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Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 31, 2015
George Washington, Watanabe could play future games in Japan
George Washington's Yuta Watanabe made a solid impact as a freshman forward this college basketball season. As a result, this has sparked greater interest in his career in Japan among hard-core fans and casual observers — plus the national media spotlight on NHK and other major news outlets.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 31, 2015
Konan W.U. students set to mark 50 years of Shakespeare in English
In 1964, the late Polish theater scholar Jan Kott wrote "Shakespeare, Our Contemporary," an influential book that questioned the processes of producing Shakespeare in the here and now and whether the Bard's texts should serve as clues for an archeological dig to recover something of their original history...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Mar 23, 2015
Top grads shun Kasumigaseki
More University of Tokyo graduates with high academic records appear headed these days for graduate law schools or are taking jobs in the private sector rather than joining the Japanese bureaucracy.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 21, 2015
Princeton routs Kwansei Gakuin
The level of play in Ivy League football is still a few steps ahead of the Japanese collegiate league, even for the four-time defending college champion Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 21, 2015
Pilots coach Reveno cherished time in Japan
"Konnichiwa."
EDITORIALS
Mar 21, 2015
Appalling surgical negligence
Gunma University Hospital's final report on the death of eight patients following laparoscopic liver surgery gives an appalling picture of what happened at the institution.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 19, 2015
Princeton, Kwansei Gakuin to battle in Legacy Bowl
One of the most successful college football clubs in Japan meets one of the oldest football programs in the sport's mother country when Kwansei Gakuin University takes on Princeton University in the Legacy Bowl on Saturday.
BASKETBALL
Mar 14, 2015
GWU defeated in A-10 quarterfinals
The third-seeded University of Rhode Island men's basketball team outplayed George Washington University in the second half en route to a 71-58 victory in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament quarterfinals on Friday in New York.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2015
Todai sounds plagiarism alarm with rare cheating report
In a rare move, the University of Tokyo, Komaba, locally known as Todai, has reported that one of its students plagiarized a term report using information from the Internet. It was the first time the prestigious school has openly reported a cheating student.
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Mar 10, 2015
Wisconsin hoop coach Ryan goes way back with MAS
When NCAA March Madness gets underway next week, Bo Ryan-coached Wisconsin will be one of the favorites to win the whole loopy hoopy shebang.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 19, 2015
Student wrestlers learn the ropes ahead of university 'battle royale'
Want to be a lawyer? Go to law school. A doctor? Med school. But where do you enroll if you want to learn how to fly off the top rope to deliver a brutal body slam?
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 18, 2015
Earthquake early warning system begins testing in Pacific Northwest
Testing began on Tuesday on the first early warning system to predict earthquakes before they rattle Oregon and Washington, with a group of businesses and hospitals trying out the tool before it is made available to the public, scientists said.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 29, 2015
Ryukyu's McHenry plays pivotal role for dominant defensive squad
Lockdown defense fuels championship teams.
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Jan 27, 2015
Shiga's Woodbury embraces pursuit of excellence
The Japan Times features periodic interviews with players in the bj-league. Terrance Woodbury of the Shiga Lakestars is the subject of this week's profile.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
As many as nine dead after driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd
An ambulance is parked at the site of the Lapu Lapu day festival, where a vehicle drove into a crowd killing several people in Vancouver on Saturday.
Japan’s legal system struggles to deal with AI-made child sexual abuse images
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
How to bring up bad news in Japanese
As in other cultures, when someone shares bad news in Japanese it’s best to respond with supportive words.
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

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