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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2009

Darvish slays Giants

SAPPORO — Yu Darvish and Tsuyoshi Shinjo had Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters fans worked up into a frenzy before the second game of the Japan Series had even started.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 30, 2009

Ogasawara returning to battle team he started with

Saturday night will mark a reunion of sorts when the Yomiuri Giants and Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters take the field at Sapporo Dome to open the 2009 Japan Series.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 30, 2009

'Drag Me to Hell'

Once upon a time Sam Raimi wasn't the boring, franchise-friendly director on display in those anemic "Spiderman" movies. No, Raimi started out as a wild man of excess; his debut film, 1984's "The Evil Dead," was a slavering undead movie that went far, far beyond all previous limits of taste or imagination....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2009

Ibaraki turns matchmaker to curb population decline

NAMEGATA, Ibaraki Pref. — With fat black clouds hanging ominously overhead, a sludgy field of sweet potatoes in rural Japan might not seem the best place for a date with the woman of your dreams.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 27, 2009

ESPN fires Phillips after sex scandal

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Baseball analyst Steve Phillips was fired by ESPN on Sunday night less than a week after the former Mets general manager admitted having an affair with a production assistant at the cable network.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2009

Giants crush Dragons in series finale

After the Yomiuri Giants finally found a way to score first, Yoshitomo Tani taught the Chunichi Dragons a thing or two about finishing off an opponent.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 25, 2009

Managerial wheels spinning as NPB teams change bench bosses

Three Japanese teams have already filled managerial vacancies while two others are expected to name their choices sometime soon as the Climax and Japan Series draw to a close, in time for fall camp, the Oct. 29 amateur draft and the printing of the 2010 team calendars.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2009

Dejected Nomura ends reign as Rakuten manager

SAPPORO — Katsuya Nomura's griping yet deeply attached days with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and the team's emotional run has come to an end.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2009

Veteran closer Kroon thrives under pressure

Coming into a close game in the eighth inning isn't an easy thing for a closer. But as the Yomiuri Giants' Marc Kroon can attest to, you don't catch many breaks in October.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2009

Takahashi, Fighters take commanding 3-0 series lead

Sapporo — Day after day, baseball produces new story lines.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 22, 2009

Dragons blitz Giants as Gonzalez falters

Facing odds that reeked of unfairness, the Chunichi Dragons couldn't have scripted a better beginning to the second stage of the Central League Climax Series.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 22, 2009

Nomura has nothing to fear

SAPPORO — For Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' illustrious manager Katsuya Nomura, there is nothing to be afraid of any more, even of his own ballclub.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 20, 2009

Rested Fighters, high-flying Eagles set for PLCS

After a long layoff, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters will return to the diamond on Wednesday in the second stage of the Pacific League Climax Series.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 18, 2009

Pitching riches stoke Tohoku Rakuten's ambitions

SENDAI — One of Japanese baseball's marquee pitchers will be missing from the second stage of the Pacific League Climax Series.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 15, 2009

BayStars interested in Valentine

The Yokohama BayStars are making a "concentrated effort" to bring Bobby Valentine back to Japan. That was the word reported by FOX Sports on Tuesday, days after the manager returned to the U.S. after his final season managing the Chiba Lotte Marines.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 15, 2009

Uncertainty surrounds first-stage teams in Pa. League Climax Series

Established in 2004, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles may be making their maiden voyage into the postseason but manager Katsuya Nomura's club has the pieces for a successful run.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Oct 6, 2009

'Outsider' shares unique take on life, prejudices in the 'real' Japan

As a "blonde-haired, blue-eyed" American woman living in the rural farmlands of Tokushima Prefecture with a Japanese husband and their twin children, one with hearing disabilities, author and novelist Suzanne Kamata has gained a unique perspective on life in Japan.

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