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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 15, 2013

Osaka president Iguchi forced out after three months

Osaka Evessa president Motofumi Iguchi has been forced to resign without ever presiding over a game, The Japan Times has learned.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 3, 2013

Akita veteran guard Hasegawa to retire after season

What has been expected for many months is now official: Makoto Hasegawa is set to retire after this season, the Akita Sakigake Shimpo and other media outlets reported on Tuesday, Hasegawa's 42nd birthday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 5, 2012

Nash hungry to build off Grouses' success last season

Bob Nash has been around the game long enough to know that he doesn't need to go out of his way to complicate things.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 16, 2012

League to test all players for drugs after Washington arrest

After Osaka Evessa star Lynn Washington's Tuesday arrest for his alleged involvement in smuggling a package (1 kg to 1.5 kg, various published reports stated) of marijuana into Japan in November, the bj-league reacted by announcing league-wide drug testing of players will be conducted by Friday.
BASKETBALL
Jan 5, 2012

Levanga cruises past Jets

If anything, Wednesday afternoon's Chiba Jets-Levanga Hokkaido contest was a small step forward for Japanese basketball.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Dec 11, 2011

Three-point ace Takeno shooting for a championship

The Japan Times features periodic interviews with players in the bj-league. Akitomo Takeno of the Rizing Fukuoka is the subject of this week's profile.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 21, 2011

Kabaya starts strong as B-Corsairs evolve

With four games in the books, the expansion Yokohama B-Corsairs now have several relevant things that can be discussed in team meetings. A few trends have started to emerge, too, including the solid play of guards Masayuki Kabaya and Kenji Yamada.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 3, 2010

Hill, Apache set to open training camp in Texas

Before a single shot is taken in the season's first game, every team knows the following:
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 20, 2009

Sojourner continues with charitable efforts

Grassroots efforts play a pivotal role in helping a sport grow and develop a vital presence in a society.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 21, 2008

Sendai personifies team concept

Sometimes making a pass is better than taking a quick shot. In other words, patience does pay off on the basketball court.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 23, 2008

Columbia's Matsui aims to be a leader

Just days after his junior season concluded, K.J. Matsui has already set big targets for his final college basketball season at Columbia University.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 29, 2008

Club world c'ship presents challenges

There's talk that FIBA, basketball's world governing body, wants to create a new club world championship.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 21, 2007

King James: Saitama's Gordon relies on effort to rule boards

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Catch a glimpse of any Saitama Broncos game and this is something you'll see time after time:
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jan 30, 2007

Welcome to Misery Park

Shinjuku's Kabukicho is among the world's largest adult entertainment districts, with thousands of bars and sex clubs providing a cornucopia of nighttime entertainment options.
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Jan 7, 2007

Ashby makes big strides on court

The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in the bj-league -- Japan's first professional basketball circuit -- which is in its second season. Julius Ashby of the Takamatsu Five Arrows is the subject of this week's profile.
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Dec 3, 2006

Marshall calls upon wisdom of legendary coach Knight

The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in Japan's bj-league -- the nation's first pro basketball circuit -- which has started its second season. Mikey Marshall of the Oita HeatDevils is the subject of this week's profile.
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Nov 25, 2006

Terashita: Jordan my idol

Beginning this week The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in Japan's bj-league -- the nation's first pro basketball circuit -- which has started its second season. Daiki Terashita of the Niigata Albirex BB is the subject of this week's profile.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 4, 2006

MVP Washington set to lead champ Evessa's bid for repeat

Want the primer for winning the hearts of fans and a prominent spot in a sport's history books at the same time?
BASKETBALL
Aug 6, 2006

Wily coach Pavlicevic building Japan team block by block

His shoes have trudged across countless hardwood courts from Spain to Japan.
BASKETBALL
Apr 29, 2006

Bryant thinking long term

Tokyo Apache coach Joe Bryant has been all over the world because of basketball, and heading into this weekend, Bryant is hoping for another destination -- the top of the heap in the bj-league.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Sep 28, 2005

'NBA Street' ain't got game

Take the official NBA license, a few dozen nerdy game designers, douse it with store-bought hip-hop flavor, and what do you get? "NBA Street Showdown."
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jun 26, 2020

Filipino phenom Thirdy Ravena to join NeoPhoenix in Aichi

The 23-year-old shooting guard is the first to join the B. League under a new rule encouraging the use of other Asian players.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 14, 2020

Texas Legends assistant coach Takuma Ito gaining valuable experience in G League

Texas Legends assistant coach Takuma Ito has grown more comfortable in his role as part of the team's supporting cast this season, his second with the NBA G League club.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 25, 2020

'He was my everything': NBA's Kobe Bryant mourned at emotional Los Angeles arena tribute

A gallery of basketball legends joined thousands of Kobe Bryant fans in Los Angeles on Monday to pay tribute to the transcendent NBA star, his daughter and seven others who died in a helicopter crash last month that shocked the world of sports and beyond.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 5, 2019

Surveying the B. League coaching landscape entering the 2019-20 season

Coaching longevity with one team isn't a trademark in pro basketball.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 15, 2019

Former NBA forward Ike Diogu joins Susanoo Magic

Nigeria national team captain Ike Diogu, a well-traveled former NBA player, will begin the next chapter of his pro career with the Shimane Susanoo Magic.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 28, 2019

Veteran coach Bob Nash confident in Jun Nakanishi as Fukuoka's new GM

Jun Nakanishi launched his pro basketball career during a period of major changes — nonstop expansion for a decade — here. And so he has witnessed the ups and downs of Japan pro basketball since the inception of the now-disbanded bj-league in 2005.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 2, 2018

Nara the latest destination for high-scoring forward Jeff Parmer

After two seasons in a Yokohama B-Corsairs uniform, power forward Jeff Parmer is ready for a change of scenery.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jul 11, 2018

Former Laker Sasha Vujacic helping launch Saga Ballooners

The Saga Ballooners look to literally launch a big balloon with the help of a former NBA player in order to eventually become a major basketball club in Japan.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
Trump would make U.S. Supreme Court history by attending tariffs case
There is no record in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 235-year history of a sitting president ever attending arguments, according to Clare Cushman, director of publications and resident historian at the Supreme Court Historical Society.
Dodgers clinch back-to-back World Series titles as Blue Jays downed in thriller
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and teammates celebrate after winning the World Series against the Blue Jays. Yamamoto was named MVP for the series.
How airlines are refining their in-flight food in Japan's tourism boom
All Nippon Airways' gourmet program, The Connoisseurs, showcases the Japanese concept of "shun" (peak season for ingredients), giving passengers a preview of the refined cuisine that awaits them in Japan.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
By Alex K.T. Martin

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