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Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 11, 2013

Japan pounds Netherlands to reach WBC final round

Japan punches its ticket to the final round of the World Baseball Classic with a 16-4 rout of the Netherlands.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2013

Protesters rail against Abe, reactors

More than 10,000 demonstrators take to the streets of Tokyo, calling for an immediate phaseout of atomic energy and railing against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's pronuclear stance.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2013

To cut nuclear attack risks, take warheads off high alert

Taking nuclear warheads off high alert would strengthen deterrence by reducing the chance of armed rivals attacking each other after a rise in tension.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2013

Venezuela left with good potential

Hugo Chavez changed the political psychology of Venezuela, which now has the potential to be a Saudi Arabia with democracy. That is not a bad thing.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 11, 2013

U.S., Asia harden turtle safeguards

The United States, in a conservation victory Friday, won the approval of an international wildlife summit for stronger protections for endangered freshwater tortoises and turtles, including Maryland's iconic diamondback terrapin.
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 10, 2013

Hurler Maeda gets call to start against Netherlands

It will take one more win to punch a ticket to San Francisco. But of course nothing's secured yet for Team Japan.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 10, 2013

Cuba belts four homers, crushes Taiwan in mercy rule-shortened game

Facing elimination, mighty Cuba knocked balls out of the park almost as fast at it knocked Taiwan out of the World Baseball Classic.
SPORTS / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 10, 2013

Buffaloes appear headed in the right direction

No doubt the Hanshin Tigers are the more popular of the two Japanese professional baseball teams in the Kansai area. Their games at historic Koshien Stadium between Osaka and Kobe draw packed crowds most of the time, and the fans are arguably the most boisterous in the country.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 10, 2013

Rickert says Cartwright emphasizing defense for Osaka

With 12 games in the books since Bill Cartwright took over as the Osaka Evessa’s new head coach, his message at the gym, wherever practices and games are held, has been simple and constant.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 10, 2013

Tohoku has been truly rent asunder for untold generations yet to be born

There are now three Tohokus ... and there have been since the afternoon of March 11, 2011.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 10, 2013

Crime is down but elderly prisoners on the rise

Last July, a lay judge panel in Osaka handed down a 20-year prison sentence to a man convicted of killing his sister after the prosecution had only asked for 16 years. Earlier this month the Osaka High Court reduced that sentence to 14 years, because the defendant had been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome,...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Mar 10, 2013

Two years on, Fukushima evacuees seek justice and a normal life

Living in a tiny temporary house isn't all bad.
Reader Mail
Mar 10, 2013

Nostalgia for the old language

In his March 3 Counterpoint article, "The days may be numbered for English as a universal second language," Roger Pulvers analyzes the status of English from a startling new angle.
EDITORIALS
Mar 10, 2013

Resuscitating Japan's fishing culture

The efforts by young fishermen engaged on fish culturing on the Uwa Sea, west of Ehime Prefecture, may offer an example of a new direction that Japan's fishing industry should take in making itself vibrant. In 2009, the Ehime Prefectural Government started a system of certifying fishermen younger than...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Mar 10, 2013

Embrace the DNA that makes you a mongrel

This month, we celebrate the mongrel, a word that means different things to different people. For some, it may bring to mind nonpedigree dogs, mutts that don't belong to a specific breed; in Japanese, the word is daken, which has the definite negative connotation of a 'skulking cur.'
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 9, 2013

Economy returned to growth in last quarter, boosting Abe's easing drive

The economy returned to growth in the fourth quarter, the Cabinet Office announces, bolstering Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's campaign to end 15 years of deflation.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2013

Abe plan for sovereignty day fete irks Okinawans

The prime minister's declaration of a ceremony to commemorate the 1952 end of the Allied Occupation and restoration of Japan's sovereignty strikes a sore nerve in Okinawa.
Japan Times
JAPAN / TOHOKU TRAPPED IN TIME
Mar 9, 2013

NRA gets strict, must prove credibility

Japan's nuclear regulator has had a major revamp in the two years since lax safety standards contributed to the catastrophic nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 plant, discrediting it in the eyes of the public.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 9, 2013

Netherlands' success no overnight phenomenon

The calls began coming in August, and they didn't stop. Netherlands manager Hensley Meulens had a player who was excited about the upcoming World Baseball Classic, and he wanted the manager to hear all about it.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 9, 2013

Power of poetry penned by survivors of 3/11 is showcased by ASIJ project

Kathy Krauth, a social studies teacher at the American School in Japan, admits she was never a huge fan of tanka, traditional Japanese poetry. "Tanka never really spoke to me. I dismissed it as early Japanese history with cherry blossoms." That all changed when Krauth sat in a classroom at the University...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2013

America can't afford the Amtrak train fantasy

The fact that a program as wasteful of taxpayers' money as Amtrak has so many defenders is more evidence why the U.S. budget debates are stuck.
‘Demon Slayer’ movie slashes its own box office records
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” is the first installment in a trilogy that's set to wrap the anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoke's manga about sword-wielding heroes fighting man-eating demons.
Kyoto University researchers find mechanism behind malignant pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer, the third-leading cause of cancer death in Japan, has the lowest five-year survival rate of any cancer at just 8.5%.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Ishiba rules out joint document on U.S. tariffs as deal's details trickle out
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech at an event in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Friday afternoon.
Japan's average life expectancy in 2024 almost unchanged from 2023, data shows
The average life expectancy of Japanese citizens in 2024 is 81.09 years for men and 87.13 years for women, according to the health ministry.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.
Behind the scenes: Inside Fuji Rock’s strategy for staying on top
In recent years, Fuji Rock has had fewer blockbuster performers and showcased more top-selling Japanese acts and international musicians' first-time performances in Japan.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Hall of Fame always held deeper meaning for Ichiro
Ichiro presents then-Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson with the bat he used to break the single-season hits record in 2004.
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
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