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Stephen Ellsesser
For Stephen Ellsesser's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2006
Fighters move ahead
SAPPORO -- Takeda and Takeda sounds like a law firm in Marunouchi, but up north, it's a crack pitching tandem.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2006
Morimoto's double mobbed at airport
SAPPORO -- Hichori Morimoto is always quick with a punchline, but the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters left fielder's latest joke was unscripted and accidental.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2006
Tasty Nagoya wrap before Sapporo feast
NAGOYA -- The Japan Series is knotted at ones after the opening leg of the Hinomaru-style Fall Classic, and Japan Times baseball writer Stephen Ellsesser is battling off the one-two punch of post-midnight Mexican food and the stuffy conditions at Nagoya Dome during Game 2.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2006
Woods carries big bat, winning attitude
SAPPORO -- Japan was just a place on a map for Tyrone Woods oh so many years ago.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2006
Hammies rally in pivotal 7th inning
NAGOYA -- Makoto Kaneko had found a new way to make an out in every Japan Series at-bat heading into the seventh inning of Game 2.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 22, 2006
Dragons grab Game 1
NAGOYA -- Once Kenshin Kawakami remembered how to be himself, the game was in the bag.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 21, 2006
Dragons, Fighters set to battle
NAGOYA -- The Japan Series will begin Saturday at Nagoya Dome, when the Central League champion Chunichi Dragons lock horns with the Pacific League-winning Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 21, 2006
Fighters skipper Hillman: It's time to enjoy thrill of competing in Japan Series
NAGOYA -- Elbow-deep in the biggest series of his managerial career, Trey Hillman is taking time to smile.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 21, 2006
Future is now for feel-good Fighters
NAGOYA -- In hindsight, bringing baseball to Hokkaido seems as much a no-brainer as bringing Trey Hillman in to manage the Nippon Ham Fighters.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 20, 2006
New skipper Collins determined to turn Buffaloes into winners
OSAKA -- An intense student of baseball, Terry Collins wears his heart on his sleeve. His expectations are emblazoned on his shirt.
SPORTS / E-LIST
Oct 17, 2006
Dragons win CL with 'Girl Power' formula
YOKOHAMA -- When no challenge exists, for some, the answer is to manufacture one. Call it the Teenage Girl Syndrome -- when there isn't enough drama in a given situation, never underestimate a moody 16-year-old girl's ability to create some, and fast.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 14, 2006
Baseball scribe breaks down exciting Pa League second stage
SAPPORO -- Here is a look back at the second-stage Pacific League playoffs, in which the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters swept the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in two games, winning the series 3-0 under the PL postseason's new format, which gives the No. 1 seed a one-game advantage before the series begins.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 13, 2006
Young Nippon Ham hurler Darvish tipped to be top for a long time
SAPPORO -- Yu Darvish showed he was ready for the big show Wednesday night, and at his age, he is going to be around for plenty more.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 13, 2006
Fighters win Pacific League
SAPPORO -- The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters needed only one chance to win their first Pacific League championship since 1981.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2006
Hammies relaxed as second stage starts
SAPPORO -- Enough standing around, say the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. Waiting for last weekend's first-stage Pacific League playoffs to take place may have been a bit unnerving for the PL's No. 1 seed, but if it was, the team's attitude did not reflect it in the practices leading up to Wednesday's Game 1 of the second stage.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2006
Darvish excels vs. Hawks
SAPPORO -- Messing this one up will be pretty tough.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 11, 2006
Oh inspired Hawks despite absence
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Here is a look back at the first-stage Pacific League playoffs, in which the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks beat the Seibu Lions 2-1.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 10, 2006
Comeback Hawks heading to Hokkaido
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Third place is feeling a whole lot better than first has the last couple years for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 9, 2006
Wounded Hawks lash out at Lions to level series
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- What a response.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 8, 2006
Masterful Matsuzaka
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Kazumi Saito was good enough to beat any pitcher in Japan on Saturday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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