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Stephen Ellsesser
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SOCCER / J. League
Nov 6, 2005
Apache top Albirex in OT as bj-league debuts
The bj-league couldn't have asked for a more exciting beginning to its inaugural season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2005
Marines sweep Tigers to win Japan Series
NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Pref. -- The Chiba Lotte Marines are on top of Japanese baseball for the first time in 31 years.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2005
Valentine sets his sights on a real World Series title
NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Pref. -- Bobby Valentine is eager to get back in the World Series, but this time, he wants it to be a truly global affair.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2005
Tigers learning a tough postseason lesson
The Chiba Lotte Marines have a 2-0 lead in the Japan Series, and with the way the Hanshin Tigers have played the first two games, the Marines could leave Osaka with the Japan Series title.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2005
Marines batter toothless Tigers
CHIBA -- The Chiba Lotte Marines keep losing bodies, but the Hanshin Tigers keep losing games.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2005
Marines open fire on hapless Tigers
CHIBA -- Toshiaki Imae wasted no time settling into his new spot in the batting order, and the Chiba Lotte Marines took an easy first step toward ending 31 years of futility.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 21, 2005
Lotte Marines ready to tackle some unfinished business in Japan Series
CHIBA -- The atmosphere around Chiba Marine Stadium in the hours leading up to Saturday is not one of over- jubilation.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 10, 2005
Marines sweep Lions, move on to face Hawks
CHIBA -- There are only two K's in Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Hiroyuki Kobayashi's name, but in his arm, there are many more.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 9, 2005
Marines grind out win
CHIBA -- The Seibu Lions couldn't get Koji Mitsui off the mound fast enough.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2005
Marines pumped for long-awaited return to postseason
CHIBA -- The Chiba Lotte Marines are battling more than the Seibu Lions in this weekend's Pacific League first-round playoffs.
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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