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BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 22, 2006

Roster of foreign players nearly complete for 2006 season

Spring camps begin for the 12 Japan pro baseball teams in just 10 days, and there has been a flurry of activity in the past week with the Central and Pacific League clubs signing new-and second-hand-foreign players and finalizing rosters for the coming season. Following is a team-by-team update on the...
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 21, 2006

Sources: Sosa to stay in MLB

Although Sammy Sosa does not have a home for next season, he likely won't be playing in Japan, according to unnamed Major League Baseball sources.
EDITORIALS
Jan 21, 2006

A new empire is shaken

Mr. Takafumi Horie, president of the high-flying Internet services company Livedoor Co., has once again been thrown into the media spotlight as a criminal investigation into his business activities begins.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 20, 2006

S. Korean slugger Lee joins Giants

The Yomiuri Giants on Thursday announced the acquisition of South Korean slugger Lee Seung Yeop on a one-year contract worth an estimated 210 million yen, including a 50 million yen signing bonus.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 19, 2006

Source: Ishii to rejoin Swallows

Japanese left-hander Kazuhisa Ishii is likely to return to the Yakult Swallows after spending four seasons in the major leagues, according to baseball sources.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2006

'Livedoor shock' halts TSE

The Tokyo Stock Exchange shut down trading early to avoid system troubles Wednesday amid a continued free-fall as investors spooked by the investigation into Livedoor Co. flooded the bourse with sell orders.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 18, 2006

Iriki heads for talks with MLB club

Japanese right-hander Yusaku Iriki left Japan for the United States on Tuesday hoping to strike a deal with a major league club during his trip.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 15, 2006

Fighting on the beaches peels away Aussie veneer of tolerance

It has already been a long hot summer in Sydney, Australia, where I am writing this article, and the season still has at least two months to go.
BUSINESS
Jan 11, 2006

Privee takes top Hankyu stake

Privee Zurich Turnaround Group Co. has become the largest stockholder in Hankyu Holdings Inc. through an acquisition of 5.01 percent of the firm's outstanding shares, according to a report filed with financial authorities Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 7, 2006

Eagles to chat up ex-Met Ishii

The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles will hold talks Saturday with Kazuhisa Ishii, who was released by the New York Mets last month.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / WALKING THE WARDS
Jan 6, 2006

Tokyo's 'Toontown' is game for a laugh

Outsiders often associate Adachi, Tokyo's northernmost ward, with the Aum Shinrikyo religious cult (still in residence), the recent Tobu Railway Co.'s Takenotsuka crossing accident that cost two women their lives, or the fact that the ward's alluvial ground makes it especially vulnerable if an earthquake...
BASKETBALL
Dec 30, 2005

Bryant laying the foundations for next generation bj-leaguers

As much as he enjoys seeing his team win or score lots of points, Tokyo Apache head coach Joe Bryant believes in something more important when it comes to the bj-league -- making it a league for Japanese players.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 23, 2005

Uehara highest-paid pitcher in Japan, to await MLB switch

Despite a 20-million-yen pay cut from this year, Koji Uehara became the highest-paid pitcher in Japan, when he re-signed on Thursday with the Yomiuri Giants for an estimated 340 million yen.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 23, 2005

Matsui still undecided on WBC

New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui said Thursday he is still undecided on whether to join Japan's squad for the World Baseball Classic next March.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 19, 2005

Kiyohara to reveal his plans

Veteran slugger Kazuhiro Kiyohara, who has received an offer from the Orix Buffaloes after being released by the Yomiuri Giants, said Sunday he will announce his decision on his future on Tuesday.
Japan Times
Features
Dec 18, 2005

Festive fun with forgotten Futa

It's 9:58 on a chilly Wednesday morning, and it looks like I am the first of the day's visitors to Chiba Zoological Park.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 9, 2005

Serafini, Franco set for Japan return, maybe not to Marines

Both Dan Serafini and Matt Franco will play in Japan next season, but they may not return to the Japan Series champion Chiba Lotte Marines, agent Myles Kahn said.

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past