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BASKETBALL
Jun 9, 2007

Palmer weighs future

For David Palmer, winning back-to-back championships with the Osaka Evessa will always be an unforgettable memory.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2007

Mirror images of arrogance

NEW YORK — This week's summit of the major Group of Eight nations will probably be the last such meeting for U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
CULTURE / Books
May 13, 2007

Opening the shutter to internment

IMPOUNDED: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment, by Dorothea Lange, edited by Linda Gordon and Gary Y. Okihiro. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006, 205 pp., $29.95 (cloth) Reviewed by DAVID COZY On Feb. 14, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed "Executive...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 11, 2007

'Just for Kicks'

It's funny how sometimes a film will think it's one thing when actually it's something else entirely. Take, for example, "Just For Kicks." This MTV-affiliated documentary directed by Thibaut de Longeville is under the impression that it's about sneakers, sneaker mania and hip-hop. But anyone who watches...
BASKETBALL
May 8, 2007

Fukuoka team's nickname revealed

Toshimitsu Kawachi, the bj-league commissioner, announced Monday the Fukuoka expansion club will be known as the Rizing Fukuoka. The squad joins the league next fall along with the Okinawa-based Ryukyu Golden Kings, increasing the league's total to 10 teams.
BASKETBALL
Apr 24, 2007

Teamwork makes Evessa worthy champs

This just in: The Osaka Evessa have officially mastered the art of celebrating a championship.
BASKETBALL
Apr 23, 2007

Evessa claims second straight bj-league c'ship

The joy of winning never grows old.
BASKETBALL
Apr 20, 2007

JABBA sets schedule

Even after the FIBA World Championship ended, there is not time to play hooky.
BASKETBALL
Apr 19, 2007

Sparks provides comic relief, big plays for team

Rasheed Sparks delivers passes and takes them away with equal precision. He also delivers some of the best punch lines in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Apr 15, 2007

Red rubber balls foster fun, motivation and life's sense of adventure

The red rubber ball soared over a wall, traced an arc against the springtime Tokyo sky and fell -- ker-plump! -- into the playground of Takanawadai Elementary School.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB'S EFFECT ON JAPAN
Apr 12, 2007

Foreign managers change face of Japanese game

This is the second installment in a four-part series.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 10, 2007

Cracks appear in Tiger's major myth

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- A 4-iron wasn't the only thing that Tiger Woods broke Sunday at the Masters.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 6, 2007

Okada best Japanese player, Goya top native rookie in league's 2nd season

As a professional sports league grows, players become established stars. Such is the case with the bj-league, where Japanese basketball players are becoming household names in their home country.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Apr 1, 2007

Most fans frozen out of skating worlds

It was a great show, but it could have been better.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 29, 2007

Prince James should not be close to action at Cavs games

NEW YORK -- The camera attested to LeBron James' sensitivity the other night when the Knicks were in Cleveland, zeroing on him as he delicately tucked a folded towel to cushion the head of toddler, James, Jr., who was laying in front of the Cavaliers bench.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 21, 2007

Kobe's 65 proof he's Picasso on court

NEW YORK -- Since Kobe Bryant was an adolescent he has been consumed with visions of majesty.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 20, 2007

Tragedy swirls around Tamiflu

On Feb. 4, 2004, on a cold, snowy day in Gero, Gifu Prefecture, Haruhiko Nokiba's 17-year-old son fell sick. The fevered teen visited a local doctor, tested negative for a flu virus but was prescribed an antiviral drug called Symmetrel. He took a capsule that evening and another the following morning,...
BASKETBALL
Mar 19, 2007

Oita edges Tokyo in overtime

Nobody wants to lose game after game. But how you react to those losses also says a lot about your personality as a player and as a team.
Reader Mail
Mar 14, 2007

Rules needed against hateful rants

Regarding Grant Piper's Feb. 25 letter, "Freedom to dislike anything": True, short of libel, Americans have the right to express politically incorrect hateful, twisted thoughts. And, indeed, consumers can (and sometimes do) vote nay against entertainment and sports personalities by withholding dollars....
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 10, 2007

HeatDevils need more Ayer

After the opening tipoff, every statistic that is quickly jotted down on a sheet of paper or frantically typed into a computer becomes a permanent piece of a game's history.
Reader Mail
Feb 25, 2007

Freedom to dislike anything

Regarding the Feb. 17 article "NBA sanctions ex-star Hardaway following anti-gay tirade": The recent trouble that American basketball player Hardaway has found himself in gives us lots to consider. First, since when does a single sentence ("I hate gay people") amount to a "tirade"? By definition, a tirade...
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 23, 2007

Davis, Newton top pivots

Who is the bj-league's best all-around center?
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 21, 2007

Warriors trying to bring Kidd home

LAS VEGAS -- Cheerless to say, yet indisputably reasonable, in all likelihood, we've seen the last of Jason Kidd in a Nets uniform.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 10, 2007

Ashby delivers for Five Arrows

Every basketball coach wants their center to become, well, a center of attention.
BASKETBALL
Feb 10, 2007

Takeuchi to sign with Aisin

Center Kosuke Takeuchi, one of Japan's up-and-coming basketball standouts, will next play for the Aisin Seahorses, the JBL announced. Takeuchi, who turned 22 in January, played college ball at Keio University.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Feb 2, 2007

Ward, James take honors for January

The best defense is a strong offense, someone with a clipboard, a whistle and a captive audience once said.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 2, 2007

Cashman, Levine take show from China to Japan

The New York Yankees were global even before Kei Igawa, Wang Chien-ming and Hideki Matsui donned the pinstripes, but diversifying the roster is only the beginning for the well-known club.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 28, 2007

Sparks plugs hoop with windmill dunk

GINOWAN, Okinawa Pref. -- Rasheed Sparks is having a sensational season for the Takamatsu Five Arrows.
BASKETBALL
Jan 27, 2007

A big step: bj-league stages 1st All-Star Game

GINOWAN, Okinawa -- Pick a sport, any sport, and the following is a guarantee: All-Star games are fun events for fans and players alike.
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.
Junglia, Japan’s newest theme park, opens in northern Okinawa
In Junglia’s Dinosaur Safari attraction during a media preview on Thursday, a casual drive through a habitat for the prehistoric creatures goes haywire when several Tyrannosaurus rexes break out of containment.
Extreme heat grips Japan, including even Hokkaido
The city of Obihiro in Hokkaido amid scorching heat on Thursday
‘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.
Ishiba rules out joint document on U.S. tariffs as deal's details trickle out
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech at an event in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Friday afternoon.
Behind the scenes: Inside Fuji Rock’s strategy for staying on top
In recent years, Fuji Rock has had fewer blockbuster performers and showcased more top-selling Japanese acts and international musicians' first-time performances in Japan.
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.
Hall of Fame always held deeper meaning for Ichiro
Ichiro presents then-Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson with the bat he used to break the single-season hits record in 2004.
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.
JT picks: What not to miss at Fuji Rock 2025
Fuji Rock Festival turns the green slopes of Niigata Prefecture’s Naeba Ski Resort into a summer escape that offers soundtracks for every mood.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
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