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AOKI

Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 27, 2016
Sendai forward White named bj-league MVP
Sendai 89ers forward Wendell White joined fellow league legend Lynn Washington, the retired Osaka Evessa icon, as the bj-league's only two-time regular-season MVPs, as the league's 11th and final regular-season awards were announced on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Apr 16, 2016
Aoki, Maki cherished chance to play for Hill
Second in a three-part series
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 14, 2016
Lee connects on walk-off homer to lift Mariners
Norichika Aoki extended his hitting streak to eight games and former Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks slugger Lee Dae-ho hit a two-run walk-off home run in the 10th inning, as the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 4-2 for their first home win of the season on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Apr 9, 2016
Former Apache team members, staff reflect on fateful 2010-11 season
First in a three-part series.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 17, 2016
Joho a class act from start to finish
Before the hectic pace of the playoffs grabs the spotlight and all attention centers on the end of an era, it's an appropriate time to recognize Masashi Joho's significant place in league history.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 14, 2016
Aoki making progress before fifth season in majors
Norichika Aoki said he is finding his feet at the plate on Sunday after going 2-for-2 in a preseason game for the Seattle Mariners.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 4, 2016
Aoki named JGTO chairman
Isao Aoki, who led Japan's domestic tour in earnings five times, was selected its new chairman on Friday by the JGTO's board of directors.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 3, 2016
Tanaka looks sharp in first simulated game
New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka overwhelmed minor leaguers in his first simulated game of the spring camp on Wednesday, striking out five of six batters with his 30 pitches.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 2, 2016
Iwakuma, Aoki display easy rapport in Mariners camp
Seattle Mariners' right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma showed Tuesday just how much he appreciates having former Japan teammate Norichika Aoki with him in camp this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2016
Toyama stargazer lays claim to his 13th supernova
An amateur astronomer in the city of Toyama has found his 13th supernova.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 11, 2016
Aoki looking to set B-Corsairs on even keel
As the season marches closer to the finish line, the Yokohama B-Corsairs are striving to develop consistency and climb in the Eastern Conference standings.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 23, 2016
League blows chance to honor Aoki
It's absolutely ridiculous that the most popular player in bj-league history is not going to play in the circuit's 10th and final All-Star Game.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 17, 2016
Aoki eyes big impact on return to American League
Outfielder Norichika Aoki said Sunday he wants to return to the American League with a bang this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 16, 2016
Travesty of justice: legal reform unlikely despite erroneous convictions
Two elderly men fighting for decades to clear their names are poised to receive high-profile retrials in 2016 and yet their ordeals are unlikely to trigger wide-ranging reform to the country's justice system, experts say.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 24, 2015
Improved play has Fukuoka back in playoff race
There's no magic formula for the Rizing Fukuoka to swiftly climb in the Western Conference standings.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 4, 2015
Mariners sign Aoki to one-year deal
The Seattle Mariners announced the signing of outfielder Norichika Aoki to a one-year contract on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 1, 2015
Mariners want to sign Aoki: report
The Seattle Mariners have added free agent Norichika Aoki to their list of acquisition targets for next season, The News Tribune said Monday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 12, 2015
Roster, coach change but Tokyo's game still same
The Tokyo Cinq Reves had an atrocious 2014-15 season, losing 47 of 52 games.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 7, 2015
TV Asahi gets 'The Scoop' on false convictions
Last week the Tokyo Shimbun ran an article about Keiko Aoki and Tatsuhiro Boku, the couple convicted of murdering Aoki's 11-year-old daughter in 1995 and sentenced to life in prison. The upcoming retrial, which will likely reverse the guilty verdict, may reveal that the Osaka pair were coerced into making bogus confessions because the prosecution had no solid evidence showing they had deliberately started the fire that killed the girl. All they had was a hunch based on the fact that the couple had taken out a life insurance policy on her. Tokyo Shimbun says the retrial will "point out the responsibilities of the police, the prosecutors, the court and the mass media" in this miscarriage of justice.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Nov 2, 2015
New technologies, improved practices may boost number of criminal retrials
The recent release of a couple from prison after a court ordered a 1995 arson-murder case reopened may allow more people convicted of serious crimes to get a second shot at proving their innocence.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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