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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 3, 2009

Passed over by MLB, Inaba shines at home

Funny as it seems, being passed over for the major leagues might have been the best thing that could have happened to Atsunori Inaba.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 29, 2009

Utsumi, Lee lead Giants to victory

The Yomiuri Giants thrust the Swallows away by taking the final game of the first three-game series after the interleague behind two of the unexpected heroes that had gone through distress earlier in the season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 27, 2009

Giants rap out 15 hits, end Tateyama's streak

With the King of Pop blasting through the sound system, the Yomiuri Giants reminded the Tokyo Yakult Swallows why they've been wearing the crown in the Central League for two years and running.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2009

Tigers fans hope resurrection of deep-sixed 'Colonel' helps lift jinx

Fans of baseball's Hanshin Tigers hoped to exorcise a 24-year "curse" Thursday by honoring a repaired statue of Colonel Sanders at Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine in Osaka.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Jun 25, 2009

"Yakult Lady" Chie Takamizawa

Chie Takamizawa, 30, is a "Yakult Lady" in downtown Tokyo. A mother of two boys, aged 8 and 9, she first got on her delivery bicycle when her second baby turned 8 months old. With almost eight years of speeding through alleys and avenues, Takamizawa delivers healthy beverages, yogurt and Yakult, a delicious...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 21, 2009

My son, I give you power over the people

Last Monday, TBS's noontime show "Hiruobi" was covering Kim Jong Un, the son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and presumed successor. One commentator on the show, an editor for an entertainment magazine, wondered what the citizens of North Korea really thought of this dynastic system. "In Japan right...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jun 21, 2009

Injured Baker in limbo over cash dispute with Apache

First in a two-part series
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jun 10, 2009

Newton heads class in inaugural Top 20 list

The bj-league hit the nail on the head by naming Ryukyu Golden Kings center Jeff Newton the MVP of the 2008-09 regular season and the playoffs.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 9, 2009

Easter answers; credit crunch

The letter published in April about Easter in Japan — or rather the lack of it — provoked quite a response. The general consensus appears to be that Easter is too hard to pin down on the calendar for commercialization. Here are a couple of responses:
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Jun 7, 2009

Kang Sang Jung: Born but not Bred

Kang Sang Jung is one of the most influential ethnically Korean residents of Japan (zainichi). A political science professor at the University of Tokyo, he also gives lectures around the country, is a regular television commentator and has a column in the prestigious weekly current affairs magazine Aera....
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 5, 2009

Ogasawara making a feast of PL pitching

Michihiro Ogasawara left the Pacific League to join the Yomiuri Giants in 2007.
SUMO
Jun 4, 2009

Ozeki Kaio says harsh treatment is integral

Sumo veteran Kaio said Tuesday that harsh treatment of wrestlers in training is an integral part of Japan's ancient sport and is partially responsible for his own success.
Japan Times
CULTURE
May 29, 2009

Looking for love, and an English teacher

Actress Kazue Fukiishi looked perplexed when I asked if she could see herself ever marrying a foreigner.
LIFE
May 24, 2009

City's new gateway to worlds apart

When I was walking to Osanbashi Pier, I noticed that the asphalt road changed to a wooden deck leading me up a slope to a grassy hilltop.
Japan Times
LIFE
May 24, 2009

Happy Birthday Yokohama!

For untold generations it was a muddy little fishing village on present-day Tokyo Bay. Then the destiny of Yokohama (meaning "broad beach") changed forever when a U.S. naval squadron led by Commodore Matthew Perry dropped anchor there in February 1854.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 22, 2009

PL looking to extend interleague win streak

The NPB kicked off koryusen (interleague season) this week with the first round of games taking place in Pacific League stadiums on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
May 22, 2009

A mother alone

To launch Za Koenji, the new public theater in Suginami Ward designed by Toyo Ito, artistic director Makoto Sato made the bold decision to present "Keshou Two Acts" ("Makeup"), a one-woman play by renowned writer and director Hisashi Inoue that stars Misako Watanabe. Now 76, the veteran actress first...
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May 21, 2009

'Cowboy Shingo' tips hat to Masters achievement

The first thing you notice is the hat.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami