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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2013

Morgan, BayStars trample over Lions

Nyjer Morgan knows his game. So he wasn't too hard on himself when he struggled early in the season.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 14, 2013

Lack of transparency on ball changes causes NPB grief

Nippon Professional Baseball did not err when it introduced a standardized baseball two seasons ago. The change was needed.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 12, 2013

Once a young phenom, Matsui now a veteran leader for upstart Eagles

The plays aren't as flashy or spectacular as they used to be, but Kazuo Matsui still makes them.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 7, 2013

Giants' Abe slugs game-winning home run in eighth

Shinnosuke Abe stood at the plate with two outs and down to his final strike with his team losing in the eighth inning.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2013

'Ethical fashion' concept employed to empower Africa's female artisans

Fashion can help empower women in Africa and lift them out of poverty, says the chief technical adviser of the International Trade Center, which promotes 'ethical fashion.'
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 29, 2013

Hoashi, Hawks whip Giants

Kazuyuki Hoashi essentially replaced Toshiya Sugiuchi last season when he joined the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and Sugiuchi left to suit up for the Yomiuri Giants.
BASKETBALL
May 29, 2013

Niigata dumps Coach of Year

Matt Garrison, the 2012-13 bj-league Coach of the Year, has not been retained for next season.
EDITORIALS
May 28, 2013

National park of restoration

Natural parks in the Tohoku-Pacific coastal region devastated by the 3/11 disasters are being reorganized into the new Sanriku Restoration National Park.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 28, 2013

As Japan reeled from disaster, three men went cycling

In 1977, British author and long-term Tokyo resident Alan Booth made a journey on foot from the northernmost point in Japan, Cape Soya, to Kyushu's southernmost tip, Cape Sata.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
May 28, 2013

Carp offense not doing Bullington any favors

One of the more memorable marketing campaigns of the 1990s was a Nike ad centered around Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux, at the time a pair of Cy Young winners pitching for the Atlanta Braves, who, jealous of the attention St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire was receiving for his home run exploits,...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 24, 2013

Murton maintains torrid pace in Chiba

There's something about the Chiba Lotte Marines' home field that brings out the best in Matt Murton.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 24, 2013

Japanese afternoon tea; Beatles and disco dinner party; eat off Kutani porcelain

Japanese afternoon tea at Peninsula
EDITORIALS
May 24, 2013

Mr. Murakami's tale of redemption

Mr. Haruki Murakami's latest novel, "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage," his first since the publication of "1Q84" about three years ago, sold a million copies in seven days after it hit the stands.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 22, 2013

Stranger than fiction: Ryukyu fires Toyama after setting wins record

The Ryukyu Golden Kings failed to reach the Final Four for the first time since 2007-08, their inaugural season in the bj-league. That result proved to be unacceptable to team management.
BUSINESS / NOTEBOOK
May 22, 2013

Pearl jewelry exhibition; evacuation simulation symposium; political decision-making seminar

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Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While Japan has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.
Do Japan's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?