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BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 28, 2001

MVPs have foreign flavor

Kintetsu Buffaloes outfielder Tuffy Rhodes and Yakult Swallows first baseman Roberto Petagine were named Most Valuable Players of the Pacific and Central Leagues, respectively, for the 2001 season on Saturday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 26, 2001

Swallows claim fifth Japan Series

The Yakult Swallows flew off with their fifth championship on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 25, 2001

Swallows a win away from fifth Series title

The big guns drew blanks for the Yakult Swallows on Wednesday, but a role player picked up the slack.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 24, 2001

Swallows swamp Buffaloes in Game 3

Two nights after bashing their way past the Yakult Swallows to even up the Japan Series at a game apiece, the Kintetsu Buffaloes practically sleepwalked through a 9-2 loss on Tuesday night in Game 3 at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium. Roberto Petagine drove in three runs with a pair of hits, Mitsuru Manaka cracked...
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 19, 2001

Kiyohara plans to re-sign with Giants

Yomiuri Giants infielder Kazuhiro Kiyohara has formally agreed to remain with Japan's most popular baseball team as he negotiates a multi-year contract with the Central League club, front office officials said Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 18, 2001

Osaka mayor gives Rhodes special award

Kintetsu Buffaloes slugger Tuffy Rhodes on Wednesday received a special award from Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura for his contributions to the city.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 14, 2001

Swallows finish regular season with win

Alex Ramirez hammered a couple of homers, his 28th and 29th of the season, to highlight Yakult's 18-hit batting fiesta as the Swallows ended their regular season with a 10-8 win over the Hiroshima Carp at Jingu Stadium on Friday night.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 12, 2001

Arai bats Carp by Swallows

Takahiro Arai went 5-for-5 with five RBIs and Eddy Diaz had four hits -- including a solo homer -- as the Hiroshima Carp racked up 21 hits off the new Central League champion Yakult Swallows in a 13-5 victory at Jingu Stadium on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 10, 2001

Former Lion Del Toro killed in crash

Mexican pitcher Miguel Del Toro, who appeared in 14 games with the Seibu Lions this season, was killed in a car accident last Saturday in Mexico, the Pacific League club announced Tuesday.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Oct 7, 2001

Make punk rock, not war

While I was in Britain, the world went mad. A puppet, Bob the Builder, beat French disco kings, The Supermen Lovers, to No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart; across the Atlantic, a puppet, George W. Bush, was not an idiot anymore, but a national hero; and, after 10 years, I'd suddenly become allergic to my...
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 5, 2001

Tigers keep Swallows tied up

Hanshin closer Toshihide Narimoto struck out Noriyuki Shiroishi with two out and one on in the bottom of the 12th inning and Thursday's game against the Tigers and the Yakult Swallows ended a 4-4 tie at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 3, 2001

Tigers win it late to delay Swallows' celebrations

The Yakult Swallows had to wait at least another day to enjoy the pennant-clinching champagne shower as they lost to the Hanshin Tigers 2-1 on Tuesday at Koshien Stadium.
CULTURE / Music
Oct 3, 2001

The rebirth of cool

It's 30 minutes until showtime and the dark, cramped nightclub is already way past the fire chief's recommended maximum capacity. College students elbow their way through the wall of bodies toward the front, while gentlemen with salted beards and sports coats settle near the back with scotch and sodas....
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 1, 2001

Hawks explode in 12-4 bashing of Buffaloes

Koji Akiyama belted a three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Daiei Hawks exploded for eight more runs the next frame to trounce the Kintetsu Buffaloes 12-4 at the Fukuoka Dome on Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 30, 2001

Tuffy held homerless, but Buffaloes win another one in style

CHIBA -- Tuffy Rhodes remained tied with Sadaharu Oh for the Japan pro baseball single-season home run record at 55 after the Kintetsu Buffaloes downed the Chiba Lotte Marines 9-7 in dramatic fashion on Saturday at Chiba Marine Stadium.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 29, 2001

Swallows sweep Dragons

The Yakult Swallows completed a four-game sweep of the Chunichi Dragons with a 6-3 triumph at Nagoya Dome on Friday to cut their magic number to clinching the Central League pennant to three.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 26, 2001

Third time a charm for Carp's Diaz

Part-time foreign players in Japan and those who post sub-par batting statistics usually do not get a second-year contract, let alone a third, to continue playing here. Hiroshima Carp utility infielder Eddy Diaz hit a mediocre .263 with eight home runs and 53 runs batted in, playing 110 games during...
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 25, 2001

Rhodes rips 55th homer to tie Oh's Japan record

Tuffy Rhodes hit his 55th homer of the season to tie a 37-year-old record and Norihiro Nakamura capped a dramatic rally with a two-run shot Monday as the Kintetsu Buffaloes rallied to beat the Seibu Lions 7-6 to close in on the Pacific League title.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 23, 2001

Striking out at playtime on a plate

OSAKA -- It's a hot and humid night in the Kujo district, but nobody seems to mind. That's because just a few blocks away, at the Osaka Dome, the Kintetsu Buffaloes are locked in a battle with the Seibu Lions for the Pacific League pennant.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 23, 2001

Writ large on the small screen

'Platonic Sex," the memoir by popular talent and former AV queen Ai Iijima, has sold more than 1.2 million copies in Japan and, translated into Chinese and Korean, has become the "bible" of young women throughout Asia. It tells the story of a teenage runaway who, free from the obligations of family and...
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 20, 2001

Buffaloes soldier on as Isobe grabs some glory

OSAKA -- Another game, another hero for the Kintetsu Buffaloes. And so the story goes, as Kintetsu's incredible march toward the Pacific League pennant continues.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Sep 20, 2001

Markets reel in attacks' wake

The terrorist attacks targeting the United States last week have thrown the world's financial markets into turmoil.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 18, 2001

Giants pound Dragons

Pinch-hitter Domingo Martinez hit a tiebreaking base-clearing double in the five-run seventh inning, helping the Yomiuri Giants down the Chunichi Dragons 9-3 at the Nagoya Dome in the only Sunday night game in Japanese pro baseball.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 17, 2001

Fans seek distraction at Fighters-M's game

Sunday was supposed to be Yankees Day at the Tokyo Dome. The American national anthem was supposed to be played by a U.S. military band. Public address announcements were supposed to be made in English. One fan was even supposed to win a round-trip airline ticket to New York. Out of respect to those...
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 13, 2001

Oh boy! Rhodes at 54 and counting

OSAKA -- Kintetsu slugger Tuffy Rhodes moved to the doorstep of history Wednesday night as the Buffaloes beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 8-3 at the Osaka Dome and moved back into first place in the Pacific League.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 13, 2001

Buffaloes' players, brass take news of attack hard

OSAKA -- News of the terrorist attacks back in the United States shook the Kintetsu Buffaloes' American contingent to the core on Wednesday.
LIFE / Travel
Sep 11, 2001

Escape urban chaos to old Thailand

NONTHABURI, Thailand -- In the eyes of Sulak Sivaraksa, Thailand's most caustic social critic, Bangkok has become "a third-rate Western city." Monster malls, condos, fast-food franchises, discos and billboards for Western clothes and appliances have gradually eroded the city's Asian look and atmosphere....
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.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
U.S. military apologizes over Okinawa sexual assault case
Col. Neil Owens (right), chief of staff for the 3rd Marine Division, bows in apology at the Okinawa Prefectural Government office in Naha on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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