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ARGENTINA

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BASKETBALL
Jul 28, 2017
New coach Lamas preparing Japan national team for FIBA Asia Cup
New Japan men's national team head coach Julio Lamas, who arrived in Japan last week, has not spent enough time assessing his players and their technical skills yet. But he's satisfied with their intangibles so far.
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BASKETBALL
Jul 21, 2017
New coach Lamas wants Japan to play fast-breaking style
At long last, the Japan men's national team can legitimately begin its developmental project as its skipper has finally stepped onto the boat.
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BASKETBALL
Jun 30, 2017
Japan, Uruguay men's squads to play two exhibition contests in late July
The Japan Basketball Association announced on Friday that the men's national team will take on Uruguay in a pair of exhibitions at Aoyama Gakuin University on July 29 and 30.
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BASKETBALL
Apr 13, 2017
Argentine Lamas hired as new Japan men's national team basketball coach
Julio Lamas has assumed the head coaching position for the Japan men's national squad, the Japan Basketball Association officially announced on Thursday.
TENNIS
Nov 28, 2016
Argentina captures first David Cup title
Argentina lifted its first Davis Cup title after Juan Martin Del Potro and Federico Delbonis won Sunday's reverse singles to complete the South American nation's spectacular comeback in a 3-2 victory over host Croatia in the final.
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Rugby
Nov 5, 2016
Brave Blossoms upbeat about opportunity to improve, grow as a unit
Despite a lopsided 54-20 loss to Argentina on Saturday afternoon, Japanese players held their heads up high at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground because they know that they can only improve by working more together in practices and games moving forward.
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Rugby
Nov 5, 2016
Argentina pummels Brave Blossoms in Joseph's debut
Japan lost 54-20 to Argentina on Saturday to deny Jamie Joseph a winning start to his reign as Brave Blossoms manager.
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WORLD / Society
Sep 29, 2016
Poverty haunts third of Argentina's population, first data in years show
Nearly one-third of Argentina's population lives in poverty, the government said on Wednesday in the first official poverty data published in three years, underscoring the difficulty of reaching President Mauricio Macri's stated "zero poverty" goal.
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SOCCER
Sep 3, 2016
Messi to miss Venezuela game with groin injury
Lionel Messi's triumphant Argentina comeback has been tempered by a groin injury that has forced his withdrawal from Tuesday's World Cup qualifier in Venezuela.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2016
Argentina's 'Loony Radio' making waves
A radio program in Argentina that draws 12 million listeners is produced by patients at a psychiatric hospital in Buenos Aires.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 30, 2016
New species of dinosaur discovered in Argentina
Fossils of a carnivorous dinosaur unearthed in Argentina are shedding new light on an intriguing group of predators that apparently were just as happy to slash victims to death with sickle-shaped hand claws as to chomp them into an early grave.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2016
Records can shed light on U.S. role in Argentina
U.S. President Barack Obama should be praised for engaging in 'declassified diplomacy.'
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 16, 2016
Argentina coast guard sinks Chinese trawler fishing illegally
Argentina's coast guard has sunk a Chinese trawler that was fishing illegally within the nation's territorial waters, officials from the South American country said on Tuesday, marking a first test of relations between President Mauricio Macri and Beijing.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami