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YOKOHAMA

BASKETBALL
Dec 25, 2015
Kitagawa gives Ryukyu big lift against Yokohama
Shuhei Kitagawa lit up the scoreboard on Christmas night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Dec 13, 2015
Iron man Tsutsugo still going strong in December
Yoshitomo Tsutsugo has been very busy this year.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Dec 12, 2015
Can upgraded home stadiums give boost to BayStars, Eagles?
Going from worst to first — last place to a pennant — is difficult for any professional baseball team. The Tokyo Yakult Swallows managed to do it this past season in the Central League, and the two clubs that finished at the bottom of the league standings in 2015 are hoping to rise to the top during...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Nov 22, 2015
Bring back that Kobe feeling, 'cause it's gone, gone, gone
From the moment I stepped off the shinkansen at Shin-Kobe Station, I could feel a subtle difference between the Yokohama-Tokyo area and this city.
BASKETBALL
Nov 21, 2015
Dynamic duo lead B-Corsairs past Wat's
The more they play together, the more effective they will become.
BASKETBALL
Nov 9, 2015
B-Corsairs bounce back to earn series split
The Yokohama B-Corsairs delivered a gritty performance to close out the weekend, beating the host Akita Northern Happinets 81-75 on Sunday.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Nov 2, 2015
Let's discuss the tilting Yokohama condo scandal
An employee at the center of a data falsification scandal involving a tilting condo in Yokohama oversaw piling work at 41 projects in nine prefectures.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2015
Piling scandal probe may expand to other firms, minister hints
The infrastructure minister lashes out at Asahi Kasei Construction Materials for falsifying the piling records of building foundations and hints a state probe might expand to snare other contractors.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 23, 2015
Bulls release former Yokohama guard Simmons
The Chicago Bulls waived former Yokohama B-Corsairs guard Marcus Simmons on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2015
Asahi Kasei subsidiary worker linked to leaning Yokohama condo handled 41 projects over 10 years, firm reveals
An Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corp. employee at the center of a tilting condo controversy oversaw 41 projects in nine prefectures over 10 years.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami