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TEAM GB

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BASKETBALL
Jul 2, 2015
Japan hoop adviser Dunn says Carmelo 'misunderstood'
Former New York Knicks assistant coach Jerry Dunn says that the team's star forward, Carmelo Anthony, is "very misunderstood" by the public.
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BASKETBALL
Jun 14, 2015
Guards Yoshida, Machida aiming high with national team
Looking to retain its title at August's FIBA Asia Championship for Women, the latest Japan national basketball team plans to play with more vigor and speed, partly to make up for its lack of height on the international stage.
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BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
May 16, 2015
Nash looks back on days with Dr. J
Years before Julius Erving became the iconic Dr. J and one of basketball's all-time legends, he established a friendship with Bob Nash that has lasted for decades.
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Figure Skating
Apr 16, 2015
Hanyu triumphs in men's short program at World Team Trophy
Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu topped the men's short program at the ISU World Team Trophy on Thursday, but was steaming mad at himself for taking a tumble.
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BASEBALL
Mar 11, 2015
Team Europe jumps out to early lead, earns series split against Japan
This time Team Europe shut the door on one of the world's best.
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Mar 11, 2015
Japan U-22 squad hammers Myanmar
The Japan under-22 national team walloped Myanmar 9-0 behind first-half hat tricks by Musashi Suzuki and Shoya Nakajima on Wednesday in their last warm-up ahead of the upcoming 2016 Olympic qualifiers.
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BASEBALL
Mar 10, 2015
Samurai Japan stages comeback victory over Team Europe
Samurai Japan was on the ropes against a team of European stars hungry for a marquee win in its first game together as Team Europe.
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SOCCER / World cup
Aug 28, 2014
Aguirre shakes up Japan national squad lineup for upcoming friendlies
New national team manager Javier Aguirre warned Japan's World Cup flops that their reputations will count for nothing as he named his first squad on Thursday.
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Apr 30, 2014
Japan women improve to 4-0 at table tennis worlds
Host Japan's women defeated Taiwan 3-0 to pick up their fourth consecutive victory at the World Team Table Tennis Championships on Wednesday.
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Apr 26, 2014
Japan rolls to 2015 IFAF berth with rout
Eisuke Tomatsu reached the end zone three times and Japan scored on every offensive possession en route to an 86-0 blowout of the Philippines in an Asian qualifier for the 2015 IFAF World Championship on Saturday at Amino Vital Field in Tokyo
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Apr 16, 2014
Japan makes changes for game against Philippines
The two veteran receivers who starred in Saturday's exhibition game against Germany are out, and a couple new faces are in as the Japan national team prepares to face the Philippines on April 26 in the Asian qualifying game for the 2015 world championship, the Japan American Football Association announced on Wednesday on its official website.
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Apr 12, 2014
Japan routs Germany
Receivers Naoki Maeda and Ryoma Hagiyama each reeled in a pair of touchdown receptions as Japan's national football team shut out Germany 38-0 in an exhibition game Saturday at Kawasaki Fujimi Stadium.
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Mar 19, 2014
Ishigaki replaces Fukuhara for worlds
An unexpected phone call turned out to be surprising, but a pleasant one for Yuka Ishigaki when the 24-year-old table tennis player learned she would replace the injured Ai Fukuhara in the upcoming Japan Table 2014, the World Team Table Tennis Championships.
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OLYMPICS
Feb 10, 2014
Plushenko, Lipnitskaia lead Russia to team gold; Japan finishes disappointing fifth
Host Russia won the inaugural gold medal in the team figure skating event before a partisan crowd at the Iceberg Skating Palace on Sunday night.
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Feb 6, 2014
Nanbu takes control of men's national volleyball team
A day after the stunning news of Gary Sato's dismissal, the Japan Volleyball Association announced Thursday that Masashi Nanbu would replace the American as the men's national team head coach.
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Figure Skating
Apr 14, 2013
Suzuki's stellar performance guides Japan to bronze
With a brilliant performance on Saturday, Akiko Suzuki carries Japan to a bronze-medal finish at the World Team Trophy.
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Figure Skating
Apr 13, 2013
Takahashi triumphs in men's singles competition
Daisuke Takahashi came from behind to win the men's singles on Friday night to keep Japan in the hunt for a medal at the World Team Trophy.
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CULTURE / Music
Jul 17, 2005
The lights, guitars, action of Go! Team
Film commonly relies on music to add emotional impact. However, with The Go! Team, who hail from Brighton, England, it works the other way around. Early singles were flush with action and near-cinematic thrills, all guitar squalls and percussive thrust, with soaring horn lines that burst through your speakers. The Go! Team's debut album, "Thunder, Lightning Strike," even ends with the jubilant aftertaste of a summer blockbuster, harmonica and symphonic swells reminding of us of heroes high-fiving as the credits roll.

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Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces