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Yokota's Connor Rowan goes up for a basket Thursday while defended by Robert D. Edgren's Shamar Parnell, right, and Alec Struve. Edgren won 47-45 in the last game of the season for both teams as DODEA-Pacific and military officials decided to cancel the Far East boys tournament at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, due to concerns of the spread of the coronavirus. SHELBEY BINGHAM/SPECIAL TO STRIPES
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Far East basketball, cheerleading canceled due to coronavirus fears

Casey Cox said he couldn’t believe it when his coach told him that the Far East boys basketball tournaments were canceled.
Osan's Thalia Cowden and Jaela Sahegan of last year's runner-up Daegu hope to bring a Division II girls basketball tournament title banner to Korea since the Warriors won it in 2014. JESSICA MCCOLLUM/SPECIAL TO STRIPES
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Basketball: Zama, Kadena seen as favorites in girls tourneys

While some teams look at a basketball tournament as a “go hard or go home” deal, Chloe Sterling says she and her Zama teammates have their own spin on that expression: “Go hard or go hard.”
Collin Metcalf and Humphreys' boys team towered over the field in Korea for a third straight season, but had their struggles in last month's Kanto Classic. Might the Blackhawks be vulnerable at Far East? LILY AUSTINSON/SPECIAL TO STRIPES
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Basketball: Humphreys boys look to demonstrate lessons they have learned

Talk about a rough patch for Blackhawks boys basketball.
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Kadena boys take second straight Friendship crown

For Kadena’s boys basketball team, the last three weeks have been as testing as they’ve been successful, coach Antiwon Tucker said.
American School In Japan's Maja Greenqvist dribbles upcourt, during Saturday's girls varsity basketball game, against Zama's Aika Davis. Zama won the game and the tournament title. MAYU ONO/SPECIAL TO STRIPES
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Basketball: Zama turns last year's disappointment into triumph

They were the last team to enter the tournament, but they exited at the head of their class.
Connor Coyne, left, and Humphreys' boys basketball team will look to make it two straight titles in this weekend's American School In Japan Kanto Classic. KATRINA VASQUEZ/SPECIAL TO STRIPES
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Tournaments serve as tests for wrestling, basketball teams

They finished fourth, losing four times in the Kanto Classic last January. But coach Daisy Whitaker-Hayes called the three-day tournament at American School In Japan a “pivotal point” in Zama’s bid for its first DODEA-Japan and Far East Division II Tournament titles.
Kubasaki's Dylan Canlas drives for a shot against Taipei American during Sunday's Taipei Basketball Exchange boys game. The Tigers won 72-58; the Dragons split their two games with the Tigers. DAVE ORNAUER/STARS AND STRIPES
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Taipei gives Okinawa teams a new challenge

What a change an opponent makes. Kadena’s girls basketball team won its first four games against Okinawa-based American and international school foes by an average of 37½ points.
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Boys Basketball: Kubasaki boys enjoy breakout quarter

It took more than two seasons after sitting out 2016-17 with a damaged ankle, but Dylan Canlas finally enjoyed a breakout performance in a truly breakout quarter for Kubasaki’s boys basketball team.
Casey Cox and Kadena won both of their games last year against Taipei American's boys basketball team. The Tigers return this weekend for the annual Taipei Basketball Exchange against the Panthers and Kubasaki. JAELYN FORBES/SPECIAL TO STRIPES
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Boys Basketball: Okinawa teams finally get chance to play someone else

For the first time since the season began in early December, Kadena’s and Kubasaki’s boys and girls basketball teams get to face somebody besides teams based in Okinawa.
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Boys Basketball: Kadena claims regular-season hoops titles

Kadena’s boys won their fourth straight Okinawa regular-season title over Kubasaki while the Panthers girls claimed their 17th straight district title over the Dragons with their latest victories Friday at Kubasaki.
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VIDEO| Lets cook up some Okinawan Goya

If you live on Okinawa, you might have heard about Goya, a local cucumber-like vegetable also known as bitter melon. As the name suggests, this green, bumpy veggie has a bitter taste but is a favorite in the summer season.
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Japan’s 7-Eleven offers cheap and tasty options

Here are are recommendations for a Western fusion dinner, a Japanese traditional-style dinner, and three dessert options.
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VIDEO| It's Italian! Making you own pasta Pomodoro

If cooking isn’t your forte, but a nice meal is something you want to try to master, try pasta pomodoro!
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Cuisine: Japanese

My Faves: 5 Instant Noodles you have to try in Japan

Ever since I started working from home, instant noodles have become my go-to for a quick bite.
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Okinawan town's vending machines offer discount coupons for restaurants

Japan is the land of the vending machines, but these are not exclusive to selling soda, coffee, hot tea or even canned soup broths. In Chatan Town, you’ll find what may seem like just another vending machine, but these orange machines don’t sell drinks.
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Cuisine: Japanese

VIDEO| Speakin’ Japanese: Let's eat eel and beat the heat!

Do you like eel? I do! Very much! The fish looks a bit ugly, but it is very tasty and nutritious.