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The Tigers' Teruaki Sato has hit at least 20 home runs in three straight seasons.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 28, 2024
Tigers remain the Central League's team to beat as rival Giants loom
While Hanshin may be favored to repeat, the rest of the league will be waiting to pounce should the Kansai club falter.
An anti-seismic reinforced building at the Keiju Medical Center in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, suffered broken pipes and water leakage following a New Year's Day earthquake.
JAPAN / Society / Regional voices: Chubu
Mar 4, 2024
Hospitals in Japan slow to adopt seismic isolation in their buildings
Facilities severely hit by the New Year's Day quake have not been able to resume surgeries and other medical services.
Sho Nakata
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 5, 2023
Dragons add Nakata to bolster offense
The 34-year-old became a free agent this offseason by opting out of his multiyear contract with the Yomiuri Giants.
Coffee is served from a Toyota-developed fuel cell food truck at an event in Hita, Oita Prefecture, in October.
BUSINESS / Tech / Regional voices: Chubu
Nov 13, 2023
Toyota's fuel cell vehicles include food trucks and mobile offices
The carmaker is offering a variety of ways to utilize FCVs by taking advantage of their lack of tailpipe emissions and ability to generate electricity.
Cuban national team pitcher Yariel Rodriguez takes a photo with a fan in Havana on March 20.
BASEBALL
Oct 6, 2023
Dragons release Cuban pitcher Yariel Rodriguez
Rodriguez played for Cuba at the World Baseball Classic in March but did not return to Japan after the tournament.
Epitheses of various body parts at Ikeyama Medical Japan in Nagoya
JAPAN / Science & Health / Regional voices: Chubu
Sep 11, 2023
Epithesis — offering appearance care to cancer patients
The use of epithesis — artificial reconstructions of body parts — is beginning to attract attention.
Sheldon Neuse of the Hanshin Tigers doubles in a run against the Chunichi Dragons in their Central League game at Vantelin Dome Nagoya on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Baseball
Sep 6, 2023
CL-leading Tigers look unstoppable in win over Dragons
The Tigers remained 7½ games ahead of the second-place Hiroshima Carp.
Yohei Oshima celebrates reaching 2,000 hits on Saturday in Nagoya.
BASEBALL
Aug 26, 2023
Yohei Oshima gets 2,000th hit in Dragons' loss
Oshima singled to center in the third inning, making him the 55th player in Nippon Professional Baseball to reach the milestone.
The Dragons' Yuya Yanagi pitches against the Carp in Nagoya on Sunday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 14, 2023
Yuya Yanagi throws nine no-hit frames before Dragons win in 10th
Yuya Yanagi threw nine no-hit innings before the Chunichi Dragons won a 10th-inning home run derby to defeat the Hiroshima Carp 2-1 in the Central League on Sunday.
Staff at Youits by My Gakuya, a shop selling gender-free cosmetics that opened in Nagoya’s Sakae shopping district in April
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jul 31, 2023
Cosmetics stores in Nagoya expand sales of gender-free makeup
Move reflects the recent trend of men becoming more conscious about grooming and the popularity of male K-pop idols wearing makeup.
Giants pitcher Iori Yamasaki (right) and second baseman Naoki Yoshikawa pose for photos during the hero interview after Yomiuri's win over the Dragons at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 29, 2023
Iori Yamasaki wins fourth straight start as Giants top Dragons
The Giants held off the Dragons at Tokyo Dome to earn their third straight win.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 23, 2023
Takayoshi Noma and Masato Morishita shine as Carp win sixth straight
In other Central League action, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows beat the Hanshin Tigers, while the Yomiuri Giants defeated the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jul 17, 2023
Firms and authorities stop requiring staff to display names amid harassment
Concerns have been raised that name tags showing full names can lead to people identifying workers' personal information on social media.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 22, 2023
Hiroto Takahashi leads Dragons to win over Eagles in NPB's interleague finale
Hiroto Takahashi allowed two runs, none earned, over 6⅔ innings to pick up the win as the Central League's Chunichi Dragons completed this year's interleague session with a 5-2 victory over the Pacific League's Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2023
Former Dragons ace Shigeru Sugishita, known as the 'God of the Forkball,' dies at 97
Known as 'the God of the Forkball,' Sugishita won 215 career games, all but four for the Dragons between 1949 and 1958.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 8, 2023
Hanshin's Kotaro Otake and Chunichi's Seiya Hosokawa earn monthly honors with new clubs
NPB announced its monthly MVPs for May in the Central and Pacific Leagues on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jun 5, 2023
Nagano school runs course for girls dreaming of idol stardom
Six girls dreaming of debuting as idols joined the inaugural class that will pursue both academic studies and performing arts at Saku Chosei Senior High School.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 22, 2023
Adam Walker hits two-run home run to propel Giants to fifth straight win
The victory at Tokyo Dome was the Giants' fifth straight and completed a two-game sweep of the last-place Dragons, who have lost seven in a row.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 20, 2023
Foster Griffin and Takumi Oshiro lead Giants to win over struggling Dragons
Griffin had another strong showing against Chunichi, and Oshiro backed him up with a grand slam.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
May 15, 2023
Haircuts for the deceased, begun in Mie, now offered across Chubu
Stylists across the region now cooperate in offering such services, aiming to make the deceased look the way they used to and allow families to spend a last moment with their loved one.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Tehran signals no retaliation against Israel after drones attack Iran
A reported strike against Iran by Israel on Friday came against the backdrop of Iran's support for the Palestinian Hamas militant group, whose assault into Israel on Oct. 7 triggered Israel's invasion of Gaza.
In a first, Japan doctors sue Google over negative reviews on firm's map app
One of the lawyers representing a group of doctors suing Google told a news conference that the main purpose of the lawsuit is not to seek compensation but instead to raise awareness over various problems with the Google Maps system.
Former No. 1 Kento Momota retires from international badminton at 29
Badminton star Kento Momota leaves a news conference after announcing his retirement from Japan's national team, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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