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Stephen Ellsesser
For Stephen Ellsesser's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 30, 2006
SubMarine no longer under radar
CHIBA -- Shunsuke Watanabe is a rabbit's foot, a twisting, turning good luck charm who gets it done.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 26, 2006
Buffs black Seibu's eye on Opening Day
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Buffalo beef tastes great, no matter the bull.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2006
Japan faces difficulty in hosting later round games for 2009 event
SAN DIEGO -- Results aside, it could be tough for Japan to host later round games for the next World Baseball Classic in 2009.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2006
Japan defeats Cuba to win first World Baseball Classic
SAN DIEGO -- So much for history. Well, for reliving it anyway.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2006
Ichiro calls victory 'greatest moment'
SAN DIEGO -- For Team Japan to be No. 1, Ichiro Suzuki had to bat No. 3.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 21, 2006
Cuba confident going into WBC final against Japan
SAN DIEGO -- Meet me in the middle. Cuba and Japan will meet Monday night in the World Baseball Classic finals, bringing Asia and Caribbean together at Petco Park in a finals pairing few expected. That includes at least one of the teams involved.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 21, 2006
Japan, Cuba battle against the odds to make it to WBC final
SAN DIEGO -- The baseball giant who couldn't and the world-class unknown that almost wasn't allowed are getting ready to play for the World Baseball Classic championship. How perfect.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 20, 2006
Japan beats S. Korea for final berth
SAN DIEGO -- Team Japan absolutely had to beat South Korea.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 20, 2006
Cubans down Dominicans
SAN DIEGO -- Team Cuba didn't come all the way to Petco Park to get smoked.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 19, 2006
Japan players primed for semi with S. Korea
SAN DIEGO -- Team Japan's got the big smile down. All it needs now is the big win.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 18, 2006
Clemens issues cryptic statement
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Roger Clemens' muddy future may have cleared up a little bit after Thursday's 2-1 World Baseball Classic loss to Mexico.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 18, 2006
Japan on way to semis after Mexico tops U.S.
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- What a wonderfully lazy Thursday afternoon for Team Japan.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 17, 2006
S. Korea stifles Japan
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Not even prayer could help Team Japan.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 17, 2006
Lee having a blast in the WBC
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Lee Seung Yeop sure knows how to party.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 16, 2006
Japan downs Mexico
Team Mexico may actually be glad to see Roger Clemens after facing Team Japan.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 16, 2006
Protest peters out after disputed call
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Nippon Professional Baseball's formal protest was dead in the water before it left Japan.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 15, 2006
Japan set to protest 'loss' to Team USA
FULLERTON, Calif. -- Team Japan still can't outrun Sunday night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 15, 2006
S. Korea downs U.S.
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- By now, Lee Seung Yeop is pretty much unstoppable.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 14, 2006
WBC Notebook
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Ichiro Suzuki saw daylight for one at-bat, but now he's back in the dark.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 14, 2006
Korea downs Mexico on Lee's two-run blast
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Lee Seung Yeop didn't leave his power stroke at Tokyo Dome.
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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