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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 26, 2009

Big bats ignite Giants in win over Buffaloes

The ceremony held for Shinnosuke Abe before the Yomiuri Giants' game against the Orix Buffaloes was to honor him for recently playing in his 1,000th game.
TENNIS
May 26, 2009

Elbow injury forces Nishikori out of action for up to three months

Although he appeared composed, with a mild smile on his face, for young Kei Nishikori, this is probably the biggest disappointment he's experienced in his tennis career.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 24, 2009

Lambin ignites Marines

CHIBA — Chase Lambin put an exclamation point on a ninth-inning double with a Superman-esque dive into the bag.
JAPAN
May 22, 2009

H1N1 tally hits 292 over six prefectures

The H1N1 swine flu tally grew to 292 on Thursday after Kyoto confirmed its first case and Tokyo confirmed its third, placing the virus in six prefectures so far.
JAPAN
May 22, 2009

Lawmakers question 'saibanin' system

A group of nonpartisan lawmakers gathered Thursday, the first day of the new lay judge system, to call for a moratorium on the new criminal trial system that every political party voted unanimously to institute five years ago.

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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