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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 19, 2009

Bong leaves Japan on brink

SAN DIEGO — Yu Darvish began to look like his normal self on the mound early in the second inning of Japan's game against South Korea in the World Baseball Classic.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 18, 2009

Aoki's move to left field shows his commitment

SAN DIEGO — Presumably, on the 28-man rosters of all 16 World Baseball Classic teams, some players are required to handle unaccustomed jobs while suiting up for their national team.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 17, 2009

Japan pounds Cuba

SAN DIEGO — Three years later and the Cubans still haven't figured out Daisuke Matsuzaka.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 17, 2009

Feisty Johjima shoots from the hip

SAN DIEGO — We all know how outspoken Kenji Johjima can be. He never gives noncommittal, harmless words in front of the media. Instead, he replies with unexpected answers.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2009

'Curse of Colonel Sanders' statue returns minus hand, feet, glasses

After recovering its legs and right hand Wednesday, construction workers reassembled the long-lost statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder and mascot Colonel Sanders, which was tossed into the Dotonbori River in central Osaka 24 years ago, city officials said.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 7, 2009

Lee, South Korea trounce Taiwan

South Korea didn't have to work too hard to notch its first win of the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 7, 2009

Murata's homer sparks Japan, raises slugger's confidence

He was "the man" — as he is called in Yokohama — and wiped away his doubters' question marks about him.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 7, 2009

Dice-K, Kim share spotlight

Daisuke Matsuzaka will undoubtedly be the star attraction before Japan takes on South Korea on Saturday night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 5, 2009

Japan ready to defend title

When the second World Baseball Classic begins on Thursday, all eyes will be on Japan.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 5, 2009

Relaxed ace Darvish gets to grips with ball

When Yu Darvish was surrounded by hordes of reporters and asked whether his condition was developing favorably, the sole answer he gave them was: "I think so."
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 4, 2009

Players devote extra time to WBC preparations

With two days remaining until the start of the World Baseball Classic, Team Japan held a light two-hour workout in the indoor facility of Jingu Gaien in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Tuesday afternoon. Due to cold weather, the team practiced there instead of holding its workout outside at Jingu Stadium.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 1, 2009

Lions rout Samurai Japan

The World Baseball Classic finally made its return to Tokyo. Unfortunately for Samurai Japan, so did the Seibu Lions.
LIFE / CLOSE-UP
Mar 1, 2009

Of money and motherhood

Kazuyo Katsuma is a charismatic economic analyst, best-selling writer and working mother, who has regular columns in newspapers and appears frequently in magazines and on TV shows. Katsuma is considered one of Japan's foremost writers on the subjects of self- development skills for people in business,...
LIFE / CLOSE-UP
Mar 1, 2009

Kazuyo Katsuma: Of money and motherhood

Kazuyo Katsuma is a charismatic economic analyst, best-selling writer and working mother, who has regular columns in newspapers and appears frequently in magazines and on TV shows. Katsuma is considered one of Japan's foremost writers on the subjects of self- development skills for people in business,...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 28, 2009

Textbook perfect it's not

It often surprises me that I run into the same misconceptions about foreigners as the first time I came to Japan 17 years ago.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Feb 15, 2009

Foreign players find first training camp in Japan tough

The 12 Japanese pro ballclubs are about halfway through their spring training, having begun formal workouts on Feb. 1. The camps will close at the end of the month at which time exhibition games will begin in preparation for the regular-season openers on April 3.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2009

Nation grapples with pot-smoking sumo wrestlers

Sumo wrestlers with pot bellies, yes. Sumo wrestlers with pot? Now that's harder to grapple with.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japan and Canada ink key intel-sharing deal
Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand shakes hands with Japan's top diplomat, Takeshi Iwaya, at the end of a signing ceremony for an information security agreement, after bilateral talks in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Japan stands its ground after Trump letter delivers 25% U.S. tariff shock
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at Morristown Airport, New Jersey, on Sunday. Trump on Monday sent letters to 12 countries notifying them of new "reciprocal" tariff rates effective Aug. 1.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Scams involving police impersonation surge
A video by the National Police Agency warns about fake scams.

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