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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 4, 2010

Swallows pay price as Fujii fuels Giants

Shugo Fujii may be a pitcher by trade, but he taught the Tokyo Yakult Swallows an important lesson with his bat on Monday.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
May 2, 2010

Schedule packed for Golden Week; interleague next

Ah, Golden Week, when the weather is warm and windy, the koi nobori carp streamers are flying and Japan's ballparks are full with spectators from Showa Day on Thursday through Children's Day on May 5. I have said it before; if every week was Golden Week, Japanese pro baseball would never have an attendance...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 24, 2010

Big Unit empathizes with Kudo's struggle to get back on mound

As Randy Johnson stood on the mound at Tokyo Dome on Tuesday night, Chiba Lotte Marines leadoff hitter Tsuyoshi Nishioka could be forgiven for thinking he dodged a bullet.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 21, 2010

Yamasaki, Nagai provide spark for Eagles in victory over Marines

Future MLB Hall of Famer Randy Johnson took the mound in a Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles jersey, but the 46-year-old pitcher said his playing days are behind him.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Apr 20, 2010

Streak's end could signal new beginning for Kanemoto

As he had done for the past eight years, Tomoaki Kanemoto arrived at the stadium on Sunday, put on an ash gray Hanshin Tigers road uniform, laced up his spikes, grabbed his hat and went about his preparations to play the Yokohama BayStars.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 18, 2010

NPB boxscores now available in English

The question is often raised by fans in Japan and in other countries, relatives and friends of foreign players in Japan, major league team scouts and player agents: Where can I get box scores of Japanese professional baseball games in English?
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 14, 2010

Tigers stage dramatic comeback against Giants

The Hanshin Tigers were rude hosts to Shugo Fujii when they faced him a week ago.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Apr 13, 2010

Improved pitching helps power Marines' surprising start

The season is young, but it's hard to dismiss what the Chiba Lotte Marines are doing.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 11, 2010

Death of Giants coach Kimura shocks NPB

He seemed fine two weeks ago, but, on Wednesday Yomiuri Giants infield and running coach Takuya Kimura died at a hospital in Hiroshima of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 37. He was pronounced dead five days after collapsing on the field at Mazda Zoom Zoom Stadium as he was about to fulfill his pre-game...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 11, 2010

Under the volcano, Iwate's capital keeps its rich history alive

The signs of boredom on this first morning in Morioka are manifest. Arriving ill-equipped for the pouring rain, there is a limit to how much interest can be squeezed from the otherwise admirable station facilities. After two hours of window- shopping and an over-surfeit of canned coffees, I'm ready for...
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Apr 6, 2010

Steady play needed from mercurial Sato

A pretty good pitcher will toss a great game on occasion. The elite hurlers are the ones who make a habit out of it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 4, 2010

Kawamoto's clutch homer ends wild game

There wasn't a lot of quality pitching on Saturday, but the Yokohama BayStars and Tokyo Yakult Swallows put on one heck of a show at the plate.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Toyota considers making tiny trucks for U.S. market as demand booms
Toyota executives say the automaker is listening to U.S. dealer requests for a truck smaller than the brand’s best-selling Tacoma midsize and Tundra full-size pickups.
Japan taxi driver suspected of raping 50 women, reports say
Police have arrested a former taxi driver on suspicion of drugging and raping a female passenger, with media reports saying there could be dozens more victims.
Japan considers toughening rules on driver's license conversions
Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Itsunori Onodera (fourth from left) visits a driver's license center in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday to see how foreign driver's licenses are converted into Japanese ones.
Trump’s wake-up call for India’s foreign policy
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 13. Trump’s coercive use of trade threats against India during the Pakistan military crisis has undermined trust in the U.S.-India partnership and exposed Washington as an unreliable security ally.
AI fiction is already here. Are humans ready?
After last year’s controversy over using AI to write about 5% of her novel, Rie Qudan was asked by an advertising magazine to write a short story where she uses AI for 95% of it. The resulting short story, “Kage no ame” (“Rain Shadow”), was published March 25.  
Six short films that capture our world in mere minutes
“Marion” provides a glimpse into the lives of bull dodgers, who perform a nonlethal version of bullfighting.
As Taiwan looks to boost ‘unofficial ties,’ Paraguay’s leader offers facilitator role
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena speaks during an interview with The Japan Times in Tokyo on Thursday.
GCAP next-gen fighter joint venture likely to be running by this summer
A concept model of the Global Combat Air Program's fighter jet is displayed during the DSEI Japan defense exhibition in the city of Chiba on Wednesday.
NTT develops world's first 'flying lightning rod' using drones
NTT's drone — aimed at triggering, then redirecting lightning — is described as a "flying lightning rod."

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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
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