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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 22, 2010

Victorious Giants make Tigers pay for miscues

Ryota Wakiya taught Hanshin Tigers rookie Takumi Akiyama one of the most important lessons a pitcher can learn.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Aug 20, 2010

Time for bj-league to slow down on expansion

In a mad rush to expand, the bj-league is ignoring a number of real concerns, including the pressing need to aggressively market itself in Tokyo, this nation's entertainment, government, financial and media capital.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 29, 2010

Pulse Rate: ikyu.com

Japan isn't exactly the land of discounts, but the Web is at least helping consumers pinpoint the price drops in certain sectors.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 24, 2010

Abe-led CL earns All-Star win

FUKUOKA — When Shinnosuke Abe gets on a roll it doesn't matter who's on the mound.
EDITORIALS
Jul 24, 2010

Farm policy needs more scrutiny

Income compensation for individual farmers is an important policy of the Democratic Party of Japan. By the end of June, 1,319,277 farming units applied to join the system, meeting the farm ministry's goal of enrolling 1.2 million of Japan's 1.8 farming households in the system.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 21, 2010

Giants edge Swallows in 10

Marc Kroon felt like he owed everyone something after blowing a save in his last outing.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jul 18, 2010

No lack of foreign candidates to manage Swallows

It has been reported the Tokyo Yakult Swallows are looking for a former player to take over as manager in 2011, and pitching coach Daisuke Araki, a one-time Yakult pitcher, is the presumed leading candidate to become the next field boss.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 17, 2010

Journeyman Fernandez keen to make most of Seibu return

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — The stairs must have seemed endless.

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb