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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 16, 2023
French prodigy Victor Wembanyama set to learn team in NBA lottery
The teenager's size — he stands a towering 221 centimeters — and smooth shooting touch have left longtime NBA watchers salivating at his potential.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 14, 2023
Rui Hachimura says energy and effort keys to win over Warriors
The Japan star, who arrived in a January trade from the Wizards, said he continued to be awed by future Hall of Fame teammate LeBron James.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 11, 2023
Stephen Curry and Warriors roll in Game 5 as series heads back to LA
Still up 3-2 in the series, the Lakers will get a second shot at advancing to the conference finals when the series returns to Los Angeles on Friday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 10, 2023
Joel Embiid shines as Sixers sink Celtics and Nuggets rout Suns
The Sixers will return to Philadelphia brimming with confidence after an assured Game 5 display.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 9, 2023
NBA looks to open more stores abroad in international push
The league operates 37 stores across 12 countries, with new locations opening over the past year in Paris, Berlin, Melbourne, Johannesburg and Abu Dhabi.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 7, 2023
Lakers rout Warriors, Heat rip Knicks to grab NBA series leads
Anthony Davis scored 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, while LeBron James added 21 points for Los Angeles.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 4, 2023
Sixers star Joel Embiid hopes improbable path to MVP award inspires others
Newly crowned MVP Embiid hopes to be a role model after overcoming extraordinary odds.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 29, 2023
Lakers and Rui Hachimura advance to second round of NBA playoffs
Hachimura will make his first trip to the conference semifinals after providing key contributions for the Lakers during the series, including a team-high 29 points in their Game 1 win.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 28, 2023
Celtics hold off Hawks in Game 6 to finish off series
Jaylen Brown scored 32 points and Jayson Tatum added 30 as the Boston Celtics held off the Atlanta Hawks in a 128-120 thriller on Thursday to win their NBA Eastern Conference first-round playoff series 4-2.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 27, 2023
Keisei Tominaga among early entry candidates for NBA draft
Tominaga played in all 32 games for Nebraska during the 2022-23 season and averaged 13.1 points per game.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 23, 2023
Sixers sweep Nets to advance; Suns on brink as Lakers maul Grizzlies
Philadelphia trailed by 11 points early in the third quarter but transformed the contest with an 18-4 run to take the lead before closing out victory with a fourth-quarter rally.
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
BASKETBALL / NBA
Mar 5, 2023
Grizzlies star Ja Morant apologizes for gun video and will take 'time away'
Morant had already been ruled out of at least the next two games while the league investigated the video.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 21, 2023
All-Star MVP Jayson Tatum turns focus to Boston's title bid
Tatum, in his sixth NBA campaign, lifted the Celtics to the NBA Finals last season for the first time since 2010.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 20, 2023
Jayson Tatum sets record with 55 points to lead Team Giannis to win in NBA All-Star Game
Jayson Tatum scored a record 55 points and Team Giannis defeated Team LeBron 184-175 to win the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday and hand James his first loss in six times as captain.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 19, 2023
Adam Silver disagrees with premise that 'superstars should play more'
The NBA's commissioner said the league and and players association are having 'ongoing conversations' about load management and the decision to rest All-Stars during the season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 2, 2023
LeBron James lauds Hachimura for clutch contribution
Making his first start for the Lakers, the Japanese men's national basketball team standout scored 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds against the New York Knicks on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 19, 2023
Wizards' Hachimura on trade block, report says
The 24-year-old is in the final year of his four-year contract, but the Wizards, or any team that trades for him, can retain him next season by extending him a qualifying offer.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jan 19, 2023
NBA returns to Paris as French hopes of Olympic gold grow
Tickets to see the Chicago Bulls face the Detroit Pistons at Accor Arena sold out in minutes.
'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.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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