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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Apr 18, 2019

Japan residents can register for Tokyo 2020 Olympics ticket lottery from May 9

Registration for the lottery will be possible from May 9 via the ticket sales website, where users can choose which Olympic events they wish to attend.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Apr 16, 2019

'Super Saturdays' to highlight schedule for Tokyo Olympics

Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics unveiled the competition schedule on Tuesday, giving fans hoping to attend the games their first opportunity to plan their itineraries.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 14, 2019

Brex dominate Sunrockers as postseason approaches

By their own high standards, the Tochigi Brex got off to a bit of a slow start in Sunday's series finale against the Sunrockers Shibuya.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 13, 2019

Yuki Togashi nails clutch jumper in closing seconds to propel Jets past rival Alvark

Yuki Togashi didn't have his best shooting game on Saturday.
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 12, 2019

TryHoop Okayama to join B. League's third division for 2019-20 season

TryHoop Okayama, a new men's pro basketball team, will join the B. League's third division for the 2019-20 season, it was announced on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 2, 2019

Divining North Korea's U.S. policy

After his disappointing summit with Trump in Hanoi, what directio will Kim take?
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 31, 2019

SeaHorses smash Grouses to remain in playoff hunt

After two wildly successful regular seasons, the SeaHorses Mikawa have experienced the normal ups and downs that teams endure during a long pro basketball season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 30, 2019

Jets outplay East rival Brex, extend winning streak to 11

Between them, the Chiba Jets Funabashi and Tochigi Brex have won a remarkable 85 of 102 regular-season games this season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 24, 2019

Former Gonzaga center Robert Sacre replicates Bulldogs' success for Sunrockers

The Gonzaga University men’s basketball team is generating plenty of headlines during the ongoing NCAA Tournament on both sides of the Pacific Ocean.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 20, 2019

Rakuten's Hiroshi Mikitani has a new goal for his 17,000 workers: Learn to code

Less than a decade after stunning workers at his tech giant with an edict to learn English, billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani wants to do the same with computer programming.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Mar 17, 2019

Fly into action and take the kids on an airline tour

For anyone who loves planes, a 'factory tour' of of one of Japan's biggest airlines can offer an exciting journey into aviation education.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 16, 2019

Evessa hand NeoPhoenix ninth consecutive loss

The San-en NeoPhoenix are in the midst of their worst stretch of basketball in recent memory.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 14, 2019

Rookie guard Yuta Okada is shining bright for SeaHorses

As the regular season winds down, SeaHorses Mikawa rookie guard Yuta Okada continues to demonstrate impressive skills and an exciting all-around game.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 6, 2019

Akatsuki Five players make quick return to club grind

Many Japanese basketball fans may have been nursing hangovers after Japan successfully qualified for the FIBA World Cup.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Feb 25, 2019

Time has come for Japan to consider burden placed on young arms

Kosei Yoshida threw more pitches in six games during last summer's National High School Baseball Championship than NPB hurlers did in any one month last season.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 20, 2019

Localization 101: How to release a Steven Soderbergh film in Japan

Hollywood sends its products all over the world but global audiences can have widely different experiences of the same Hollywood movie. In Italy, dubbing foreign films is standard; in Japan, subtitling is, though dubbing has become more common, especially for films targeted at younger audiences.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 15, 2019

Stern says Kaepernick would have job in NBA

Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback whose NFL career was cut short after he knelt in protest during the national anthem, would still have a job if he were a basketball player, according to former NBA commissioner David Stern.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Feb 13, 2019

Wrestlers put aside differences to promote U.S. sumo

Kelly Gneiting is a religious fundamentalist.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2019

Olympic and Paralympic venues on track to be completed in time for summer test events

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic venues are on course to be completed in time for test events to be held there later this year, games organizers said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 7, 2019

Akita struggling in step up to first division

The Akita Northern Happinets know their limitations.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 5, 2019

Japan prepares for crucial FIBA World Cup qualifiers at Iran, Qatar

With a significant pair of wins during the previous window of the Asian qualifiers in Toyama late last year, the Akatsuki Five got much closer to clinching a berth for this summer's FIBA World Cup finals in China.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Feb 2, 2019

SeaHorses star Kosuke Kanamaru delivers shooting clinic in victory over Evessa

There are times when the obvious top scoring option for the SeaHorses Mikawa is this: Give Kosuke Kanamaru the ball and get out of the way.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 31, 2019

Rookie Yuta Watanabe displays potential while playing major minutes in NBA G League

Rookie Yuta Watanabe has exhibited veteran poise throughout his first season as a pro basketball player.
OLYMPICS
Jan 30, 2019

Organizing committee outlines ticket sales

The organizing committee for next summer's Tokyo Olympics revealed the process for domestic ticket sales and detailed ticket prices for each sport on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Jan 27, 2019

From new visas to a tourism backlash, the Top 10 issues that affected us in 2018 may forecast our future treatment

Every January, Just Be Cause takes a look at how things went for the non-Japanese residents of Japan (NJ) in the previous year.
Why did such a powerful earthquake produce such a weak tsunami?
A person records images of waves following a tsunami advisory generated by local authorities after an earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, prompting warnings and evacuations stretching across at the South Pacific, in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Wednesday.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
80 years on, former teacher conveys history of hidden island in World War II
Masayuki Yamauchi teaches junior high school students about the history of Okunoshima, an island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, in May.
1,010 food and beverage prices to rise in Japan in August
The price increases in August will be especially noticeable for dairy products, including milk and yogurt, according to the research firm Teikoku Databank.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.
Coordination office marks first step in U.S. Forces Japan’s shift to ‘warfighting’ command
U.S., Japanese and Australian staff work in the JJOC Cooperation Team office at the U.S. Army’s Hardy Barracks in central Tokyo in this image posted to the Australian Embassy's X account on July 25.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.
Artist Chiharu Shiota weaves a hidden marvel on Teshima
“Memory of Lines” is Chiharu Shiota’s second art installation on Teshima as part of the Setouchi Triennale.
How the Japanese TV industry is changing
Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Fuji TV came under fire over the manner in which it handled a case of “sexual trouble” involving former boy band member Masahiro Nakai and a female announcer.

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

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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
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