Tag - memphis

 
Menu
Search
 
April 26, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

MEMPHIS

Memphis Grizzlies forward Yuta Watanabe (right) defends during a game against Brooklyn Nets in Memphis, Tennessee, on Feb. 26.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Mar 5, 2024
Grizzlies' Watanabe sidelined with wrist injury
Watanabe said he felt pain in the wrist of his non-dominant right hand since mid-February.
Yuta Watanabe was traded to the Grizzlies as part of a three-team deal involving the Suns and Nets on Thursday.
BASKETBALL
Feb 9, 2024
Suns trade Yuta Watanabe to Grizzlies in three-team deal
The Phoenix Suns are sending forward Yuta Watanabe to the Memphis Grizzlies in a trade, the two teams said Thursday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 20, 2023
Lakers' Rui Hachimura scores 20 in loss as Grizzlies even series
Rui Hachimura scored 20 points, but the Los Angeles Lakers lost 103-93 against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday. Memphis evened the first-round playoff series between the Western Conference foes at 1-1.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 17, 2023
Rui Hachimura scores 29 off bench as Lakers beat Grizzlies in Game 1
Hachimura's 29 points are the most for a Lakers player off the bench since Magic Johnson scored 25 in 1996.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 28, 2023
Memphis releases deadly police beating video
Footage of the violent encounter between Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, and the five police officers charged with murder in his beating death has sent shock waves through the U.S.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 27, 2023
Five U.S. police officers charged with beating Black man to death
Tyre Nichols, 29, was stopped on Jan. 7 for what the Memphis Police Department said was reckless driving.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 8, 2022
Shootings and manhunt paralyze Memphis as city is urged to shelter
It was not immediately clear how many people had been shot Wednesday or whether the shootings were random.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 11, 2022
Grizzlies guard Ja Morant doubtful for remainder of postseason
Morant injured the knee in the fourth quarter of Game 3 of the Grizzlies' Western Conference semifinal clash with Golden State on Saturday in a play involving Warriors guard Jordan Poole.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 9, 2022
Grizzlies and Warriors prepare for Game 4 with tensions running high
'(Morant is) like Wolverine out there,' Melton said. 'He could be limping one day, the next day be fine. He's a warrior.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Dec 5, 2021
Grizzlies set record in win over Mavericks
Desmond Bane made 12 of 20 shots and added nine rebounds for the Grizzlies, who overcame a depleted lineup to extend their season-high winning streak to four games.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Dec 3, 2021
Grizzlies set NBA record with 73-point win over Thunder
The previous NBA record for largest margin of victory was 68, by Cleveland over Miami, on Dec. 17, 1991.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 19, 2020
Yuta Watanabe has mixed feelings over 2019-20 season
The 25-year-old described the 2019-20 season as a campaign where he grew to a degree.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 11, 2020
Hustle's Yuta Watanabe named to Midseason All-NBA G League team
Yuta Watanabe was selected to the 2019-20 Midseason All-NBA G League's Western Conference team in recognition of his overall performance in the first half of the season, the league announced on Monday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 23, 2020
Yuta Watanabe scores career-high 40 points in NBA G League game
Yuta Watanabe scored a career-high 40 points for the NBA G League's Memphis Hustle on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 19, 2019
Yuta Watanabe helps Memphis Hustle improve to 5-0
The Memphis Hustle have opened their NBA G League season with five straight victories.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 9, 2019
Hustle top Legends as Yuta Watanabe and Yudai Baba make NBA G League season debuts
Second-year pro Yuta Watanabe delivered an energizing performance on Friday to help the Memphis Hustle open their NBA G League season with a 105-95 victory over the visiting Texas Legends.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 26, 2019
SoftBank eyeing burgers and digital pharmacy for second Vision Fund
SoftBank Group Corp. is teeing up investments for the successor to its gargantuan Vision Fund. It's in talks to back a pharmaceutical delivery startup, a company focused on robotic burger-making and a maker of lab-grown meat, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Sep 11, 2019
Yuta Watanabe shifts focus to upcoming NBA season
Just over 14, 15 hours after his return from China, Yuta Watanabe was back at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Wednesday, where the Japan men’s national team had landed on its return from the FIBA World Cup the previous night.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 13, 2019
Wizards slated to begin NBA season at Dallas on Oct. 23
Rookie forward Rui Hachimura and the Washington Wizards are scheduled to play a trio of road games to begin the 2019-20 NBA campaign, it was announced as the league unveiled its regular-season schedule on Monday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jul 26, 2019
Yuta Watanabe encourages youth to pursue basketball dreams
Memphis Grizzlies two-way signing Yuta Watanabe is one of the star players that Japanese children gaze at dreamily.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan's former PM Aso meets Trump for talks on security and economy
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in New York on Tuesday. The Japanese government’s top spokesman on Wednesday played down the meeting as one conducted "in the capacity of one lawmaker" and “without the government’s involvement.”
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Longform

Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Prize winner Maki Imoto catches light with glass
Prize winner Maki Imoto catches light with glass

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER