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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 2, 2013
An art expedition to Southeast Asia
Confronting the ongoing state of transformation that characterizes their native Singapore, two artists exhibiting at a new exhibition, "Welcome to the Jungle," adopt quite different approaches and media. Francis Ng in "Constructing Construction #1" turns his camera on an unfinished section of an ugly new highway, a speeding bus whizzing by. Hong Sek Chern, meanwhile, applies Chinese ink to traditional rice paper to map out a multiple-faceted view of the country's public-housing apartments in "Constructing Old and New."
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 1, 2013
Kinjo hit propels BayStars to win
Tatsuhiko Kinjo broke up a tie with an eighth-inning RBI single and the DeNA BayStars held on for a 5-4 win Tuesday afternoon to end the Yakult Swallows' six-game winning streak.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 28, 2013
Aoyama gives Ventforet draw against Marinos
Naoaki Aoyama equalized with the last attack of the game to snatch a point for Ventforet Kofu and deny Yokohama F. Marinos a return to the top of the J.League table with a 1-1 draw on Saturday.
BASKETBALL
Apr 28, 2013
Conference crown still up for grabs in East
The Niigata Albirex BB moved closer to a possible Eastern Conference regular-season title by beating the visiting Sendai 89ers 98-79 on Saturday night.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Apr 21, 2013
Yokohama's Big Three key to club's second-season success
Veteran forward Taketo Aoki, a player in the bj-league since the beginning in 2005, called his boss, Yokohama B-Corsairs head coach Reggie Geary, "a great coach" during a post-practice conversation on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 16, 2013
B-Corsairs prove last season was no fluke
As a first-year franchise, the Yokohama B-Corsairs proved to be one of the bj-league's best clubs last season, advancing to the Final Four and placing third overall at Ariake Colosseum. No easy feat.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 14, 2013
Marinos extend perfect start to year
Substitute Jin Hanato struck one minute to time as Yokohama F. Marinos extended their perfect start to the J.League season to six games with a 2-1 victory over Kawasaki Frontale on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 12, 2013
Morgan hopes to aid BayStars' climb out of CL cellar
There are so many written and unwritten rules around baseball that sometimes people in the sport tend to take things a little too seriously.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2013
Yokohama errs, tweets launch alert
The Yokohama Municipal Government mistakenly alerted its Twitter followers Wednesday morning that North Korea had launched a missile, only to apologize 20 minutes later for the error.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 9, 2013
Ramirez possibly top foreign-born player ever in NPB
Alex Ramirez thanked God before he reached first base. He continued along and touched the other bags as a light, constant rain fell on Jingu Stadium and the sparse crowd — 11,069 to be exact, though Ramirez would later say the place felt packed — that braved the promise of a Saturday downpour and watched him become the first foreign-born player in NPB history (42nd overall) to collect 2,000 hits, which he did with the 379th home run of his career.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 7, 2013
Ramirez becomes first foreigner to reach 2,000-hit milestone in Japanese baseball
The performance was special this time. Alex Ramirez celebrated on his way around the bases, kissing two fingers and pointing at the sky between first and second, but his patented post-home run ritual was missing as he was congratulated by the rest of the Yokohama BayStars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 7, 2013
Ramirez, Ishikawa carry BayStars past Swallows
The Yokohama BayStars had their day brightened by a pair of home runs that must have looked like rays of sunshine on a gray, rainy afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 6, 2013
Ramirez moves closer to 2,000 hits as BayStars edge Swallows
Alex Ramirez edges closer to history during the BayStars' victory over the Swallows
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 4, 2013
Marinos turn back time with perfect start to new season
Yokohama F. Marinos may have one of the oldest teams in the J. League, but the three-time champions are aiming to have a vintage year after winning their first four games of the season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 4, 2013
Big bats ignite Giants on poor pitching night
The luxury of having a bad night on the mound for the Yomiuri Giants is that no matter how bad things get, there's a powerhouse lineup ready and willing to pick up the pieces.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2013
Rare piano to return to Yokohama's Chinatown
A rare piano produced in Yokohama's Chinatown about 100 years ago is about to return home as a donation to Yokohama Yamate Chinese School.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 22, 2013
Marquinhos handed two-game ban
Yokohama F. Marinos striker Marquinhos won't be scoring for at least the next two games.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 21, 2013
Kennedy leads B-Corsairs to playoff-clinching victory, sweep over Phoenix
Thomas Kennedy scored a game-high 22 points as the Yokohama B-Corsairs clinched a playoff berth for the second straight season with a 76-67 victory over the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix on Wednesday afternoon at Yokohama International Pool.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 20, 2013
Burns energizes triumphant B-Corsairs in return
All-Star guard Draelon Burns played a game for the first time in nearly a month, and made an impressive all-around impact.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 17, 2013
Marinos beat Jubilo to maintain perfect start
Yokohama F. Marinos make it 3-for-3 in the early going of the J. League season with a hard-fought 2-1 win against 10-man Jubilo Iwata on Saturday.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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