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Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 12, 2015
Kawabuchi outlines bold ideas for new pro basketball league
As the first J. League chairman, Saburo Kawabuchi demonstrated strong leadership and helped its successful launch as a professional league more than two decades ago.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 18, 2015
M'Baye runs riot in NBL All-Star Game
Japanese basketball has been plagued by negative news lately, like the FIBA suspension and managerial changes of the Tsukuba Robots and Wakayama Trians. But on this particular day, the players were all smiles for this mid-winter festivity.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 15, 2015
Revolving door with coaches damaging growth of Japanese game
A troubling trend is one of the hallmarks of the 2014-15 Japan men's pro basketball season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 7, 2015
Financial woes force Trians to quit NBL
The Wakayama Trians finished runnerup last year in the NBL, but they were able to enjoy that success for only a short time.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 18, 2014
FIBA chief Baumann strikes tough tone on JBA ban
FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann repeatedly stated that the Japan Basketball Association's "lack of vision" is a fundamental problem stunting the sport's development throughout the nation.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 6, 2014
Revamped Tsukuba Robots fall to 0-17
Gloria Gaynor's "I will Survive" was playing in the arena. The Tsukuba Robots intentionally did so and that was their message: they have made a fresh start.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 5, 2014
NBL approves new Robots management company
The NBL approved a new management company to run the financially distressed Tsukuba Robots in Thursday's general meeting in Tokyo, the league office officially announced Friday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 1, 2014
11 players refuse to sign new contracts with Tsukuba Robots, become free agents
A total of 11 Japanese players on the Tsukuba Robots have been placed on the NBL's free agency list after they didn't sign new contracts with the Eastern Conference club's new management company, the league announced on Monday.
BASKETBALL
Nov 27, 2014
Veteran star Parker to leave Wakayama, join Toyota
The NBL's Wakayama Trians have gone from title contender to near-the-basement dweller in less than a year.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 27, 2014
FIBA hands down Japan ban; JBA sorry
It was something everyone expected to happen, so there shouldn't have been any surprise whatsoever. That, however, did nothing to lessen the gravity of the situation.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 26, 2014
FIBA bans Japan from international competition
Although nearly a month passed since FIBA's Oct. 31 deadline for the Japan Basketball Association to present a merger plan for the bj-league and the NBL, among other demands, basketball's world governing body delivered the expected news.
BASKETBALL
Nov 14, 2014
FIBA plans meetings in late November to finalize ruling on Japan Basketball Association problems
The Japan Basketball Association still awaits a ruling from FIBA after an Oct. 31 deadline set by basketball's world governing body for a merger plan between the 22-team bj-league and 13-team NBL was not reached.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 29, 2014
Japan Basketball Association chief Maruo says new league will launch in 2016 despite failure to meet FIBA deadline
Despite facing an expected suspension from FIBA, Japan Basketball Association acting president Mitsuru Maruo insisted that the country's governing body would not stop trying to address and fix its problems, including the unification of the nation's two men's top leagues.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 29, 2014
NBL executive Yamaya steps down; president Maruo plans to quit
NBL executive Takashi Yamaya stepped down as chief operating officer, while league president Mitsuru Maruo also expressed his intention of resigning, the league announced on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 23, 2014
JBA head Fukatsu to resign
Japan Basketball Association president Yasuhiko Fukatsu announced his resignation from the helm during a Tokyo news conference on Thursday with the sport's national governing body likely to face a ban from FIBA.
BASKETBALL
Oct 11, 2014
Hiroshima Dragonflies triumph in NBL regular-season debut
The Hiroshima Dragonflies, an NBL expansion club, won their first regular-season game on Saturday, defeating the visiting Hyogo Storks 80-63 in the season opener for both teams.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 9, 2014
NBL's second season tips off this weekend
In many ways, the National Basketball League's first year was a trial-and-error period. And Year Two is geared to provide more diversion and success.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 8, 2014
Japan Basketball Association-led merger talks still face major obstacles
Toshimitsu Kawachi, the bj-league commissioner, said that the organizing committee for a unified professional basketball league in Japan has discussed things "constructively."
BASKETBALL
Sep 23, 2014
Former Link Tochigi Brex coach Rabedeaux, 49, dies in Vietnam
Longtime basketball coach Jason Rabedeaux, who guided the Link Tochigi Brex to start the 2010-11 JBL season, died on Monday in Ho Chi Minh City. He was 49.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 18, 2014
Ex-Apache coach Hill supports FIBA mandate for JBA
Bob Hill hasn't coached a game in Japan since March 10, 2011. A lot has changed since then, but a lot hasn't; for instance, Japan basketball's systemic dysfunction.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'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.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
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.

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