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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 5, 2016

Stars step up to steer Giants past archrival Tigers

A red-hot Randy Messenger was dealing, and it didn't look as if the Yomiuri Giants were going to have many chances to cool him off.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 5, 2016

How Zika can save the Olympics

Golfers, along with stars from other already enriched sports, have no place in the Olympics.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 29, 2016

Pacquet-Brenner takes us through 'Dark Places'

Two years after the opening of the pervertedly female-empowering "Gone Girl" (based on Gillian Flynn's best-selling novel), I'm one of the people who still get chills when remembering Rosamund Pike's monologue. "Gone Girl" officially put Flynn's name on the map in more ways than one. Her online reputation...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Jun 28, 2016

Castellanos helping Tigers stay in race for AL Central

The Detroit Tigers should thank their lucky stars they're still in the thick of the race for the American League Central title.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 24, 2016

Swallows' Yamada pounces on Dragons in series opener

Japanese baseball's interleague interlude gave Central League pitchers a brief respite from having their ERAs ruined by Tetsuto Yamada. But on a somewhat wet Friday night at Jingu Stadium, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows star declared school was back in session.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Jun 22, 2016

Japan's koseki system: dull, uncaring but terribly efficient

Family registry system can seem schizophrenic but its authority keeps citizens out of the courts.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 20, 2016

Repetition and role-play are crucial for speaking success in Japanese

Applying repetition to speaking practice will help you sound more natural and bring phrases to your tongue more easily.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jun 16, 2016

Iconic Ichiro earned new place in history

During a May segment on the ESPN program 'Pardon the Interruption,' hosts Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, former Washington Post sportswriters, were asked to choose if Jackie Bradley Jr.'s 27-game hitting streak or the suddenly blazing form of 42-year-old Ichiro Suzuki, who at the time had reeled...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 4, 2016

Beer essentials: The craft beer boom in Japan shows no sign of running dry

Tomoko Sonoda was a college student during the "Dry Wars," the years immediately following the 1987 release of the game-changing light lager Asahi Super Dry. She and her classmates held tasting parties for the spate of new brews that were released by the three other major breweries in an attempt to compete....
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 30, 2016

Japan shedding 1940s morality by relaxing rules on nightclubs

Late-night dancing is just a step away after the revision of a law that forced nightclubs to close by midnight.
Reader Mail
May 27, 2016

Masuzoe scandal business as usual

About the story "Masuzoe defiant on expenses furor" in the May 21 edition, if ever a city in a purportedly advanced democracy ever deserved the title "Corruption Capital," Tokyo would likely be the front-runner.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
May 18, 2016

Gunma's Hamilton happy to help others shine

The Japan Times has featured periodic interviews with players in the bj-league since 2006 in this long-running series. Gary Hamilton of the Gunma Crane Thunders is the subject of this week's profile. Because the league's final game was held on Sunday, this article wraps up the series in its current format....
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 18, 2016

Sports Agency chief Suzuki getting to grips with task

With this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics just around the corner, sports are currently very much in the spotlight.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
Japan launches government body to address concerns over foreign nationals
The new administrative body would serve as a cross-agency "control tower" to respond to issues such as crime and overtourism involving foreign nationals, according to the government.
Tens of millions of yen found at home of Aum Shinrikyo founder's wife
The house of the wife of the late Chizuo Matsumoto, the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder, in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, in July
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.
Tokyo stocks hit by a perfect storm of tariffs, politics and budget worries
Tokyo stocks are underperforming shares in other large markets globally.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Tokyobike founder believes in taking in sights of dynamic cities slowly
Ichiro Kanai, founder and president of Tokyobike, is developing a niche but a new customer base who want to cycle as part of a lifestyle.

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