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Dec 10, 2021
Two-time Indy 500 champ Takuma Sato joins new team for 2022
Sato has competed in the North America-based IndyCar Series since 2010, winning six races. He became the first Japanese driver to win the prestigious Indy 500 in 2017.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 6, 2021
Marines earn dramatic win over Eagles in Climax Series opener
A pair of big hits helped the Marines rally past the Eagles on the first day of the postseason in NPB.
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PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 6, 2021
Tokyo Games end for Japan with legends forged in gold
The host nation achieved its equal-third best gold medal total, while tallying 51 medals overall — one short of the record 52 it won in 2004.
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PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 29, 2021
Tomoki Sato wins second gold of Tokyo Paralympics in T52 1,500 meters
In a repeat of the podium for the T52 400 meters, Raymond Martin of the U.S. took silver while Sato's compatriot Hirokazu Ueyonabaru won bronze.
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JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 29, 2021
To China's chagrin, Japan-Taiwan talks could pave the way for closer ties
In recent months, the Tokyo-Taipei relationship has grown even closer as Japan became far more vocal in the public sphere about its concerns over China's assertiveness.
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PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 27, 2021
Tomoki Sato delivers Japan's second Paralympic gold medal
The current world record holder and reigning world champion, Sato finished in a Paralympic record time of 55.39 seconds.
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OLYMPICS / Faces of Tokyo 2020
Jul 22, 2021
Little-known Japanese athletes the world should watch at the Tokyo Games
A number of the country's lesser known stars look set to make a splash on the world stage at the Olympics.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Jul 19, 2021
NPB rolls into Olympic break after eventful first half
Every NPB player on a first-team roster was deactivated on Thursday in one mass transaction. It was just a procedural move — because there are no games scheduled for the next 10 days — but many fans still got a kick out of the rare sight of the rosters emptying all at once in the middle of the season.
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Jun 27, 2021
Japanese draftees ready for challenge of CFL training camp
Six Japanese players selected in this year's Global Draft are prepared to fight for their roster spot ahead of the league's Aug. 5 season opener.
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CULTURE / Film
Jun 3, 2021
‘Brothers in Brothel’: Come for the sex, stay for the family drama
Sex is a dirty family business in actor-turned-director Jiro Sato's vivid drama.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
May 31, 2021
Dragons help Central League get off to fast start in interleague play
Round one goes to the Central League and, of all teams, the Chunichi Dragons.
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May 29, 2021
IndyCar veterans not ready to yield to youth movement at Indy 500
The 'Greatest Spectacle in Racing' is shaping up as a clash of generations.
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May 18, 2021
Takuma Sato inspired by Japanese peers as he chases third Indy 500
The 44-year-old says he's motivated by the likes of Naomi Osaka and Hideki Matsuyama, who have all achieved international success since his first win at the famous Brickyard in 2017.
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BASKETBALL / B. League
May 2, 2021
Brave Thunders' 'Big Lineup' driving push for first league title
Head coach Kenji Sato has built a dominating on-court presence centered around naturalized center Nick Fazekas and the team's three import players.
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CULTURE / Film
Apr 14, 2021
‘Ride or Die’: A wild road trip worth taking
Kiko Mizuhara and Honami Sato deliver committed performances in Netflix's new emotional and sexually explicit drama about two women on the run after killing a man.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Apr 12, 2021
Tigers hit ground running as Teruaki Sato continues to excite
Let’s all stand back for a minute and marvel at Teruaki Sato.
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CULTURE / Film
Apr 8, 2021
Sex, murder and a getaway car: ‘Ride or Die’ stars go on the trip of a lifetime
Kiko Mizuhara and Honami Sato discuss the challenges of bringing Ching Nakamura's harrowing, sexually explicit manga to the screen in a provocative new Netflix movie.
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Apr 8, 2021
Rising star Shoma Sato swimming toward Olympic spotlight
Sato touched the wall on Wednesday in 2 minutes, 6.40 seconds, a national record that is second only to the world record of 2 minutes, 6.12 seconds.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 6, 2021
Alarmed by inaction, lawmakers push Japan to embrace rights diplomacy
A tug-of-war between the Foreign Ministry and lawmakers, with Suga standing on the sidelines, illustrates the challenge confronting Tokyo: Take stronger action or risk alienating the U.S.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB Preview
Mar 25, 2021
Six players to watch in the Central League in 2021
Japanese baseball is back on Friday, which makes this a great time to single out a few players in the Central League who fans should keep an eye on this season.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Traders spooked by intervention risk trim record yen shorts
Traders edged back from record bets on yen weakness this past week, in a period that included a likely bout of intervention by Japan to prop up the currency.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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