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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 3, 2008

Valentine: Marines official asked me to resign in late July

CHIBA — Chiba Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine revealed to a small gathering of reporters on Tuesday that in late July he was asked to resign by someone in the Lotte front office.
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2008

Stimulus package ready for Diet OK

Hammered out in lengthy negotiations among ministries and the ruling parties, the government put forward an ¥11.7 trillion economic stimulus package Friday financed by a ¥1.8 trillion supplementary budget to be submitted to next month's extraordinary Diet session.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 29, 2008

Giants' Uehara returns to rotation with a win

Koji Uehara returned to the Yomiuri Giants' starting rotation against the Yokohama BayStars on Thursday night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 27, 2008

Abe eases back into the groove

It didn't take Shinnosuke Abe long to get back into the swing of things.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2008

Additional budget for stimulus in the works

The government will draft a supplementary budget for the current fiscal year to secure financial resources for an economic stimulus package to be drafted by month's end, economic and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano said Friday.

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan