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BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 17, 2002

Move north paid off for Blue Jays' Hinske

Funny how things work out sometimes.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 9, 2002

Gagne admires teammates Ishii, Nomo

There's one good thing about Kazuhisa Ishii not playing in the Japan-MLB All-Star Tour.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 9, 2002

Big leaguers wary of Giants

The Japanese channel was one of many shows Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins tuned into as a kid in his hometown of Oakland, Calif. He remembers watching scores and highlights of baseball games played in Japan.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 8, 2002

Lil' Angel packs big league punch

The knock on Japanese players used to be that they were too small and underpowered to make it in North America's big leagues. But with the recent success of the Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki, that argument has been laid to rest.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 7, 2002

Giants keen on Royal

The Yomiuri Giants are moving toward acquiring Kansas City Royals right-hander Cory Bailey, Japanese baseball officials said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 2, 2002

Matsui, Cabrera named MVPs

Yomiuri Giants outfielder Hideki Matsui and Seibu Lions infielder Alex Cabrera, Japanese baseball's home run kings, were named the Most Valuable Players of the 2002 season.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 19, 2002

Marines go out with a bang

Ryosuke Sawai and Koichi Hori each drove in three runs Friday as the Lotte Marines defeated the Kintetsu Buffaloes 8-3 in the final game of the Japanese baseball season.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 14, 2002

Cabrera gets one last shot at home run record

Tuffy Rhodes has been there, done that. Well, almost.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 12, 2002

Matsui hits 49th, 50th HRs

For a decade, Hideki Matsui has lived up to his name and fame. In what could have been his last regular-season game at the Tokyo Dome, the Giants' slugger made sure the sea of orange witnessed the very best of him.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2002

Tokyo Dome operator tied to mob

Tokyo Dome Co., which runs the Tokyo Dome indoor stadium and an adjacent hotel, had for years extended favors to an underworld organization affiliated with the Sumiyoshi-kai syndicate and related companies, it was learned Friday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 28, 2002

Cabrera hits No. 54, sits one behind record

Alex Cabrera hit his 54th homer and Kazuo Matsui belted No. 36, but Nobuhiko Matsunaka had the final word with a solo shot in the eighth that lifted the Daiei Hawks to a 6-5 win over the Seibu Lions on Friday night at the Fukuoka Dome.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 25, 2002

From the mailbox: What's wrong with Ichiro?

Wayne: Have there been any negative or questioning press comments about Ichiro's (Suzuki) recent slump in batting here in Seattle? From my perspective it almost looks like he might be hiding a health problem; he seems to have no fire in the belly and is almost running on empty, so to speak. Also, do...
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 23, 2002

Seibu's Pacific League crown ends four-year drought

This year the Seibu Lions cruised to their first Pacific League crown in four years -- a result expected by many.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Sep 12, 2002

Super Monkey's on my back

You'll have to excuse me if this week's column is a bit short. Sega has just released "Super Monkey Ball 2" (SMB2) and I am having a hard time tearing myself away from the television.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 11, 2002

Only drama left in PL revolves around MVP

It's just a matter of time before the Seibu Lions wrap up the 2002 Pacific League pennant. The Leos' magic number for clinching is down to nine, and one of the most interesting results of Seibu's great team effort will be the announcement in November of who will be the Pa League Most Valuable Player....
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 5, 2002

MLB tour to carry on as planned

Japanese baseball officials said Tuesday that this year's exhibition series between the Japanese All-Stars and major leaguers will be held as scheduled in November.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 4, 2002

Fujita lifts Tigers in first career victory

Taiyo Fujita earned his first career win by pitching a five-hit complete game Tuesday as the Hanshin Tigers crushed the Hiroshima Carp 10-2 at Hiroshima Stadium.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 4, 2002

Fighters welcome foreign fans to Dome

The Pacific League's Nippon Ham Fighters will hold their first Arizona Diamondbacks Night promotion on Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Tokyo Dome and, as was the case with Yankees Day for the past 20 years, the Fighters ballclub is inviting 3,000 foreign fans as guests to this fun international event. The...
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 22, 2002

Major league tour of Japan in doubt

It appears that bad news is in the offing for Japanese and foreign fans of Major League Baseball.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 21, 2002

Major League tour in doubt

It appears that bad news is in the offing for Japanese and foreign fans of Major League Baseball.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 31, 2002

New and improved Pops!

How can anyone market one of the world's great orchestras in an era when orchestral music is growing ever less essential to the cultural fabric and the recording industry itself is ailing?
Japan Times
JAPAN / WEEKEND WISDOM
Jul 28, 2002

Tokyo planetary science professor doubles as ramen guru

Although the fields of extraterrestrial activity and ramen may seem to be worlds apart, these disparate subjects have provided one Japanese academic with widespread recognition.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 19, 2002

Fighters, Diamondbacks form partnership

The Nippon Ham Fighters, who are scheduled to move to Sapporo for the 2004 season, will be getting a little help setting up shop up north the team announced Thursday in Tokyo.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 14, 2002

Another stop on All-Star circuit for Powell

Jeremy Powell took the mound Saturday for the Pacific Leaguers in the second installment of the 2002 All-Star Series, it marked the first time in 41 years that a foreign pitcher from the Kintetsu Buffaloes had taken part in Japan's annual midsummer classic.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 13, 2002

Tigers dominate at All-Star Game

As George Arias rounded the bases, he was pumped, thrilled, excited. But he showed no exuberance, trotting back to the dugout in a cool, soothing manner like the picture of the Kirin Beer ad he had just hit with a monstrous 147-meter blast at the Tokyo Dome.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 9, 2002

Kanemura goes the distance in Ham win

D.T. Cromer and Sherman Obando drove in all of Nippon Ham's runs and Satoru Kanemura went the distance as the Fighters defeated the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 7-3 Monday night at the Tokyo Dome.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2002

Adidas cashes in on Japan's World Cup exploits

Philippe Troussier was not the only Frenchman elated with the surprisingly good performance of the Japanese squad in the FIFA World Cup.
Takaichi's PM bid faces further headwinds with coalition split
LDP leader Sanae Takaichi and Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito attend a party leaders' meeting on Friday in Tokyo.
Powerful earthquake strikes off southern Philippines
Authorities inspect a damaged wall and a car outside a mall in Butuan, Philippines, on Friday, after a major earthquake struck the area.
Japan to move toward five-year integrated bachelor's-master’s programs
Japan plans to introduce nationwide five-year bachelor's-master's programs to raise graduate school enrollment and train more highly skilled professionals amid a shrinking workforce.
Tokyo named world’s best big city for second straight year
Tokyo was ranked the world's best large city for the second year in a row in the Conde Nast Traveler's 2025 Readers' Choice Awards.
Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to reporters at Kyoto University on Wednesday after receiving the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry the same day.
A Japanese comedian walks into an Aussie bar … and stays there
Takashi “Waka” Wakasugi stopped by the Tokyo Comedy Bar in Shibuya Ward last month following his stint at Edinburgh Festival Fringe performing his show “Comedy Samurai.”
Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to reporters at Kyoto University on Wednesday after receiving the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry the same day.
University of Tokyo lands its highest spot ever in global higher education ranking
The University of Tokyo in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward
Tokyo named world’s best big city for second straight year
Tokyo was ranked the world's best large city for the second year in a row in the Conde Nast Traveler's 2025 Readers' Choice Awards.
With nuclear sub proposal, Japan faces array of political and tech challenges
The Jingei, the third of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Taigei-class submarines, was commissioned in March last year. It is equipped with lithium-ion batteries, enabling it to have a longer diving time and cruising distance than older models with lead-acid batteries.

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