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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.
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka surrendered a leadoff homer in the first inning but did little wrong after that as he went the distance in a 2-1 interleague victory over the Japan Series champion Yomiuri Giants on Wednesday. Tanaka, who may be ...
Kazuya Fujita’s three-run double off Chiba Lotte closer Naoya Masuda on Friday lifted the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to a 5-3 come-from-behind victory over the Marines in a battle between the Pacific League’s two hottest teams. Protecting a one-run lead in the ninth, Masuda ...
Sho Nakata's three home runs propel the Fighters to a lopsided win over the Eagles.
The grind of a 144-game season will usually, over time, weed out the pretenders from the contenders, often with ruthless precision. While any baseball season is littered with peaks and valleys, some extremes being higher or lower than others, there are usually signs throughout ...
The Chiba Lotte Marines’ pitchers were off to a good start, but the team’s offense was having a little trouble getting things going against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Oddly enough, it was the Eagles who eventually gave the Marines the push they needed. ...
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters didn’t put up much of a fight against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles’ ace in the first game of their series. Reigning Pacific League MVP Mitsuo Yoshikawa was only too happy to help his team return the favor in ...
Masahiro Tanaka threw seven innings of one-run ball and got plenty of help from catcher Motohiro Shima, who drove in four runs on a pair of singles and triple as the Rakuten Eagles rolled to an 8-2 win over the Orix Buffaloes in their ...
Andruw Jones is hoping he can be an effective addition to the lineup after he was introduced to the press by the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Tuesday along with another former New York Yankee Casey McGehee. Jones, a five-time MLB All-Star, said he ...