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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 19, 2009

Eagles ace Iwakuma handcuffs Buffaloes

Hisashi Iwakuma turned in another stellar performance at Tokyo Dome.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 17, 2009

Fighters enjoying extra clout with bat bonanza

The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' pitching staff has looked surprisingly pedestrian early this season.
Reader Mail
Apr 12, 2009

Coaxing Kim means courting China

It's all fine and good for Prime Minister Taro Aso to denounce North Korea's missile launch as a "provocative act." Indeed, a missile darting across Tohoku skies understandably raises ire. Mobilizing the missile defense system sends a signal to North Korea that Japan is serious about protecting itself,...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 12, 2009

Veteran announcer Bickard calling NPB games on TV in English

Did you know there is English-language coverage (though very limited) of some Pacific League games in Japan?
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 11, 2009

Kamei, Tsuruoka lift Giants

Yomiuri Giants players Yoshiyuki Kamei and Kazunari Tsuruoka combined to drive in five runs against the Hanshin Tigers on Friday.
JAPAN / Q&A
Apr 10, 2009

What did Japan's response to the North's rocket prove?

When North Korea sent what it claims was a rocket carrying a satellite over the Tohoku region Sunday, the Self-Defense Forces units deployed to possibly intercept it held their fire because the craft apparently posed no threat to Japan's territory.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 8, 2009

Offensive outburst carries Fighters to first win of season

After the game, catcher Shinya Tsuruoka said with a bitter smile that he didn't expect it would be this through to earn a victory.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2009

Tokyo's mood mixed over rocket launch

There was a mixture of anger and surprise on the streets of Tokyo on Monday over North Korea's rocket launch.
EDITORIALS
Apr 6, 2009

Step toward destabilization

North Korea on Sunday launched what it claims to be a communications satellite. The first stage of the rocket fell in the Sea of Japan, and the second stage fell in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after flying over the Tohoku region. It is regrettable that Pyongyang went ahead with the launch in defiance...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 5, 2009

Marines show mettle in comeback victory

CHIBA — The Chiba Lotte Marines squandered a two-run lead in their first game against the Seibu Lions.
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2009

Two false alarms leave Japan egg-faced

North Korea may have spent Saturday toying with a jumpy Japan over its plan to send a rocket over the Tohoku region, but it managed to cause a meteoric embarrassment to Tokyo — twice — without ever pushing the launch button.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 4, 2009

Seabol, Carp beat Giants in opener

After more than a decade of disappointing finishes, the Hiroshima Carp feel they're ready to compete with the Central League's best.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2009

Launch plan sets off surveillance frenzy

As tension mounts ahead of North Korea's plan to launch a rocket over this country, Japan, the United States and South Korea are deploying several high-tech surveillance ships to monitor what the three allies suspect will actually be a ballistic missile test.
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.
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."
Ishiba doubles down on weapons cooperation, says no country can go it alone
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba walks past members of the Philippine Coast Guard at the coast guard's headquarters in Manila on April 30.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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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