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Basketball: Trojans get a little revenge on way to championship

Eight days earlier, Zama watched a 10-point lead evaporate in a two-point defeat at Yokota.

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Basketball: Kadena back on the throne again after nine-year absence

Hobbling around on a walking boot in late November, the result of an injury during volleyball, Jazlene Vergara said she wasn’t sure when – or if – she could finally suit up for Kadena’s basketball team.

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Misawa Chapel holiday visit; a long lived tradition

Carrying on a tradition that dates back to the 1960s, members of the Misawa Chapel team visited Biko-en Orphanage in Shichinohe, Japan, this past holiday season, bringing gifts donated by the Misawa Air Base community.

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Basketball: Kinnick wins another heart-stopper to repeat

Far East Division I boys basketball finals have definitely been fit to put grey hair on Nile C. Kinnick coach Robert Stovall.

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Wrestling: Titans’ first tourney win comes at season-ending duals

If it wasn’t an injury, it was an illness. And another. And another. Some wrestlers sidelined for weeks at a time.

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Wrestling: Mustangs nip St. Mary’s at the post to end long title drought

On a day in which multiple Far East weight-class champions shined and others were dethroned, American School In Japan snapped a 30-year Far East wrestling Division I title drought.

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Month of the Military Children: Military children, tell us your story!

Hey, all you kids in the military community need to read this. Seriously! So, please put down your iPad, iPhone or other digital device for the next couple of minutes. You’ll survive, and I promise no one will take them.

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Basketball: Girls teams can’t afford to take a game off at Far East

In another time, Matthew C. Perry might have been viewed by other girls basketball teams as an “automatic W” whenever they took the court with the Samurai.

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Basketball: There’s a bit of mystery in the D-I boys Far East event

It’s not so much the teams you’ve already played, but the ones you haven’t seen that can make tournament play a challenge.

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Tokyo’s Architectural Study Hubs: Modern and chic public libraries across the city

Looking for a quiet yet aesthetically pleasing study hub to dive into your work in Tokyo? We’ve gathered seven free options—including Haruki Murakami’s former university and a library designed by Tadao Ando.

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Wrestling: Nine wrestlers will begin Far East title defenses Monday

That’s the narrative that sometimes follows a wrestler bearing the title “defending Far East champion” onto the mat whenever it comes time for them to compete.

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Soccer: Coaches of Japan’s top pro soccer team assist DODEA players on Okinawa

Young soccer players from two Defense Department high schools on Okinawa trained recently with the coaches of Japan’s top-rated professional team

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Exam Cram: ‘Tis the season in Japan to study like crazy to ‘make the cut’

On any given February morning, you might see hundreds of young students – some with parents, or even teachers, in tow – flocking to a nearby high school or university.

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Wrestling: Kinnick wrestlers break through with three tourney titles

All season, coach Stan Hovell had pined for his boys and girls teams to come away with a title sweep in a major in-season wrestling tournament.

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