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EDITORIALS
Dec 29, 2010

Japan's 'hot' year

The kanji "sho" for "hot" has been chosen by the Japanese people as best representing 2010 in a poll organized by the Kyoto-based Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation. No doubt the memory of last summer's record-breaking heat is still fresh in people's minds, but ironically the summer also brought...
BASKETBALL
Dec 27, 2010

Broncos roll against cold-shooting Apache

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — Solid shooting and effective passing made a big difference for the Saitama Broncos in their final game of 2010.
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Dec 22, 2010

Mao facing intense pressure at nationals

On a crisp morning last week Mao Asada tore off triple jumps one after another during a practice at the Shin-Yokohama Skate Center. It looked like business as usual for the two-time world champion and Olympic silver medalist.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 24, 2010

Ishihara's late strike gives Omiya Ardija draw against Vissel Kobe

SAITAMA — Naoki Ishihara salvaged an 85th-minute equalizer to all-but secure Omiya Ardija's first-division survival and edge Vissel Kobe closer to the relegation trapdoor with a 2-2 draw on Tuesday.
BASKETBALL
Nov 21, 2010

Golden Kings look sharp in win over Evessa

The Ryukyu Golden Kings are starting to play like a championship contender again, and two former league MVPs are setting the tone for the Western Conference club.
BASKETBALL
Nov 20, 2010

Phoenix cruise past Hannaryz

The Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix improved to a league-best 10-1, defeating the host Kyoto Hannaryz 96-82 on Friday in the bj-league.
BASKETBALL
Oct 31, 2010

Defending champion Phoenix make statement against Apache

The Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix haven't skipped a beat since winning the bj-league championship for the first time in May.
CULTURE / Books
Oct 31, 2010

Odd tales, torments

In the 120 years since Lafcadio Hearn first arrived on these shores, Japan has traded superstition for Super Mario. Were Hearn to disembark in Yokohama today and travel through the country, would he be able to compile contemporary "Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan" or "Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange...
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Oct 22, 2010

Mao starts bid for third world title at NHK Trophy

NAGOYA — Mao Asada begins her quest for a third world title when she takes the ice at the Grand Prix season-opening NHK Trophy on Friday night in her native Nagoya.
BASKETBALL
Oct 20, 2010

Lottich-led HeatDevils edge Hannaryz

The Oita HeatDevils earned their first win under coach L.J. Hepp on Tuesday, beating the visiting Kyoto Hannaryz 66-63.
BASKETBALL
Oct 15, 2010

Golden Kings should rule West

A pair of new expansion teams, the Miyazaki Shining Suns and the Shimane Susanoo Magic, join the bj-league's Western Conference this season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 10, 2010

Contract loophole opened door for Nomo's jump

Second in a four-part series
CULTURE / Film
Oct 8, 2010

Movie program offers some Japanese gems

For foreign residents, monolingual or no, Tokyo International Film Festival offers a good chance to see new Japanese films with subtitles, especially in three of the main sections: Competition, Special Screenings and Japanese Eyes.
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Oct 3, 2010

Shoji makes a splash in international debut

With world junior champion Kanako Murakami moving up to the senior ranks this season, there may have been some trepidation in Japanese skating circles about who would represent the next wave of young talent among the ladies.
OLYMPICS
Sep 12, 2010

English, Japanese and translation

The recent decision by two Japanese companies to make English their language of business has unleashed a complicated mix of emotions. It is undeniable, though, that English has become the world language and that being able to communicate through English is increasingly important in an age of globalization....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 27, 2010

Guitarist Watanabe reworks classic for Tokyo Jazz Festival

Some artists never want to experience their work once it's made. U.S. film director Woody Allen famously never watches his own films; perhaps it's because he does not dwell on the past that he has been able to make a new feature nearly every year since 1969 while maintaining a trademark style.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2010

108 school judo class deaths but no charges, only silence

Yasuhiko Kobayashi's 15-year-old son had skipped judo practice.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 6, 2010

Animation fest seeks peace

Hiroshima plays host to various types of animated films from all over the world this weekend.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jul 18, 2010

No lack of foreign candidates to manage Swallows

It has been reported the Tokyo Yakult Swallows are looking for a former player to take over as manager in 2011, and pitching coach Daisuke Araki, a one-time Yakult pitcher, is the presumed leading candidate to become the next field boss.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 16, 2010

Hannaryz mum on Abdul-Rauf's future

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf's future with the Kyoto Hannaryz is still uncertain.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 2, 2010

Blackwell to become new coach of Evessa

While attending Syracuse University, Ryan Blackwell played for one of NCAA basketball's most successful coaches, Jim Boeheim.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 22, 2010

The bright career of a literary 'shadow hero'

American author Paul Auster once called translators "the shadow heroes of literature," who have enabled us to understand that we all live in one world. He could also be describing Juliet Winters Carpenter, 61, one of the best-known literary translators from Japanese to English, who has won praise for...
BASKETBALL
May 10, 2010

Evessa clinch West; Phoenix nab 41st win

The Osaka Evessa defeated the Rizing Fukuoka 81-79 and wrapped up the bj-league's regular-season Western Conference title on Sunday.

Longform

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