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TAKUYA

Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Sep 24, 2016
Sunrockers storm past B-Corsairs in pivotal fourth quarter
After an electrifying start to the B. League's inaugural season with a two-game series between the Alvark Tokyo and Ryukyu Golden Kings earlier the week, other clubs made their league debut across the nation on Saturday.
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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 15, 2016
Enthusiastic players unite to promote new league
Players were upbeat and enthusiastic, and a positive vibe filled the room.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 13, 2016
Otani fires fastest pitch in NPB history; Fighters rally past Buffaloes
Takuya Nakashima broke up a tie game with a two-run, seventh-inning double as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters came from behind to beat the Orix Buffaloes 4-2 on Tuesday.
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OLYMPICS
Sep 9, 2016
Japanese athletes grab medals on mat, in pool
Makoto Hirose claimed silver in the men's 60-kg weight class for judoka with visual impairment to earn Japan's first medal at the Rio Paralympics as full competition got underway on Thursday.
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Rugby
Aug 24, 2016
Panasonic still team to beat in revamped Top League
With Japan once again the darling of world rugby, thanks to the exploits of the sevens team at the Rio Olympics, attention now shifts to the 15-a-side version of the game with the Top League kicking off Friday.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 10, 2016
Haneda takes bronze for Japan's first-ever Olympic medal in canoe slalom
Takuya Haneda wrote his name in Japanese Olympic history at the Rio Games on Tuesday, becoming the first athlete from the country to win an Olympic medal in canoe slalom.
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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 21, 2016
Toyama inks point producer Okada
The Toyama Grouses have boosted their roster with the addition of shooting guard Yu Okada as they prepare for their first season as a B. League first-division squad.
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JAPAN
Jun 7, 2016
Japanese astronaut's Soyuz trip to ISS delayed till July 7 due to control system glitch
The launch of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and two colleagues is set for July 7, about two weeks later than originally scheduled, Russia's space agency said Monday.
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BASKETBALL
Jun 5, 2016
Brave Thunders ride momentum to wrap up NBL title
The Toshiba Brave Thunders are the last men standing in the NBL.
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BASKETBALL
Jun 4, 2016
Brave Thunders clobber SeaHorses, force decisive Game 5 in NBL Finals
A week ago, the Toshiba Brave Thunders looked vulnerable and were on the verge of elimination from the postseason.
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BASKETBALL
May 29, 2016
SeaHorses manhandle Brave Thunders, take 2-0 lead in NBL Finals
More than the final score indicated, the Aisin SeaHorses dominated the game, making the Toshiba Brave Thunders look vulnerable.
SOCCER / J. League
May 27, 2016
Vissel Kobe's Iwanami sidelined with knee injury
Japan Under-23 defender Takuya Iwanami has been ruled out for six weeks after suffering a left-knee injury during the Toulon Tournament, his club Vissel Kobe announced Friday.
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JAPAN
May 5, 2016
Kin of Japanese abducted by North Korean agents press international community to do more
The brother of a 13-year-old girl who was one of a number of Japanese abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s pressed the international community at a gathering at the United Nations on Wednesday to keep a spotlight on the issue of those forcibly taken from their countries.
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MORE SPORTS
Apr 17, 2016
Tanii wins 50-km walk national title
World bronze medalist Takayuki Tanii won the 50-km walk on Sunday at the national championships, the final qualifier for this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 15, 2016
Fighters pound Marines starter Furuya
Luis Mendoza allowed two runs over seven-plus innings to pick up his first win of the year as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters mauled the Pacific League-leading Chiba Lotte Marines 13-3 on Friday.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2016
Man gets life for Tochigi girl's murder despite lack of physical evidence
In a controversial decision, the Utsunomiya District Court sentences a man to life for killing a Tochigi girl after judging the case solely on confessions rather than physical evidence.
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LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Apr 2, 2016
Bags of innovative design
Bags exist in that limbo between fashionable and functional. They carry a purpose but elements of design and style make all the difference.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 22, 2016
Seven hours of video show changes in accused Tochigi killer's demeanor
The trial of accused killer Takuya Katsumata saw more than seven hours of his interrogation videos emerge, showing him flip-flop from one stance to another during the process.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 18, 2016
Tochigi court accepts murder confession as evidence despite coercion claims
The Utsunomiya District Court on Friday accepted as evidence interrogation records showing a man admitting to the murder of a 7-year-old girl in Tochigi Prefecture in 2005, despite the fact he made a not-guilty plea and said the confession was coerced.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 29, 2016
Suspect in 2005 murder of Tochigi girl pleads innocent after initially confessing
Takuya Katsumata pleads not guilty as his trial opened over the slaying of a girl in Tochigi Prefecture in 2005 after initially confessing to the murder.
'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.
A peek inside the brains of ‘super-agers’
For a little more than a decade, scientists have been studying a subset of people they call "super-agers.” These individuals are age 80 and older, but they have the memory ability of a person 20 to 30 years younger.
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.
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.
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.

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