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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 22, 2018
NeoPhoenix star Robert Dozier provides leadership, confidence for club
With power forward Robert Dozier in the lineup, the San-en NeoPhoenix are a more complete team. A more balanced team. A more dangerous team.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Mar 18, 2018
Fukushima professor develops rubber that can make and store power from light and vibration
Kunio Shimada, a professor of fluid mechanics and energy engineering at Fukushima University, has developed a special rubber that can generate electricity from solar and kinetic energy and save the power generated.
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WORLD
Mar 16, 2018
Hope for survivors fades in rubble of Florida bridge collapse
Rescue workers combed through the rubble of a pedestrian bridge that collapsed onto several lanes of traffic at Florida International University, but hopes of finding more survivors were fading early on Friday, police said.
Japan Times
SPORTS
Mar 12, 2018
College sports reformers stay positive despite setbacks
Implementing change is often a painful procedure.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 6, 2018
George Washington senior Yuta Watanabe honored at team banquet
George Washington University senior guard Yuta Watanabe was recognized during the men's basketball team's annual awards banquet on Sunday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 28, 2018
Japanese researchers create most detailed map of universe's dark-matter distribution
A team of researchers said Tuesday that it has created a more comprehensive map showing the universe's dark matter distribution by using a camera on Japan's Subaru Telescope in Hawaii.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 20, 2018
New entrance exam isn't the right answer
The government is putting the cart before the horse by testing students' ability to think critically without first changing how they are taught.
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JAPAN
Feb 16, 2018
Longtime Harvard Japanese teacher Yori Oda dies at 82
Yori Oda, a decorated teacher who taught Japanese at Harvard University for 35 years, died earlier this month after a recent illness. She was 82.
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MORE SPORTS
Feb 6, 2018
Ekiden guru Susumu Hara calls for big changes to sport
With the remarkable achievements he's accomplished in collegiate ekiden, including four Hakone titles, Susumu Hara could easily rest on his laurels.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2018
Kyoto University to accept 17 felled by flawed entrance test
Kyoto University said Thursday it will admit 17 applicants who were rejected after taking its entrance exam last February that contained a physics question with no possible answer.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Feb 1, 2018
Return to roots helps Akane Hosoyamada realize an Olympic dream
"She is the one I trust the most."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2018
University of Tokyo opens center to promote use of big data from Japan's public sector
The University of Tokyo has embarked on a quest to unearth Japan's latent assets that could be worth more than ¥700 billion — big data held by the public sector.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 29, 2018
Iwade takes progressive approach to sports medicine
Teikyo University men's rugby team head coach Masayuki Iwade has a golden rule — never compete when you are carrying a serious injury.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 27, 2018
Groups promote Olympic legacy
"Legacy" or "legacies" has been a key world in the recent history of the Olympic Games.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 23, 2018
Unstable work seen as a factor as Kyoto University admits iPS researcher falsified data in paper
Experts say unstable employment conditions faced by scientists are behind the string of research-related scandals in the nation.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Japan brings forward deadline for electronic travel authorization system
Japan is planning to implement by March 2029 a new online screening system in which foreign visitors who don’t need a visa apply for a certification before entering the country.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Tokyo prices rise most in two years, backing central bank's hike path
Consumer prices excluding fresh food in Tokyo gained 3.4% in April from a year earlier, as a mixture of impacts from last year’s school fee cuts and higher food and energy costs accelerated inflation, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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