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BASEBALL
Nov 25, 2012

Samurai Japan fans will miss nation's MLB players in upcoming WBC

They are dropping like flies. Talking here about Japanese players in the major leagues who have decided they will not play in the World Baseball Classic in March. Yu Darvish, Hisashi Iwakuma, Norichika Aoki, Ichiro Suzuki and Hiroki Kuroda, members of their country's championship teams in 2006 and 2009,...
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 25, 2012

The convoluted crime spree of Amagasaki's 'piranha family'

By next week, the media will start compiling lists of the top news stories of 2012. The short list can be expected to include natural and manmade disasters, political bombshells, international disputes, indiscretions by celebrities in the worlds of sports and entertainment and, of course, sensational...
EDITORIALS
Nov 25, 2012

More platform barriers

Progress on installing protective barriers on Japan's train station platforms have stalled, according to the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry. Railway companies have installed platform barriers on only 34, or 14 percent, of the 235 stations (with 100,000 or more passengers per day)...
WORLD / Politics
Nov 24, 2012

Ultimate taboo for military spouses: infidelity

Military spouses talk about almost everything. In running groups, prayer groups, writing groups, many spouses say they lean on one another heavily while their partners are overseas on yet another deployment in this decade of war.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 23, 2012

Williams says changing Saitama track record not easy

Tracy Williams is the Saitama Broncos' eighth head coach since the team entered the bj-league in 2005. Only ex-NBA forward David Benoit lasted more than one season during his time at the helm — 2006-08 — and the Broncos were 36-48 in those two campaigns.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 23, 2012

New mental approach led to banner season, Yoshikawa admits

Mitsuo Yoshikawa didn't just come out of nowhere this season. That would be putting it too simply. Try nowhere taken to a whole new obscure level, then go even further. Somewhere on the outskirts of that is where you'd find Yoshikawa.
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2012

Nintendo warns of Wii U software update dangers

Nintendo Co. is warning buyers of its Wii U not to turn off the console while downloading a mandatory firmware update after some customers complained their devices were damaged during the process.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2012

Peru pushes for cultural exchanges

Peruvian Ambassador Elard Escala, who was appointed in April, said Tuesday cultural exchanges will be key to deepening his nation's ties with Japan.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Nov 20, 2012

Japan gave Yamamoto something to build on against Cuba

Koji Yamamoto made it through his first two games in charge of the Japan national team with a pair of victories against Cuba, the world's top-ranked baseball team.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 20, 2012

Ishiharas — family ties with a twist

The Ishiharas trail the Hatoyamas 2-0 in prime ministers. But when it comes to the variety, prominence and celebrity of each individual member, not many families in Japan today can compete with the Ishihara bunch.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2012

Abe ups pressure on BOJ for unlimited stimulus

Liberal Democratic Party chief Shinzo Abe, who could become the next prime minister after December's general election due to his party's popularity, heaped pressure on the Bank of Japan by calling Thursday for unlimited monetary stimulus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / NOTEBOOK
Nov 14, 2012

English speech contest for teachers; charity run and walk for children's rights

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BASKETBALL
Nov 13, 2012

Goya leads Brave Warriors past B-Corsairs

A lot has changed since May 2006, when the Toyama Grouses made guard Takanori Goya the No. 1 pick in the bj-league draft.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 11, 2012

Heartening new film will add to rising dementia awareness in Japan

"My mother having dementia turned into a chance for us to relate to each other again and even have fun in each other's company."
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Nov 11, 2012

WBC squad may be hurting for top-line pitching

Japan manager Koji Yamamoto said his World Baseball Classic team would mirror previous Japan squads and be built around pitching and defense.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Nov 9, 2012

Kyushu 2012 — once more, two yokozuna heading the rankings

For the first time since 2009, the Kyushu Basho, Nov. 11-25, will see two yokozuna featured on the ranking sheet. Hakuho is in the slightly more prestigious east slot, with Harumafuji over on the west side of the banzuke.
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Nov 7, 2012

Celebration routines out of control

Former longtime Japan resident Dave Wiggins, who was a sports columnist and television analyst in Tokyo, is now a sports writer based in Vero Beach, Florida. He will be contributing a bi-monthly column on the North American sports scene to The Japan Times beginning today. Wiggins, who was a TV sportscaster...

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers