sea Horses to a 79-59 championship-clinching victory over the Hitachi Sunrockers in Game 4 of the Japan Basketball League Finals on Wednesday at Yoyogi Gymnasium Annex.
BASKETBALL
Mar 25, 2009

Broncos' Shimizu grabs award

Saitama Broncos guard Taishiro Shimizu is entering his prime as a professional basketball player. In a sign of things to come, he showcased his offensive and defensive skills with equal efficiency last weekend.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 25, 2009

Brown's flexibility helping Cavaliers excel

CLEVELAND — Normally, a hiring of a coach ahead of a general manager is an NBA recipe for restiveness, if not all-out revolution.
BASKETBALL
Mar 23, 2009

Sea Horses take 2-1 series lead

J.R. Sakuragi scored 20 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead five players in double figures as the Aisin Sea Horses defeated the Hitachi Sunrockers 81-71 in Game 3 of the Japan Basketball League finals on Sunday in Tokyo.
BASKETBALL
Mar 22, 2009

Rice, Takeuchi lead Sunrockers to series-tying win

Lamar Rice scored a game-high 20 points and frontcourt mate Joji Takeuchi added 18 as the Hitachi Sunrockers edged the Aisin Sea Horses 65-62 in Game 2 of the Japan Basketball League finals on Saturday at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
BASKETBALL
Mar 18, 2009

Sunrockers advance to JBL finals

The Hitachi Sunrockers earned a trip to the Japan Basketball League finals, defeating the Panasonic Trians 76-62 in the decisive Game 3 of the playoff semifinals on Monday in Tokyo.
BASKETBALL
Mar 16, 2009

Sea Horses advance to JBL finals

Shinsuke Kashiwagi scored 23 points and J.R. Sakuragi added 17 to lead the Aisin Sea Horses to a 67-62 series-clinching victory over the Tokyo Alvark in Game 2 of the Japan Basketball League semifinals on Sunday at Tokyo's Yoyogi Gymnasium Annex.
BASKETBALL
Mar 14, 2009

Aisin's Takeuchi named JBL MVP

Aisin Sea Horses center/forward Kosuke Takeuchi is the Japan Basketball League's 2008-09 regular-season MVP, it was announced on Thursday.
BASKETBALL
Mar 6, 2009

Apache rebound with win

How a team plays in the game after a loss is often a more revealing test of a team's character than a game that occurs after a victory. Ancient Greek philosophers have said similar things, but they never watched basketball.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Mar 4, 2009

Nakagawa, Ashby cited for performance in Feb.

With the addition of point guard Kazuyuki Nakagawa, the Takamatsu Five Arrows became a more potent basketball team in January.
CULTURE / Film
Feb 20, 2009

'Halfway'

"Halfway" ("Harufuwei") has one of those katakana titles that is supposed to sound vaguely exotic and mysterious to its intended audience — Japanese of about the same age as its teenage protagonists — but may strike native speakers as prosaic, even boring.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 18, 2009

Hawkins as elusive off court as he was on it

PHOENIX — For weeks and weeks I called every person I thought who might be able to put me in touch with Arizona's first sports superstar.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 11, 2009

Kobe, LeBron embarrassed Knicks at home

NEW YORK — It's amazing the way the Knicks are genuflecting to superstars the days.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India
Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
At LDP’s post-election meeting, calls intensify for Ishiba’s resignation
Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba, flanked by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama (left) and LDP Vice President Yoshihide Suga, speaks at a meeting of party lawmakers and executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
‘Demon Slayer’ movie slashes its own box office records
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” is the first installment in a trilogy that's set to wrap the anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoke's manga about sword-wielding heroes fighting man-eating demons.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.
Japan and NATO to launch defense-industrial talks, top envoy says
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte looks at military equipment on the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami stealth frigate during a visit to the MSDF's naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in April.
Three decades and a pile of notebooks: The beat writer who chronicled Ichiro’s career
Reporters and photographers, including long-time baseball beat writer Keizo Konishi, swarm around Ichiro Suzuki during the World Baseball Classic in San Diego in 2009.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.

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