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Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Oct 7, 2014

ACLU should be outspoken advocate of Peterson's right to due process

Where is the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) when you REALLY need it?
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Oct 5, 2014

Families run into twin 'walls' as they seek after-school care

The gulf between day care for preschoolers and after-school care for elementary school students can come as a major shock to the system for parents and children alike.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 5, 2014

Hit to Hong Kong's economy spurs opposition to Occupy Central protests

A week into Hong Kong demonstrations notable for their order and endurance, protesters came under an attack highlighting the fault lines of a city torn between commercial interests and a desire for greater democracy.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 3, 2014

Pardew living on borrowed time

As he is English football's answer to Howard Hughes, it is difficult to know what Newcastle owner Mike Ashley is thinking. Ashley does not do interviews. He is the Secretive One.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2014

Google threatened with lawsuit over leaked nude celebrity photos: New York Post

A lawyer who represents about a dozen female celebrities whose private photos were posted online by hackers has threatened to sue Google Inc for failing to take the photos off its websites, according to the New York Post.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 1, 2014

Million Dollar Arm: 'Even Disney can't completely botch a baseball tale'

There's something about baseball that truly gels with movies. My secret conviction is that it's impossible to make a really terrible baseball movie. Even Disney can't botch it up completely, which is why their new true-to-life baseball tale "Million Dollar Arm" will wind up making you cry and glad to...
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 28, 2014

Phoenix break open tie to beat Big Bears

Quarterback Ryohei Takahashi rushed two yards for a fourth-quarter touchdown to break a 7-7 tie as the Nihon University Phoenix defeated the Waseda University Big Bears 14-7 on Sunday at Amino Vital Field in Chofu, Tokyo.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Sep 27, 2014

Yumenoshima: Tokyo's past trash packed into pleasure

Yumenoshima (literally, "Dream Island") in Tokyo's Koto Ward is aptly named because as in real dreams, the island's narrative encompasses both bucolic and nightmarish elements.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Sep 26, 2014

Kojima's terrifying world of the unknown

Hideo Kojima's "P.T." isn't even a full game, and it still might be the scariest video game experience of the year. It is atmospheric, unfailingly creepy, and in future years might be looked back on as the first step in the reimagining of the horror genre.
MULTIMEDIA
Sep 26, 2014

Okinawa set to invite Universal Studios Japan to build theme park near Nago

Okinawa is planning to formally invite Universal Studios Japan to open a theme park in the Nago area, a prefectural official said Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 24, 2014

Kyoto Experiment marries form to cutting-edge content

Kyoto Experiment, the city's monthlong international performing-arts festival that debuted in 2010 and has been growing in popularity in the vanguard of contemporary performance every year since, is now set to embark on its fifth and most radical edition.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 24, 2014

As festival's renown goes global, director hails its local role

Since its launch in 2010, Kyoto Experiment has steadily come to rival, if not even surpass, Festival/Tokyo as the nation's leading annual showcase for cutting-edge performances.
BASKETBALL
Sep 23, 2014

Former Link Tochigi Brex coach Rabedeaux, 49, dies in Vietnam

Longtime basketball coach Jason Rabedeaux, who guided the Link Tochigi Brex to start the 2010-11 JBL season, died on Monday in Ho Chi Minh City. He was 49.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Sep 23, 2014

Williams won't allow Nationals to baby their players

What a difference a day makes.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ASIAN GAMES
Sep 21, 2014

Om grabs Asian Games gold with record lift

North Korean pocket rocket Om Yun Chol broke his own weightlifting world record at the Asian Games on Saturday, while host South Korea matched powerhouse China's gold medal haul with five on the first day of competition.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 20, 2014

Tezuka field goal puts Keio University Unicorns ahead for good against Meiji University Griffins

Taiyo Tezuka kicked a 28-yard field goal to break a 14-14 tie with 5:14 in the fourth quarter as the Keio University Unicorns rallied to beat the Meiji University Griffins 24-14 on Saturday at Kawasaki Fujimi Stadium.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 20, 2014

MVP awards up for grabs in both leagues

Who do you think should be selected as MVPs in the Central and Pacific Leagues this season? There does not appear to be any clear-cut favorite in either league. Ask any Japanese media person or beat writer at the bal park, and they think about it for a moment and answer with a puzzled expression, saying,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Sep 18, 2014

Plan your attack before you hit the gamefloor at Tokyo Game Show

It's time to press the start button for Tokyo Game Show (TGS), and while last year's edition smashed attendance records with more than 270,000 gamers showing up over the course of the event. This year's TGS hopes to be even bigger. The number of exhibitors has reached a record 421, a significant hike...
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Sep 15, 2014

Kagawa capable of making most of fresh start at Dortmund

It cannot have been easy for Shinji Kagawa to leave Manchester United, but if his performance in his first game since returning to Borussia Dortmund is anything to go by, the move is definitely in his best interests.
WORLD
Sep 15, 2014

Uganda seizes explosives, suicide vests from suspected al-Shabaab cell

Police in Kampala seized "substantial amounts of explosives" and suicide vests in raids on a suspected al-Shabaab cell that was planning an imminent attack, a Ugandan official said in an interview on Sunday.
BASKETBALL
Sep 13, 2014

Former NBA big man Ely joins Gunma Crane Thunders

Melvin Ely, the 12th overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft, has accepted a contract offer to play for the Gunma Crane Thunders for the upcoming season.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 13, 2014

Kodomo no Ie: home away from home

The sound of giggling fills a room at Kodomo no Ie, a children's institution in northern Tokyo, as a group of half a dozen girls work on their homework while waiting for dinner to be served. It's the same situation that is typically played out in homes across the country, except these are no ordinary...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / 'SUMMER DAVOS' SPECIAL 2014
Sep 10, 2014

Meeting the challenge of diversity

The latest views on the new roles of leadership and the changing issues leaders are facing are two of the themes that entrepreneur Yoshito Hori is keen to check on at this year's Summer Davos conference.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Sep 9, 2014

Brewers enjoying turnaround despite recent struggles

Darn those woebegone Chicago Cubs!
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Two crew feared dead after ASDF training jet crashes in Aichi
Self-Defense Forces personnel collect apparent parts of an Air Self-Defense Force T-4 training jet from a reservoir in Inuyama, Aichi Prefeture, on Thursday. The jet crashed shortly after takeoff a day earlier.
Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Harmfully hot days for pregnant women in Japan nearly doubled over past five years
New research by a U.S. climate scientists’ group reveals that extreme heat has increased the risks of preterm births and other pregnancy complications in Japan, nearly doubling the number of days that are harmfully hot for pregnant women over the past five years.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Tokyo Stock Exchange wants stocks to be affordable for the average investor
The Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Nihonbashi. The exchange wants companies to lower the entry cost of investing in their shares.
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.

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