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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 4, 2008

Greisinger shines as Giants crush Swallows

Seth Greisinger entered the Yomiuri Giants' game against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in need of a win.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 2, 2008

Aoki, Takeuchi carry big sticks for Swallows in win over Giants

The Yomiuri Giants have dedicated this week's series against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows to former Giants great Sadaharu Oh.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 28, 2008

Tatsunami lifts Dragons

YOKOHAMA — It was a classic case of age before beauty for the Chunichi Dragons against the Yokohama BayStars.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 28, 2008

Fine play by Tigers during interleague season helped boost CL lead

The Hanshin Tigers missed out on the interleague title, but they're still on track for the one that matters.
EDITORIALS
Jun 23, 2008

Reducing disaster-related deaths

The 2008 government white paper on disaster prevention points out that communities' capability to cope with disasters is in decline mainly because of the aging population and a drop in the number of people who work as community-based volunteer firefighters. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, in his October...
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2008

After the drama, the curtain drops quietly on the current Diet session

The curtain drops on the ordinary Diet session Saturday, quietly and without the catharsis the Democratic Party of Japan aimed for with its last-minute censure motion against Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda last week.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 19, 2008

Maeda loses no-hitter in eighth; Carp hang on to beat Nippon Ham

Kenta Maeda took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and earned his first career win with eight shutout innings as the Hiroshima Carp beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2-1 on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 18, 2008

Marines' offense erupts in blowout victory over Yokohama

YOKOHAMA — Saburo Omura is all the way back.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 17, 2008

You say Nebuta, I say Neputa

Undaunted by the current state of the dollar, John and Kate are planning to visit Japan this summer.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 10, 2008

Hot-hitting Lions storm past Giants

The Yomiuri Giants got the best of the Seibu Lions the first time around.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 8, 2008

Giants sweep Marines

The Yomiuri Giants haven't spent too much time at .500 this season.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 8, 2008

Eagle takes a wrong turn, but will Golden Eagles remain on course?

"Match" is a Chilean blue eagle who lives at Nasu Animal Kingdom in Tochigi Prefecture. He sometimes shows up at Kleenex Stadium Miyagi to appear at Rakuten Eagles home games where he goes to entertain the fans with a pregame flight that is supposed to take him from the center-field back screen to home...

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