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MORE SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 7, 2001

Minding your P's and Q's

"F*** your mother"
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 3, 2001

It's all about manners (cough, gasp), not health

It's not surprising that the local media glossed over the World Health Organization's 14th annual World No Tobacco Day last Thursday. The government, a member in good standing of the United Nations and a conscientious contributor to its causes, didn't start preparing a seminar to mark the occasion until...
CULTURE / Film
May 2, 2001

Don't go messing with the Iron Ladies

Satree-Lex Rating: * * * Japanese title: Attack Number HalfDirector: Yongyoot Thongkongtoon Running time: 105 minutes Language: Thai, with Japanese subtitlesNow showing A lot of men say that femininity is a dying art. Women are no longer interested in polishing that side of themselves and, consequently,...
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2001

Ticket agencies join the digital age

Kyodo News The Internet set the scene, cellular phones followed, and now convenience stores have jumped on the bandwagon, drastically changing the way people in Japan buy tickets for concerts, plays and sports events.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 15, 2000

Olympic success puts Sydney at the top

SYDNEY -- So you liked watching the world's best-ever Olympic Games? Wait, there's more. Hold that remote control for the next sports extravaganza from Australia, the Sydney 2000 Paralympics.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 16, 2000

Dedication the name of the game for aerobics 'queen'

OK, maybe I'm not in the best shape of my life, but does she really have to rub it in?
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 16, 2000

NBA meets 'The Truman Show'

"And for tonight's halftime entertainment, Marv, let's go to the Blazers locker room and catch a glimpse of Detlef Schrempf undressing."
LIFE / Digital / SURFERSPUD
Mar 15, 2000

Baseball fantasies

www.padres.com/ballpark/index.html Larry Lucchino has been busy conceiving another baseball stadium, and this time he's convinced the city of San Diego to foot most of the bill and flesh out his dreams. The last time he turned on his charm, the result was Oriole Park at Camden Yards. He says A Ballpark...
EDITORIALS
Jun 20, 1999

Fast, faster and fastest

Last week, sprinter Koji Ito, Japan's fastest man, became the first Asian to run 100 meters in less than 10 seconds. Performing at a college meet in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Mr. Ito was timed with a stopwatch at 9.90 seconds; his achievement will only be unofficial, however, since the Japan Amateur...
JAPAN
Mar 20, 1998

Upper House approves soccer lottery revisions

The Upper House, supported by members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and one of its allies, New Party Sakigake, approved a revised bill March 20 to start a soccer lottery system that would raise funds for the promotion of athletics.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1997

Foul play called over World Cup plans

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JAPAN
May 28, 1997

Soccer lottery bill rolls past Lower House

A soccer lottery bill cleared the House of Representatives on May 27, bringing the government one step closer to enacting a controversial method to obtain public funds for sports programs.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 9, 2023

In a fickle sporting world, F1 understands need to entertain fans

The red-hot auto racing competition added new glitzy elements to the pre-race buildup at Sunday's Miami Grand Prix.
Japan Times
Rugby
May 4, 2023

Former World Rugby President Bernard Lapasset dies

Bernard Lapasset, former president of rugby union's governing body and the driving force behind Paris' successful 2024 Olympic bid, has died. He was 75.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 28, 2023

Hundreds of fencers issue plea to IOC over Russia and Belarus decision

The decision to clear Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in international fencing events was made on March 10 at the FIE Extraordinary Congress.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 23, 2023

WBC baseball victory is a triumph for Japan’s soft power

The nation’s lost decades don’t extend to sports. That will help drive Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s narrative as he prepares to host the Group of Seven in Hiroshima.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Mar 12, 2023

Reina Iizuka: ‘Rugby and football are basically cousins’

She was the first woman to play university-level men's tackle football in Canada and now Reina Iizuka has come to Japan and joined a rugby squad.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 26, 2023

Russian athletes could participate in Asian competitions, IOC indicates

The IOC said on Wednesday the Olympic Council of Asia had offered Russian and Belarusian athletes the chance to compete in Asia.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jul 11, 2023

Adam Silver determined to keep individuals in control of NBA franchises

Per the NBA's investment rules, the controlling owner of an NBA franchise must own at least 15% of the franchise.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Jul 10, 2023

Business behind basketball: Ryukyu Golden Kings leap ahead

The Okinawa team is being seen as a leading model in Japanese basketball's rise and preparations for new reforms to the B. League in 2026.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 11, 2023

Turning a snowless ski resort into a national park is complicated

A dispute in Spain has become an example of the tensions that arise when efforts to restore nature clash with economic interests and even long-standing traditions.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 23, 2022

A Saudi soccer victory rings out across the Arab world

Few had given the Saudis a chance of winning a game at the tournament, much less overcoming the might of Argentina and Lionel Messi, arguably the finest player the sport has ever seen.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 29, 2022

Slots to smartphones: Pandemic sends Australia's gambling problem online

Already the world's biggest gambling nation in terms of loss per person, Australia has seen a shift in betting behavior since the pandemic-forced closure of public venues.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 16, 2022

Roger Federer to call time on glittering career after next week's Laver Cup

The 41-year-old, who won 20 Grand Slam singles titles and re-defined a sport with his artistry and grace, broke the news tennis fans across the world have long dreaded.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 6, 2022

How the West marshaled a stunning show of unity against Russia

In a few frantic days, the West threw out the playbook it used for decades against the Kremlin and isolated Russia with unparalleled sanctions and penalties.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 20, 2022

Beijing's big air venue to be converted into giant water slide

Plans for Beijing 2022's new venues highlight a problem that has long dogged Olympic host cities: What to do with the bespoke venues once the games end.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2022

Bots and fake accounts push China’s vision of winter Olympic wonderland

Inside the Potemkin village of China’s propaganda, the Winter Olympics have unfolded as an unalloyed success, a celebration of sports and political harmony that has obscured — critics say whitewashed — the country’s flaws and rights abuses.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 16, 2022

Competing in the Winter Games, without a snowball’s chance

Some competitors have been able to make it to the Olympics in part because of a change in qualifying criteria aimed at producing a more diverse field — a change that has garnered scrutiny.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 15, 2022

Hosting the Olympics is costly. For China, it’s worth every billion.

For many cities, the Games make no economic sense. National pride and an enthusiasm for building transportation infrastructure change the equation for Beijing.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 9, 2022

How Olympians embraced mental health after Simone Biles showed the way

The American gymnast's public struggles gave other Olympians tacit permission to share their vulnerabilities. Some of them have.

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past