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David Hueston
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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 22, 2012
Kosugi strong in first start of season as BayStars rally for win over Tigers
Yota Kosugi kept batters off-balance over five innings of two-run ball, and Masaaki Koike drove in the tiebreaking run as the Yokohama DeNA BayStars rallied to defeat the Hanshin Tigers 4-3 on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 17, 2012
Baseball: Fighters demolish Lions, Tadano deals in Saitama
The hot-hitting Fighters continued their winning ways against the feckless Lions, and added insult to injury in their opponents' backyard.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 2, 2012
Arakaki goes distance as Hawks complete sweep
Nagisa Arakaki went the distance on one-run ball, Yuya Hasegawa broke open a close game with a three-run homer, and the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks beat the Orix Buffaloes 5-1 to complete a three-game sweep in the season-opening series on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 1, 2012
Hawks rally for second straight win
Give the Japan Series champions an opening, and they'll find a way to win.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 23, 2012
Hakuho calls time on Baruto's perfect record
Yokozuna Hakuho drew a line in the sand Sunday, beating ozeki Baruto to deny the Estonian goliath a 15th win on the final day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 22, 2012
Baruto closes in on perfect tourney
With his first championship title already a done deal, ozeki Baruto maintained his momentum with a thrashing of rival ozeki Kotooshu at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 21, 2012
Baruto wins New Year basho
Ozeki Baruto clinched his first career title Friday with a victory over rival Kotoshogiku, achieving the feat with two days to spare at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 18, 2012
Hakuho handed first defeat in New Year Basho
One false move and it was all over for Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho in a shock defeat to countryman Kakuryu at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 17, 2012
Hakuho, Baruto remain locked together for lead
It was business as usual for yokozuna Hakuho while ozeki Baruto also remained undefeated to share the lead in the title race at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 16, 2012
Dominating Baruto chalks up another victory
Baruto is building his case as the man standing between Hakuho and his third consecutive championship title — and the Estonian ozeki hasn't looked this dominant since his debut at sumo's second-highest rank.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 15, 2012
Hakuho, Baruto still tied for tourney lead at 7-0
Before the strike of the final wooden clapper, Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho was already locked into his hyper-focused zenlike state.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 12, 2012
Referee injured in fall; Hakuho wins
Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho made short work of Okinoumi, but Japanese ozeki pair Kotoshogiku and Kisenosato both tasted defeat at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 11, 2012
Kisenosato overpowers Miyabiyama
Ozeki debutant Kisenosato continued his impressive performance at sumo's second-highest rank, cutting down Miyabiyama in a powerful display on the third day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 10, 2012
Kotoshogiku rebounds from opening-day defeat
Kotoshogiku rebounded from an opening day loss, ozeki debutant Kisenosato steamrolled another would-be opponent, and Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho ruled with an iron fist on the second day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 9, 2012
Kisenosato, Hakuho roll; Kotoshogiku falls at New Year basho
Newly promoted ozeki Kisenosato tossed aside Goeido to get off to a high-octane start, Kotoshogiku took a first-day spill and yokozuna Hakuho was his usual dominant self on the opening day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 17, 2011
Zou wins horizontal bar; Uchimura takes bronze
Zou Kai led a 1-2 finish for China in the men's horizontal bar while three-time all-around champion Kohei Uchimura had to settle for bronze on the final day of the world gymnastic championships on Sunday.
Japan Times
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Oct 16, 2011
Uchimura earns second gold medal at worlds
Reigning all-around champion Kohei Uchimura made an encore performance, winning the men's floor exercise to capture his second gold medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 15, 2011
Koyano lifts Fighters to win over Marines
Eiichi Koyano hit a two-run go-ahead single in the sixth inning and Masaru Takeda threw one-run ball over seven effective frames as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters rallied to beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 2-1 on Wednesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 7, 2011
Tateyama helps Swallows beat rival Giants
Shohei Tateyama pitched his fourth complete game of the season and helped his own cause with a tiebreaking double as the front-running Tokyo Yakult Swallows beat the Yomiuri Giants 4-2 for their third straight victory on Wednesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 4, 2011
Dragons punish Sawamura, Giants
Kazuhiro Wada and Masaaki Koike both homered, Junki Ito pitched a shutout into the eighth inning and the Chunichi Dragons took the rubber in a three-game set against the Yomiuri Giants with a 6-2 victory on Sunday afternoon.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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