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Jan 30, 2017
Speedskater Hasegawa logs career-best fourth
Tsubasa Hasegawa barely missed the podium when he finished a career-best fourth in the men's 500 meters at a World Cup speedskating event in Germany on Sunday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2017
Mie man held over chain saw threat against delivery worker
The Mie Prefectural Police arrested a truck driver from Iga on Thursday on suspicion of threatening a delivery firm employee with a chain saw.
Rugby
Dec 13, 2016
Sunwolves hire three assistants
The Sunwolves announced the appointment of three assistant coaches on Tuesday as they gear up for their second season of Super Rugby.
Japan Times
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Dec 9, 2016
Decorated boxing champion Hasegawa hangs up his gloves
Three-division belt winner Hozumi Hasegawa announced his retirement on Friday, bringing his decorated 17-year boxing career to an end with a 36-5 record, including 16 knockouts.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 1, 2016
Japan Basketball Association dismisses men's national team coach Hasegawa
Since his appointment two years ago, Kenji Hasegawa has firmly developed the Japan men's national team.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Nov 24, 2016
SeaHorses glide past Evessa
Powerful rebounding and strong 3-point shooting guided the SeaHorses Mikawa to a 104-78 home triumph over the Osaka Evessa on Thursday night.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2016
World Othello Championship kicks off in game's Japanese birthplace
The World Othello Championship began in Mito on Wednesday, bringing the premier competition of the board game back to its birthplace for only the second time.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2016
Hasegawa joins Buffaloes as adviser
Former major league reliever Shigetoshi Hasegawa will serve as senior adviser to the Orix Buffaloes, the Pacific League team announced Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2016
Newscaster axed over provocative blog entry on dialysis funding
The presenter of a weekly news program was fired Friday after suggesting in his blog that kidney dialysis patients should not be able to tap public funds.
BASKETBALL
Sep 19, 2016
Japan loses to China in Asia Challenge finale
Japan's time at the FIBA Asia Challenge ended with a 75-67 loss to China in the fifth-sixth classification game on Sunday.
Japan Times
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Sep 16, 2016
Yamanaka retains WBC bantamweight crown with 11th title defense
Shinsuke Yamanaka and Hozumi Hasegawa each won his WBC world title fight by technical knockout on Friday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 5, 2016
Japanese men search for ways to improve
Even when you possess elite skills, physicality and elaborate Xs and Os, if you don't have a burning desire to win, you'll just waste those gifts.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 20, 2016
Japan's architects are building a better future
Home-security AI cats; talking walls equipped with motion sensors; communal-living apartment blocks that promote harmonious relations; and outdoor living-room spaces powered by solar energy siphoned off hybrid cars — these previews of our future, currently on display at "House Vision 2," sound like science fiction, but their realization is probably closer than you think.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 16, 2016
'The 70th Anniversary of Sazae-san: The Best of Machiko Hasegawa'
Aug. 27-Oct. 10
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 3, 2016
'Shin Godzilla': The metaphorical monster returns
Watching "Shin Godzilla," Toho's reboot of its signature monster series, I couldn't help feeling sorry for the non-Japanese fans forced to read a blizzard of subtitles for this extremely talky and densely populated film, with a break every 10 minutes or so for Godzilla rampages — the real reason they bought the tickets.
BASKETBALL
Jul 7, 2016
Japan men's basketball team fails to qualify for Rio Olympics
Japan’s hopes of sending a men’s basketball team to the Rio Olympics ended on Wednesday when it suffered its second defeat in as many games, losing 87-71 to the Czech Republic at the Olympic qualifying tournament in Belgrade.
Japan Times
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Jul 6, 2016
'God's Left' Yamanaka looking forward to rematch against Moreno
WBC bantamweight champion Shinsuke Yamanaka will take on Anselmo Moreno in a rematch, while former double champion Hozumi Hasegawa will attempt to recapture a world title against Hugo Ruiz in a WBC super bantamweight bout on September 16, at Edion Arena Osaka, the organizers announced on Wednesday.
BASKETBALL
Jul 5, 2016
Latvia whips Japan in Olympic basketball qualifying tournament opener
With one shot at gaining a Rio 2016 berth remaining, Japan's men's basketball team got its campaign off to the worst possible start, dropping its opening game of the Olympic qualification tournament against Latvia 88-48 in Belgrade on Monday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 23, 2016
Japan reveals roster for final Rio qualifier
George Washington standout Yuta Watanabe, veteran star guard Yuta Tabuse and the Takeuchi twins (Joji and Kosuke) will lead the "Akatsuki Five" as Japan men's national team head coach Kenji Hasegawa on Thursday revealed his final roster for the final Olympic qualifier, which takes place early next month in Belgrade.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2016
Goro Hasegawa, inventor of board game Othello, dies at 83
Goro Hasegawa, who invented the popular board game Othello, died Monday at his house in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, and a funeral was held Thursday. He was 83.

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