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Japan Times
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Jun 12, 2018
Julio Jones tells Falcons he will skip minicamp
Wide receiver Julio Jones told the Atlanta Falcons he won't attend this week's mandatory minicamp, the team announced Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 1, 2018
With paper and phones, Atlanta struggles to recover from cyberattack
Atlanta's top officials holed up in their offices on Saturday as they worked to restore critical systems knocked out by a nine-day cyberattack that plunged the metropolis into technological chaos and forced some city workers to revert to paper.
WORLD
Mar 24, 2018
Ransomware attack throws Atlanta services into disarray
An Atlanta cyberattack has caused widespread city-run program outages and raised fears about the security of financial and personal data belonging to government workers, residents and others who have used online services provided by Georgia's capital city, officials said on Friday.
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Mar 10, 2018
Former synchronized swimmer Miho Takeda to be inducted into International Swimming Hall of Fame
Decorated synchronized swimmer Miho Takeda will be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in May.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Dec 23, 2017
Yokosuka native Haruna Kamezaki attains the American dream
Kamezaki was born in the mid-1980s and grew up in a household 'full of American records and movies, because my parents — and especially my dad — loved American culture.'
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Dec 2, 2016
Childress trying to get up to speed with NeoPhoenix
The San-en NeoPhoenix's recent acquisition of former NBA player Josh Childress came as a surprise near the middle of the inaugural B. League season.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 24, 2016
New pair on the way for mother of only giant panda twins in U.S.
The mother of the only giant panda twins in the United States may soon deliver a second set of twins, Zoo Atlanta said on Tuesday, capping off an eventful month for lovers of the fluffy black and white bears across the globe.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 5, 2015
TPP talks in home stretch after reported pharma breakthrough
A dozen Pacific nations closed in on a sweeping free trade pact on Sunday in Atlanta after a breakthrough over how long a monopoly pharmaceutical companies should be given on new biotech drugs.
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2015
Japan prods U.S. on biologic drugs as TPP deal awaits
Tokyo pressures Washington to break the deadlock over biologic drugs as negotiators from 12 nations race to wrap up a sweeping Trans-Pacific trade deal.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Aug 11, 2015
Braves trying to turn back clock to glory days of yore
The Atlanta Braves have gone back to the future this season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
May 19, 2015
NBA playoffs offer everything from sublime to ridiculous
Some MAS musings on the disappointing-turned-exhilarating first two rounds of the NBA playoffs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 2, 2015
Jury finds 11 Atlanta educators guilty of racketeering in cheating scam
Eleven former Atlanta public school educators were found guilty by a jury on Wednesday on charges of racketeering in a sweeping test-cheating scheme.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Jan 30, 2015
NBA has a different look as All-Star break nears
Up is down and down is up in the NBA these days.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 7, 2014
Second U.S. Ebola patient said to be improving in Atlanta
A second American infected with Ebola in Liberia was showing "continued improvement" as she arrived in the U.S. for treatment in an Atlanta hospital.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jun 17, 2014
New Lions slugger Mejia relishes opportunity to play in NPB
Ernesto Mejia remembers the bus rides. Those long trips to games in rookie ball, Single-A and a notch up the ladder in Double-A. Some of those rides could last for seven, eight, nine hours.

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