"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.''

— Michael Jordan

Bobby St. Preux emulates MJ's mental approach on the basketball court.

He is a pure scorer with a super ability to bounce back after a subpar offensive outing. In other words, he wants to take the shot.

Exhibit A: On March 16, the Sendai 89ers forward tied his season-low effort with eight points in a seven-point loss to the Oita HeatDevils.

Our Planet

A worker sorts plastic waste for recycling at Minato Resource Recycle Center in Tokyo in 2019. Japan has been criticized by environmental groups for its strategy on plastics, which is heavily reliant on recycling instead of reduction.
Are microplastics hurting our fertility?

Longform

Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While Japan has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.
Do Japan's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?