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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Mar 28, 2017
Battles with Jordan, Pippen put Krause in tough spot
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame next week probably will announce that former Chicago Bulls general manager Jerry Krause will be enshrined later this year. Perhaps it will wait another year.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 14, 2017
Oakley's gruff manner has history of creating trouble
Diogenes would never have believed there is a Charles Oakley.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 17, 2017
Rose vilified for absence while LeBron given a pass
Derrick Rose last week missed one game, distraught and leaving suddenly without telling anyone after Knicks practice to attend to a family emergency back in Chicago. He returned the next day to team practice and to play the next game, was fined $200,000 and made public apologies to his teammates, the...
WORLD / Politics
Jan 3, 2017
Trump tweets Chicago must seek federal help if no progress is made in cutting murder rate
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in a Twitter message Monday that Chicago's mayor must ask for U.S. government help if the city fails to reduce its homicide rate, which hit a 20-year high last year.
SPORTS
Dec 30, 2016
The top sports stories of 2016
The Japan Times newsroom selected these sports stories as the most important of 2016.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 12, 2016
Sentimental reflections on late Cubs supporters after team's epic wait for World Series title
During the 11 days since the Chicago Cubs won their first World Series in 108 years, much has been written and circulated about the dedicated fans, supporters and players who lived their lives and died before they could experience the exhilaration enjoyed earlier this month by the living Cubs faithful....
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Oct 25, 2016
Bulls hope to contend despite huge roster overhaul
The big news of the NBA summer was Kevin Durant leaving Oklahoma City for Golden State, thus, in theory, improving a team that set a record for the most wins in the history of the league.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Oct 18, 2016
Long-suffering Cubs fans will find no sympathy here
Sob . . . sob . . .
BASKETBALL / B. League
Sep 22, 2016
Former Bulls great Grant in house for B. League opener
Four-time NBA champion Horace Grant, who now serves as an NBA goodwill ambassador, enjoyed the excitement of the B. League's inaugural game at a jam-packed Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on Thursday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Sep 20, 2016
No-nonsense skipper Baker a good fit for title-contending Nationals
"Do you think you've ended up spoiling the teams you've managed previously?", MAS asked Dusty Baker, during a pregame chat with the Washington Nationals first-year skipper.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jun 21, 2016
No need for Warriors to panic despite Game 7 loss
Well, as Ron Harper famously told the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, "Don't mean a thing without the ring."
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 29, 2016
Judge says lawsuit against former U.S. House Speaker Hastert can proceed
A $1.8 million civil lawsuit filed by a victim of former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, convicted of a financial crime linked to sexual abuse of high school wrestlers decades ago, can proceed, an Illinois judge ruled Thursday.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
Japan doubles down on stimulus to counter effects of Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks about U.S. tariffs in Tokyo last week.
Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35 million over counterfeit products
Takahiro Fujii (center), the president of Try and E, and his lawyers speak during a news conference on Friday in Tokyo after a ruling was handed down in a case against Amazon Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Toyota chairman proposes record buyout of its supplier at $42 billion valuation
Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda after a meeting in Beijing last month
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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