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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 1, 2008

Skippers Hara, Watanabe ready to match wits on diamond

It was a business-like atmosphere at Tokyo Dome on Friday afternoon as the Seibu Lions and Yomiuri Giants went through their final preparations for Game 1 of the Japan Series.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 1, 2008

Japan Series features high-octane offenses

Offense was the name of the game for both the Seibu Lions and Yomiuri Giants this season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 31, 2008

Watanabe's gentle touch brings out Lions' claws

When thinking of what made the Seibu Lions' quick resurgence from the fifth-place finish of the previous season possible, as well as the players' growth, manager Hisanobu Watanabe's presence played a big part in it.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 28, 2008

Foreign students to fill the halls

Rie Yoshinaga had a wide range of colleges to choose from.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 26, 2008

Giants advance to Japan Series

The Yomiuri Giants won the Central League pennant last season but failed to reach the Japan Series.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / LIQUID CULTURE
Oct 24, 2008

Stir up memories in bars of yore

In hard times such as these you can always find solace in a drink; just make it one that reminds you of better days. Here are eight great Tokyo bars that ooze nostalgia. Some serve classic cocktails, some survived the war, and most of them seem to have served author Yukio Mishima.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 24, 2008

'Redacted'

Brian De Palma is a man of contradictions. The director is known for filming spectacular scenes of violence: Just think of the elevator slashing in "Dressed To Kill," Al Capone's baseball bat in "The Untouchables" or pretty much all of "Scarface." Yet his riskiest and maybe best film, 1989's "Casualties...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 21, 2008

Late Woods homer gives Dragons win

OSAKA — Before the Chunichi Dragons' series finale against the Hanshin Tigers a fan asked Tyrone Woods for four home runs.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 20, 2008

Kawakami makes sure talking heads listen up

OSAKA — For the the first half of the season, most of the talk surrounding Chunichi Dragons pitcher Kenshin Kawakami involved a rumored move to a Major League Baseball club, injuries or a dismal showing in the Olympics.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 18, 2008

Hot-hitting Lions crush Fighters in series opener

Despite a two-week layoff and missing some players due to injuries, the young Lions silenced the skeptics with a night of offensive fireworks.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 13, 2008

Mistakes prove costly for erratic Buffaloes

OSAKA — Kensuke Tanaka talked as if he's said it many times before.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 11, 2008

English for one's health

A friend recently asked me to teach some English classes for her while she took a semester off to have a baby. Of course, I was happy to help out.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 5, 2008

Once proud Yakult, Yokohama clubs now at bottom

It may be difficult to believe, but arguably the two worst franchises in Japanese pro baseball, in terms of both player talent and attractiveness to their respective fan bases, are the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and the Yokohama BayStars.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 5, 2008

Rangers name Drury captain

NEW YORK — Chris Drury became the New York Rangers' captain Friday, one night before the club opened the regular season in the Czech Republic.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 1, 2008

Ishikawa tosses seven-hitter, puts dent in Carp's postseason plans

Tokyo Yakult Swallows pitcher Masanori Ishikawa probably won't be playing in the postseason this year.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 28, 2008

Shimizu shines in Marines' win

CHIBA — The Chiba Lotte Marines gave Fukuoka Softbank Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh, a video tribute, flowers and a hero's sendoff to celebrate his last visit to Chiba Marine Stadium. The win, however, they kept for themselves.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 22, 2008

Rays reach playoffs

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) The playoffs beckoned, and just as they've handled other challenges this season, the Tampa Bay Rays took a leap forward.
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.
Japan to set up 'control tower' for crimes by foreign residents
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Over 800 people found to be involved in TOEIC cheating scheme
An English conversation test paper and bubble answer sheet. A Chinese graduate student from Kyoto University is suspected of having attempted to use a small microphone under a mask to tell other takers of a popular English-language proficiency test the correct answers.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
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.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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