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Published April 24, 2021, 4:57 PM Thirdy Ravena was forced to sit out the weekend matches of the San-En Neophoenix against the Osaka Evessa at home due to an injured left knee. San-En made the announcement hours before yesterday’s game in Toyohashi City, adding that Ravena got the injury during a game against Ryukyu last April 14. The team made no additional information about Ravena’s condition. Ravena has been dealing with injuries since he made his debut for the Japan B.League club in Nov...

Published April 18, 2021, 5:06 PM Thirdy Ravena (Photo from San-En Neophoenix) Thirdy Ravena and the San-En Neophoenix saw the postponement of their two road games against the Shinshu Brave Warriors in Japan’s B.League due to COVID-19 issues affecting the host squad. San-En was supposed to face Shinshu the weekend matches in Chikuma when the B.League called off Saturday’s game due to contact tracing measures made after several members of the Kyoto Hannaryz tested positive for the coronaviru...

Published April 13, 2021, 2:58 PM Thirdy Ravena (Photo from B.League) Thirdy Ravena admits that he is still groping for form despite returning from a lengthy absence due to a fractured right finger. The San-En NeoPhoenix guard said he’s about 70 to 80 percent in terms of conditioning even after playing five games since missing three months due to the injury he sustained in early-January. “I’m definitely happy that my condition is getting better, although I’m still not where I wanted to ...

Share Nitto Denko Corporation (hereafter: Nitto) has developed a new anti-biofouling protection film to prevent the build-up and growth of biofouling. The film is ready-to-stick and its specially treated surface can prevent microorganisms from settling and taking root on it for a long time. Biofouling is a critical issue that affects a lot of subsea instruments. For instance, if underwater sensors get covered in microorganisms, the system effectiveness might decrease, and barnacles atta...

With the death of Ieyasu’s father, the lands of the Matsudaira clan were essentially lost to their rivals. At this time, Ieyasu’s position held little prospect for greatness, but the young boy was determined to change his own fate. Years passed and the boy grew into a young man, one with keen vision and ambition. By 1560 he managed to at last free himself from the influence of the rival Imagawa clan that held him as a (respected) hostage. Ieyasu recognized the potential of an alliance with...

Saitama – The Kawasaki Brave Thunders captured their first Emperor’s Cup in seven years on Saturday. But it’s the way in which they did so that will hopefully serve as a confidence builder toward their ultimate goal — winning the B. League. When thinking of the Brave Thunders, stars such as Nick Fazekas, Ryusei Shinoyama and Naoto Tsuji, who together have anchored the team for much of the last decade, quickly come to mind. But the team didn’t have to lean on those players in order to ...

Kensuke Yasui, left, a senior curator at the Toyohashi Museum of Natural History, explains about the donated skull of a Japanese wolf with Hirokazu Sakamoto, the museum’s director, at the Toyohashi city office in Aichi Prefecture. (Hiroto Motoi) TOYOHASHI, Aichi Prefecture--A canine skull that was used as an amulet to recover from diseases is now recognized as the only specimen of an extinct Japanese wolf in Aichi Prefecture, officials at a museum here said. A 75-year-old woman from Toyokawa ...

Feb 13, 2021 The 12 nations scheduled to participate in the final window of Asia Cup qualifying in Doha have been notified by FIBA that the window has been canceled due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in Qatar, the Japan Basketball Association announced Friday night. In late January, the pandemic caused the qualifying window to be shifted from Tokyo to Doha, where the teams, split into three groups of four, would have competed in a bubble. Japan is in Group B — which was scheduled to pla...

Aichi: Woman’s corpse found in lake By Tokyo Reporter Staff on February 9, 2021 AICHI (TR) – Aichi Prefectural Police launched an investigation after the discovery of a woman’s corpse in a lake in Toyokawa City last week, reports the Chunichi Shimbun (Feb. 4). At around 6:55 a.m. on February 4, a man out for a walk reported finding the body floating face-up near a bridge in the lake, located in the Mikawa Seaside Park. According to the Toyokawa Police Station, the woman is believed to be...

Feb 9, 2021 The Japan Basketball Association announced its provisional 24-man roster for the upcoming third and final window of the FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers on Tuesday. The roster consists solely of players in the domestic B. League including stars such as Chiba Jets Funabashi point guard Yuki Togashi, Alvark Tokyo guard Daiki Tanaka and SeaHorses Mikawa sharpshooter Kosuke Kanamaru. Japan head coach Julio Lamas listed Jets forward Gavin Edwards, Utsunomiya Brex forward Ryan Rossiter a...