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The head of an official inquiry into the deadly collapse of a Bangladesh factory complex said the building’s owner was the “main culprit” for the disaster because he violated construction codes. The cave-in of the eight-story Rana Plaza outside the capital last month killed ...
Throughout most of Japan, June is the rainy season. While all that rainfall is great for rice paddies so that we can have delicious new harvest rice in the fall, it makes it a rather dull month for seasonal produce: The summer’s bounty of ...
“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, ...
Claude Regy says the team at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) threw him the “best birthday party ever” when he arrived in Japan just days after the actual May 1 occasion. The 90-year-old French director is hoping for an even better birthday gift, ...
As far as debuts go, Shohei Otani's delivered. The celebrated rookie pitched fairly well on Thursday night, and though he finished outside the decision, he left the mound with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters well within striking distance of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Toshiba center Nick Fazekas scored 23 points and grabbed 22 rebounds as the Brave Thunders edged the reigning JBL champion Toyota Motors Alvark 64-62 in the decisive third game of the playoff semifinals at Todoroki Arena on Tuesday night. With the victory, the Brave ...
Alex Ramirez edges closer to history during the BayStars' victory over the Swallows
Rivalries are perhaps the superfine ingredient that works to spice up teams and athletes and make fans louder. Think of the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in the major leagues, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens in the NFL, Real Madrid and ...
A lot of passion with different ways of cheering for each respective nation. That’s one of the things you can taste only at the World Baseball Classic. For Sunday’s semifinal between Japan and Puerto Rico, the stands were filled with an enormous amount of ...
With the World Baseball Classic acting as a showcase in front of major league scouts, Team Japan has obviously been one of the countries attracting attention from the men with stop watches and speed guns in the stands. In the first two rounds held ...
Team Japan sure put it all together Sunday night. But who would have thought it would earn the victory with a slugfest? A total of 17 hits, six of them home runs. That’s what Japan racked up during a 16-4 win over the Netherlands ...
It will take one more win to punch a ticket to San Francisco. But of course nothing’s secured yet for Team Japan. After a nail-biting 4-3 extra-inning victory over Taiwan in their first game of the World Baseball Classic’s second round on Friday, the ...
So, which side of Masahiro Tanaka did we see on Wednesday night? The question appears to remain. The 24-year-old Japanese right-hander pitched for two frames, starting in the fourth inning, in Japan’s 6-3 loss to Cuba in the first round of the World Baseball ...
One of the beautiful things about sports is that there are always stories about the losers, not just the winners. China and Brazil have been eliminated from the World Baseball Classic, but there were some notable Japan-related players on those teams. Despite its winless ...
On the eve of Japan’s World Baseball Classic opener against Brazil, Masahiro Tanaka said that one stellar outing would change people’s perception. But it didn’t work out that way. The impression he gave on Saturday night was not what he wanted. After a couple ...
After a four-year wait, the third edition of the World Baseball Classic has officially begun. Yet Seiichi Uchikawa kept his low-key manner one day before the two-time defending champions were set to face Brazil in Japan’s tournament opener. Uchikawa’s reason was simple: He’d already ...
Tetsuya Utsumi is making an appearance at his second World Baseball Classic, but his role will be a lot more important this time. Although he was on the hill for just three innings, the Yomiuri Giants lefty put up a superb outing on Tuesday ...