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OSAKA TO

SOCCER / J. League
Feb 20, 2016
Sanfrecce keep hold on Gamba
J. League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima picked up from where they left off last year with a 3-1 win over Gamba Osaka in the season curtain-raising Fuji Xerox Super Cup on Saturday.
BASKETBALL
Feb 19, 2016
Blackledge sparks Osaka in rout of Fukuoka
Lawrence "Trend" Blackledge put his stamp on Friday's game against the Rizing Fukuoka.
BASKETBALL
Feb 18, 2016
Osaka clamps down on Fukuoka
The Osaka Evessa's defense pressured the visiting Rizing Fukuoka throughout Thursday's series opener.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 18, 2016
Kyoto pushes for Maizuru in fifth Hokuriku bullet train extension plan
Kyoto's leaders have formally asked the government to consider a new route for the planned Hokuriku Shinkansen Line extension between Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, and Osaka that would see the new line stop in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, and the city of Kyoto.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2016
Japanese city seeks to cover up adult magazines in convenience stores
In a possible first for Japan, the city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, will urge convenience stores to cover up adult magazines to keep them out of sight of children, a municipal official said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 11, 2016
Aoki looking to set B-Corsairs on even keel
As the season marches closer to the finish line, the Yokohama B-Corsairs are striving to develop consistency and climb in the Eastern Conference standings.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 10, 2016
Detainees launch hunger strike over conditions at Osaka immigration detention center
About 50 detainees being held at the Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau went on a hunger strike Wednesday to protest what they call "inhumane" treatment by Immigration Bureau officials, a group supporting them said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Feb 10, 2016
The 11th edition of the Osaka Asian Film Festival
Tokyo tends to suck up all the media oxygen when it comes to film festivals and events in this country, but there's plenty going on beyond the capital's borders, as evidenced by the Osaka Asian Film Festival. The 11th edition of the festival, unspooling March 4-13 at venues in Osaka, will present a wide-ranging...
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Jan 31, 2016
Osaka's move on hate speech should be just the first step
Ordinance officially 'Japanizes' the naming and shaming of haters, which is at least a start.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Jan 29, 2016
Rikyu: Playing games with traditional 'kaiseki' cuisine
Tsukasa Yamaguchi likes to play. But not much of what he does behind the counter of Rikyo, which he opened nearly two years ago, suggests this. Like many of his contemporaries working in haute cuisine restaurants, Yamaguchi has the manner and intensity of a surgeon. If you look closely, you'll see his...

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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.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’