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CULTURE / Books
Dec 5, 2015
Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style
Tokyo, September 1964: A squad of plainclothes police descend on the tony Ginza shopping district and round up hundreds of Japanese youths who had outraged local businesses. Their crime? Loitering in what was then outre style — button-down shirts, skinny ties, suit jackets and chino pants. These delinquents...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 4, 2015
WJBL's Antelopes focus on positive gains
In Japan's sports culture, you are supposed to be disappointed and mourn when you lose a game.
Japan Times
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Nov 15, 2015
Cameron leads Frontiers to win over Deers
Colby Cameron completed 35 of 48 passes for 304 yards and two TD passes to Takeshi Akiyama and scored another on an 8-yard run, leading the defending national champion Fujitsu Frontiers to a 34-24 victory over the Lixil Deers on Sunday at Yokohama Stadium.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 8, 2015
Voting proceeds smoothly in Myanmar's first free election for 25 years
Voting unfolded smoothly in Myanmar on Sunday with no reports of violence to puncture a mood of jubilation marking the Southeast Asian nation's first free nationwide election in 25 years, its biggest stride yet in a journey from dictatorship to democracy.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 6, 2015
Leicester City continues to confound experts with play
We were all wrong.
BASKETBALL
Nov 3, 2015
Verdell Jones III joins D-League's Warriors
Guard Verdell Jones III, who helped the Fukushima Firebonds reach the bj-league playoffs as an expansion team last season, has been named to the Santa Cruz Warriors' 15-man training camp roster, the NBA Development League team announced on Monday.
Japan Times
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Nov 2, 2015
Foreign quarterbacks raising standards in X League
In Japanese football's eight decades of history, the last few years have clearly been an epoch-making period because of one trend: an influx of American quarterbacks.
Japan Times
Rugby
Nov 2, 2015
Top League looking to capitalize on Rugby World Cup fever
Top League stars, including some of Japan's Rugby World Cup heroes, assembled for a news conference in Tokyo on Monday as the 2015-16 season prepares to kick off around the nation on Nov. 13.
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Oct 31, 2015
Obic outplays IBM in second-stage opener
Shun Sugawara, making his first start since Sept. 13, completed 19 of 30 passes for 226 yard and a score and Asaki Mochizuki had two rushing touchdowns as the Obic Seagulls beat the IBM BigBlue 34-26 on Saturday at Yokohama Stadium in the second-stage opener of the X League.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 23, 2015
Bulls release former Yokohama guard Simmons
The Chicago Bulls waived former Yokohama B-Corsairs guard Marcus Simmons on Thursday.
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Oct 21, 2015
Anderson having instant impact for Rise in X League
Young quarterback Benjamin Anderson tried to make it to the NFL as a free agent this past spring, but it just didn't work out.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
End of U.S. de minimis exemption causes headaches for some businesses in Japan
Proxy-shopping services — companies that ship Japanese products ranging from cosmetics and snacks to limited-edition stationery on behalf of customers abroad — are already feeling the impact of the U.S. suspending de minimis exemptions.
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
Still plenty to fight for, says Japan’s team leader at worlds
Race walker Hayato Katsuki earned bronze for Japan on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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