Economy | ANALYSIS
Households to take hit from tax hike
by Tomoko Otake
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people’s financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
Japanese Baseball Sep 24, 2013
Lions rally past Eagles
Shogo Akiyama and Takeya Nakamura hit back-to-back RBI singles as the Seibu Lions came from two runs down to beat rookie right-hander Takahiro Norimoto and the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 4-3 on Tuesday night. Facing a 2-0 deficit in the eighth, Seibu ...
Baseball | SPORTS SCOPE Jun 12, 2013
Once a young phenom, Matsui now a veteran leader for upstart Eagles
by Jason Coskrey
The plays aren’t as flashy or spectacular as they used to be, but Kazuo Matsui still makes them. His 37-year-old body doesn’t move the way it did when he was younger, but the former Pacific League MVP still does enough to warrant his place ...
Japanese Baseball Jun 10, 2013
Tanaka goes seven innings for 8th win as Eagles defeat Giants
Masahiro Tanaka escaped a first-inning jam on Sunday and cruised to his eighth victory as the Rakuten Eagles defeated the Yomiuri Giants 5-3 in interleague action at Tokyo Dome. The right-hander worked seven scoreless innings to improve to 8-0 in 11 starts this season. ...
Japanese Baseball | BASEBALL BULLET-IN Feb 3, 2013
Eagles facing big challenges in bid to make playoffs
by Wayne Graczyk
Will this be the season the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles make it to the Pacific League Climax Series for the second time in their nine years of existence? Hardline disciplinarian manager Senichi Hoshino got the team bumped up a notch in 2012, moving from ...