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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Mar 12, 2014
Who would you tip to emerge as J1 and J2 winners in the J. League this year?
I am not sure on J2, but I think Yokohama F . Marinos will take the J1 title in 2014. They have long had a solid 'keeper in the shape of Tetsuya Enomoto, and he is a good base for the rest of the team.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 11, 2014
Sterjovski brace carries Central Coast Mariners past Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Two-time defending J.League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima were sunk by a first-half double from Mile Sterjovski and lost 2-1 away to Australia's Central Coast Mariners in the Asian Champions League on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 1, 2014
J. League seeks to widen scope in Asia
As two decades have now elapsed since its inception, the J. League is entering a new era.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 26, 2014
Jeonbuk Motors picks apart Marinos in pivotal stretch
Three goals in 10 second-half minutes condemned Emperor's Cup holders Yokohama F. Marinos to a 3-0 defeat away to South Korea's Jeonbuk Motors in their Group G opener in the Asian Champions League on Wednesday night.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 22, 2014
Sanfrecce open with win
Teenage strikers Gakuto Notsuda and Takuma Asano put Yokohama F. Marinos to the sword as Sanfrecce Hiroshima opened the new soccer season with a 2-0 victory in the Xerox Super Cup on Saturday.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Feb 13, 2014
Perpetual problems plague Japan Basketball Association
Intermittent hullabaloo by the Japan Basketball Association's big wigs about "big plans" for the future of men's basketball generally produces one thing: a collective yawn by those who analyze such things.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 13, 2014
Two-time CL MVP Ramirez to sign with independent league team
Alex Ramirez, the only foreign-born player with 2,000 hits in Nippon Professional Baseball history said Thursday he will sign with the Gunma Diamond Pegasus of the independent Baseball Challenge League.
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Feb 5, 2014
Sendai's White recognizes importance of team chemistry, close-knit family
The Japan Times features periodic interviews with players in the bj-league. Wendell White of the Sendai 89ers is the subject of this week's profile.
Japan Times
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Jan 31, 2014
X League's Deers begin new life as club team
In 2014, the Deers will play in new colors — orange and white.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 20, 2014
'Mr. Basketball' back on court in new role
Putting his honorable nickname behind him, Kenichi Sako is beginning a new adventure, though it may not proceed as smoothly as it did when he was a player.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 27, 2013
Four Akita players named All-Star starters; Fukuoka's Aoki picked for eighth time
The Akita Northern Happinets had four players named to the Eastern Conference All-Star squad for the Jan. 26 game in Akita, the bj-league announced on Friday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 21, 2013
FIBA warns JBA about problems
FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann has advised the Japan Basketball Association to resolve issues that exist inside the nation's basketball circles or face greater problems in the future, according to Japanese media reports.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 17, 2013
J.League season to begin on March 1
The J.League's board of directors on Tuesday approved March 1 as the starting date of next year's season.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 6, 2013
United faces improbable climb to defend title
WARNING: The opening paragraph does not make happy reading for Manchester United fans. The champions have won only two points from their last three games, they are in ninth position, their lowest ever at this stage of a Premier League season. They have scored fewer goals at Old Trafford than basement...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 26, 2013
Chiba Jets to acquire power forward Burrell: source
The Chiba Jets, looking to snap a 14-game losing streak, are on the verge of signing former bj-league MVP Justin Burrell, a basketball insider told The Japan Times on Tuesday evening.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 17, 2013
Frontiers down Rise in X League regular-season finale
Yusuke Shinshi rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Fujitsu Frontiers to a 45-24 victory over the Nojima Sagamihara Rise on Sunday at Yokohama Stadium as the X League's regular season concluded.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 4, 2013
Sloppy Seagulls beat Silver Star
Shun Sugawara overcame three turnovers — two interceptions and a lost fumble — to throw two touchdown passes as the three-time defending champion Obic Seagulls defeated the Asahi Beer Silver Star 21-7 on Monday at Tokyo's Oi No. 2 Stadium in the X League.
BASKETBALL
Nov 3, 2013
D-League teams draft five bj-league alumni
Five former bj-league players were selected in Friday's NBA Development League Draft.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 2, 2013
Takata, high-powered Panasonic Impulse offense cruise past IBM Big Blue
Tetsuo Takata completed 21 of 27 for 288 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Panasonic Impulse to a 55-24 rout of the IBM Big Blue on Saturday at Amino Vital Stadium in Tokyo on the opening day of the X League second stage.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 1, 2013
Cardiff City-Swansea derby poses a security nightmare
It has been declared a "Bubble Match," which sounds fun.
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
The National Police Agency coined the term "tokuryū" to classify individuals involved in dark part time jobs and quasi-gangsters, using the words "tokumei" (anonymous) and "ryūdo" (fluid) to reflect their characteristics.
Thanks, tourists. Views of Mount Fuji are now blocked.
Tourists pose in front of a convenience store with Mount Fuji on Friday in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. Local residents are upset over littering, overcrowding and the inconvenience caused by the visitors.
Is Modi’s party heading for a stunning election loss?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign tactics have escalated, including anti-Muslim rhetoric and fearmongering, reflecting his ruling party's desperation.
Two more arrested over brutal murder of couple in Tochigi
A vehicle carrying Seiha Sekine, the 32-year-old common-law husband of the deceased Tokyo couple's first daughter, leaves a police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Tuesday.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Stormy seas ahead as Beijing and Manila trade barbs over secret deal
Philippine Marines wave to Philippine Navy personnel and the media during a resupply mission at their military outpost, the BRP Sierra Madre, a warship run aground in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in 1999, in the South China Sea, in March 2014.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Xi bristles as Macron and von der Leyen urge China to do more on Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen walk after their meeting in Paris on Monday.
How a Japanese scientist is turning the climate crisis into music
A screencap of a performance of Hiroto Nagai's “String Quartet No. 1 ‘Polar Energy Budget’” by the PRT Quartet

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