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BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 21, 2004

A 'who's who' of foreign players for the 2004 season

With only 11 days now until the 12 Japanese pro baseball teams begin spring training for the 2004 season and, by my unofficial count, the Central and Pacific League clubs have so far, through Jan. 19, signed up 62 non-Japanese personnel, including 54 players, two managers and six coaches.
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2004

Yomiuri's Watanabe assumes chair

Tsuneo Watanabe, president of Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, became chairman of the newspaper company Friday, taking over from Kenya Mizukami following shareholder approval, the company said.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 10, 2004

The local garbage police dig in the dirt

On my island, we have garbage police: community members who stand guard over the garbage heap to make sure everyone puts out their garbage properly. These normally laid-back people can get very testy when they are put in a position of such authority. They have a very high garbage IQ.
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2003

Oh must pay 3 million yen to get wife's ashes back: caller

An unknown man who phoned the Daiei Hawks said that team manager Sadaharu Oh will have to pay cash if he wants his wife's stolen ashes returned.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 24, 2003

Tsuyoshi Shinjo's name game

Tsuyoshi Shinjo, a big name off-season acquisition for the Nippon Ham Fighters, said Tuesday he has asked the Pacific League club to have his name officially registered in English as "SHINJO" next season.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 19, 2003

Candy firms jump on CD bandwagon

Giveaways attached to packets of candies and chocolate are nothing new in Japan. Recently these omake have commonly taken the form of wonderfully detailed little toys and figurines in themed, collectable sets such as animals, anime characters, dinosaurs, birds, cars or motorbikes.
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2003

Sony's Qrio robot learns how to jog

Sony Corp.'s child-size walking robot already knows a few hip dance steps and can kick a miniature soccer ball.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2003

Character for tiger snags Kanji of the Year award

has been voted the kanji most symbolic of 2003.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Dec 10, 2003

Pacific League holds much promise for 2004 season

The Pacific League has lost 10-year veteran Seibu Lions all-star Kazuo Matsui, one of its best performers, to the major leagues and the New York Mets. Tuffy Rhodes, having been released by the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, will probably be gone as well, moving to the Yomiuri Giants or another Central League...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2003

Terminator, Godzilla adorn battledores

Caricatures of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui are some of the faces that adorn decorative "hagoita" battledores at an annual exhibition of the traditional paddles that began Wednesday in Tokyo.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 3, 2003

Tuffy Rhodes released

Tuffy Rhodes was formally turned loose from the Pacific League club on Tuesday after the Japan pro baseball commissioner's office released a list of 79 players who were not put on reserve by their respective clubs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2003

Digital broadcasts mark fledgling debut

With signs that say "Digital is coming!" hanging in stores packed with new TV models promising dazzling imagery, Tokyo's bustling electronics shopping district in Akihabara is one place in Japan that's gung-ho about digital television broadcasting that began Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2003

Scandal-tainted Nippon TV sees profit fall

Nippon Television Network Corp., rocked by a viewer ratings scandal, on Thursday reported double-digit profit falls for the half year to Sept. 30 amid slumping ad revenue and a lack of big events matching last year's World Cup soccer finals.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 21, 2003

Nippon Ham inks Shinjo

Former major league outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo signed a provisional contract carrying an annual salary of 80 million yen over two years with the Nippon Ham Fighters, officials of the Pacific League club said Thursday.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami