Search - kyodo

 
Menu
Search
 
April 27, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
19,200 results
Sort by: Relevance Newest Oldest
After adjusting your search parameters, press Enter on your keyboard or click on the red magnifying glass to run your query again.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 10, 2004

Lions beat Hawks

(Kyodo) Alex Cabrera hit a go-ahead two-run double in a seven-run rally in the seventh inning as the Seibu Lions came from behind to beat the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 15-6 on Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 16, 2004

Hawks notch eighth straight

Pedro Valdes drew a bases-loaded walk in the seventh inning for the eventual game winner as the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks overcame a late scare to edge the Kintetsu Buffaloes 6-5 on Tuesday at Tokyo Dome.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2004

51.6% oppose SDF dispatch to Iraq but Cabinet support up

People opposing the dispatch of Self-Defense Force troops to Iraq for humanitarian operations outnumbered those supporting it in a Kyodo News opinion poll taken over the weekend.
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2004

Japan, U.S. plan to restore faith in beef

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman ended a meeting here Wednesday without discussing concrete steps toward lifting Japan's ban on imported American beef.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 2, 2003

Giants interested in acquiring Tuffy

The Yomiuri Giants are looking to acquire Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes outfielder Tuffy Rhodes after the slugger hit a snag in negotiations for a multiyear contract with his present club, baseball sources said Saturday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 11, 2003

Igawa snares 20th win as Tigers reel in Carp

Hanshin lefty Kei Igawa fanned eight over six innings for his 20th win while Tomoaki Kanemoto went 3-for-4 at the plate as the Tigers ended their season with a 11-3 victory over the Hiroshima Carp at Koshien Stadium for their club best 87th win.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 4, 2003

Arias' hot bat puts Tigers seven games away from pennant

The Hanshin Tigers overcame a 2-1 deficit and an injury to starter Kei Igawa to win their seventh game in a row by defeating the Hiroshima Carp 5-4 on Wednesday at Hiroshima Stadium.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 10, 2003

Marines' Minchey knocks out punchless Fighters

Nathan Minchey scattered five hits over eight innings and won his fifth straight decision as the Chiba Lotte Marines edged the Nippon Ham Fighters 1-0 at Chiba Marine Stadium on Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2003

Decisions not to appeal end Recruit-scandal trial

Both prosecutors and defense lawyers for Hiromasa Ezoe, founder and former chairman of Recruit Co., said Monday they will not appeal a recent ruling that handed Ezoe a suspended jail term over the so-called Recruit scandal.
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2003

Koizumi to choose new BOJ chief earlier

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said late Monday he will name a new Bank of Japan governor around Feb. 20, but stopped short of saying who would get the job.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2002

Yokota's father urges full investigation

The father of a Japanese woman who reportedly committed suicide in North Korea after being abducted to the country urged the government Saturday to conduct full investigations into her whereabouts.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 26, 2002

Tigers rally for second straight victory over hung over Giants

Osamu Hamanaka drove home the go-ahead run with a two-run triple and Kei Igawa got his first win since July 30 as the Hanshin Tigers rallied to beat the Yomiuri Giants 3-2 for the second straight night on Wednesday.
COMMUNITY
Sep 5, 2002

A day of taking tea and tonkatsu with a spirited local guide

Accustomed as I am to a stoic mug of Brooke Bond in the morning, I admit having been less than overjoyed at the prospect of visiting the Yue He Cha herbal tea house in Kyodo, a bustling little town on the Odakyu Line.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 5, 2002

Ono's 12th-inning, three-run blast lifts Swallows over Tigers

NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Pref. -- Yakult reserve catcher Kosei Ono drilled a three-run homer off Hanshin reliever Takehito Kanazawa to break a 5-5 deadlock in the top of the 12th inning, giving the Swallows an 8-7 victory over the Tigers on Sunday night at Koshien Stadium.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 25, 2002

Hawks snap skid, back in PL race

Tadahito Iguchi scored on a wild pitch in the eighth inning Friday and Daiei snapped a five-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over Nippon Ham at the Fukuoka Dome.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2002

Media must probe collusion: group

Japanese news media should make greater efforts to shed light on collusive ties between politicians and bureaucrats in the wake of revelations of close relations between lawmaker Muneo Suzuki and the Foreign Ministry, members of an advisory committee to Kyodo News have said.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2001

LDP candidates look strong in Shiga, Miyagi by-election races

Candidates on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket appear to be leading their rivals in the races for the House of Representatives by-elections in Shiga and Miyagi prefectures on Oct. 28, Kyodo News reported Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 29, 2001

Yomiuri manager Nagashima retires at end of season

Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima will step down from the helm of Japan's most popular baseball team at the end of the season, chairman of the board Tsuneo Watanabe said at a press conference Friday.
COMMENTARY
Jul 16, 2001

Avoid temptation of populism

The July 29 Upper House election is effectively a national referendum on the "reform without sacred cows" program of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's administration. The central question is whether "Koizumi reform" will jump-start Japan's stalled economy and put it back on the long-term recovery course....
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2001

Transplant chief 'subsidized' founders

The head of Japan Organ Transplant Network, the nation's sole coordinator of organ transplants, gave 70 million yen to a professor and a hospital director who helped establish the network in 1997, according to sources familiar with the case.
JAPAN
May 26, 2001

Koizumi, coalition to be tested in July

Although Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and his Cabinet continue to enjoy record-high public approval ratings, the real test for the new administration will come in the July House of Councilors election.
JAPAN
May 24, 2001

Koizumi's popularity propels LDP poll rating to two-year high

The Cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi continues to enjoy better than 85 percent support among voters, and his appeal even lifted the LDP above the 40 percent support line for the first time in almost two years, according to a Kyodo News poll released Wednesday.
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2001

War flick touting Japan's role in Indonesia's birth irks Jakarta

A new Japanese film depicting the role of Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in Indonesia's war for independence from the Netherlands highlights a stark difference in views between Indonesians and Japanese over the republic's 1945 birth.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
Japan doubles down on stimulus to counter effects of Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks about U.S. tariffs in Tokyo last week.
Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35 million over counterfeit products
Takahiro Fujii (center), the president of Try and E, and his lawyers speak during a news conference on Friday in Tokyo after a ruling was handed down in a case against Amazon Japan.
Francis laid to rest as 400,000 mourn pope 'with open heart'
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Pope Francis at the end of the funeral ceremony in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Saturday.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.
By Tomoko Otake

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Looking ahead to Yokohama’s Green × Expo 2027
Looking ahead to Yokohama’s Green × Expo 2027

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER