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Brave Lupus Tokyo flyhalf Richie Mo'unga runs with the ball during a Japan Rugby League One game against Sagamihara Dynaboars at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Sunday.
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Mar 18, 2024
Mo'unga marshals Brave Lupus to 41-19 win over Dynaboars
The New Zealand flyhalf had a hand in multiple tries as Brave Lupus bounced back from their first loss of the season.
Ben Paltridge (left) of the Sagamihara Dynaboars scores a try in the second half of a Japan Rugby League One match against Kubota Spears at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Sunday.
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Mar 4, 2024
Steenkamp and Paltridge lead Dynaboars to upset over Spears
The result snapped a three-game win streak for Kubota, who remained outside the playoff picture in sixth place.
The “myahk,” a community currency implemented on Okinawa Prefecture’s Miyako Island in 2018, is intimately tied to local efforts for environmental preservation.
LIFE / Lifestyle / Longform
Feb 10, 2024
Japanese communities are creating currencies to educate and empower citizens
The yen will do when paying for things throughout the country. In some places, though, you may try paying with a coin that also helps reduce plastic waste.
Sungoliath center Shogo Nakano dives for a game-winning try on Saturday as Tokyo defeated Sagamihara.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Jan 20, 2024
Sungoliath leave it late to see off Dynaboars in classic
The Sungoliath, who came back late to win a week earlier, repeated the trick for their fifth win from six games.
A struggling novelist (Rie Miyazawa) wrestles with life’s bigger questions after taking a job at a care facility for people with severe disabilities in “The Moon.”
CULTURE / Film
Oct 12, 2023
‘The Moon’: Provocative drama bites off more than it can chew
Yuya Ishii’s film courts controversy with a fictionalized retelling of a real-life knife attack at a care facility for people with mental disabilities.
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JAPAN
Apr 16, 2023
Woman dies after large tree crushes tent at campsite near Tokyo
A woman was killed and her husband seriously injured after a large tree fell on their tent in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 26, 2023
Mayoral races in six major Japanese cities officially kick off
The mayoral elections, part of the first round of unified local polls next month, are set for April 9.
Japan Times
Rugby
May 29, 2022
Shining Arcs in shock relegation after playoff loss to Dynaboars
The Shining Arcs needed to win by at least eight for any chance of survival at Osaka Prefecture's Hanazono Rugby Ground, but were unable to pull it off against Sagamihara.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 29, 2022
Death row inmate seeks retrial over mass murder at Sagamihara care home
The death sentence for a former caretaker at the facility for people with mental disabilities in Kanagawa Prefecture was finalized in March 2020.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 27, 2022
'Honoka' challenges assumptions about the lives of those with severe disabilities
Director Yugo Kunitomo hopes his documentary will get viewers to recognize underlying prejudices through a glimpse into the life of one family.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2021
Victims of mass murder at Japan care home remembered on fifth anniversary
The stabbing rampage at a care home for people with mental disabilities near Tokyo became one of Japan's worst mass murders.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jul 26, 2021
Five years after the 'Sagamihara stabbings,' what have we learned?
Thoughts on "extreme bullying" as we mark the fifth anniversary of the Sagamihara stabbings. The conversation needs to continue.
Japan Times
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May 12, 2021
Rise tap former BayStar Takehiro Ishikawa for gridiron conversion
The longtime infielder will attempt to earn a spot on Sagamihara's roster as a wide receiver for the 2021 X League season.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 7, 2021
Paralympic flame event at Sagamihara massacre site to be scrapped
Some relatives of the victims of the stabbings at Tsukui Yamayuri En, as well as support groups, voiced opposition to the plan.
Japan Times
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Nov 20, 2020
Rise quarterback Kurt Palandech eager to impress in shortened season
The UNLV graduate's X League debut was delayed until earlier this month due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2020
Victims of Sagamihara care home attack mourned
Mourners Sunday visited the scene of an attack on a care home for people with mental disabilities in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, four years ago, to honor the victims.
Japan Times
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Jun 7, 2020
New Obic quarterback Jimmy Laughrea adjusts to fatherhood while preparing for unique season
The former Rise QB is using extra time afforded by the cancellation of the spring season to adjust to his new team's playbook.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 31, 2020
Death penalty finalized for 2016 Sagamihara care home mass murderer
The death sentence for a man who admitted to the 2016 mass murder of 19 mentally impaired people at a care home near Tokyo was finalized Tuesday after he withdrew his appeal the previous day.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2020
Sagamihara care home mass murderer won't appeal death penalty ruling
A man who was sentenced to death over the 2016 murder of 19 people with mental disabilities at a care home in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, said Wednesday he will not appeal the ruling.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2020
Man on trial for killing 19 at Sagamihara care home says he won't appeal
A man on trial for murdering 19 residents and injuring 26 other people in 2016, at a knife rampage at a care home for the mentally disabled, said Wednesday he would not launch an appeal regardless of the ruling.

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