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A sit-in by visa violators and their families entered its second day Tuesday in front of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau with protesters seeking government good will. The action at the bureau in Minato Ward is being organized by the Asian People’s Friendship Society, ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
When speaking of Japanese art, people use words such as wabi and sabi, words that speak of a delicate sensibility and an ephemeral existence. Viewing the retrospective show of painter Toko Shinoda, the first word that comes to mind is "power."
Have you ever given your best effort while striving to achieve something but felt like what you were doing was futile? That’s the feeling I’m getting about Tokyo’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics. With just over three months to go until the IOC ...
Brian Wolfe essentially had the season riding on his shoulders in the first Japan Series game of his career. Wolfe’s postseason career to that point had consisted of one-failed trip to the Midwest League (Single-A) playoffs in 2001, where his Quad City River Bandits ...
A change in scenery got the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters back in their comfort zone and back in the Japan Series. With former star Yu Darvish watching as a guest commentator for the television broadcast, Atsunori Inaba roused a slumping offense with an early ...
The Yomiuri Giants are headed to Hokkaido with an eye on capturing the Japan Series title. The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters are headed home simply trying to come up with a way to earn a return trip to Tokyo. The Kyojin edged the Fighters ...
Hirokazu Sawamura made his Japan Series debut by hitting a pair of batters in the first inning. A friendly tap on the head from catcher Shinnosuke Abe, and a leadoff home run by Hisayoshi Chono got the second-year right-hander back on track and the ...
One has to wonder what was going through John Bowker’s mind as he rounded the bases after hitting a three-run home run during the fourth inning of Game 1 of the Japan Series. Maybe as the ball sailed toward the seats in right, Bowker ...
Baseball is hardly the first thing that springs to mind when Canadian sports are discussed. Hockey is king in Canada, and slap shots and glove saves stoke the nation’s fire more than home runs or diving catches ever could. The Toronto Blue Jays’ World ...
Coming off a tough season, John Bowker was ready for his moment. The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters sure weren’t ready for him. Bowker hit a three-run home run in the fourth inning and added a two-run double in the seventh, while starter Tetsuya Utsumi ...
For the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and Yomiuri Giants, it was business as usual on the eve of the 2012 Japan Series. Both teams practiced for about two hours apiece at Tokyo Dome in anticipation of the title series, which begins Saturday at the ...
The dust has settled on the 2012 season and only the Yomiuri Giants and Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters are still standing. These two clubs will slug it out in the season finale for the second time in four seasons, with the victor claiming the ...
D.J. Houlton didn’t know what to expect, and there was a good chance no one else did either. The 32-year-old Yomiuri Giants hurler couldn’t remember ever making a start on three days’ rest, even as far back as his days pitching for the Los ...
For three consecutive nights, the Yomiuri Giants lived life on the edge. Shell-shocked by three straight losses in the Central League Climax Series final stage against a Chunichi Dragons squad that swept into Tokyo Dome, caught fire, and threatened to burn the joint down ...
Tokyo Dome was rocking and the Chunichi Dragons were reeling. All it would take was one final blow to finish putting the nail in the coffin. As he has so many times this year, Yoshihito Ishii turned out to be the man for the ...