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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 15, 2005

Commissioner to look at ownership

Japanese baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro said Friday he sees a need to create rules regarding the ownership of the parent companies that control professional baseball clubs in Japan. "I think it's necessary to establish something similar to the baseball bylaws on this matter," Negoro said of the...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 15, 2005

Aoki finishes with 202 hits

Norichika Aoki went 1-for-4 to finish the season with a Central League record 202 hits and claimed the league batting title with a .344 average in the Yakult Swallows' 5-2 win over the Yokohama BayStars on Friday. Aoki, who has become the first CL player to have 200 hits in a single season, singled to...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2005

TBS set to fight Rakuten's bid

Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. may take countermeasures against online shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc., which has suddenly emerged as the TV station's biggest shareholder and takeover threat, market sources said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2005

Shock over aid worker's death

Relatives of a Japanese aid worker and his son killed in Saturday's massive earthquake in Pakistan have departed their home in Fukuoka to identify the bodies as people close to them expressed shock and disbelief.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 10, 2005

Marines sweep Lions, move on to face Hawks

CHIBA -- There are only two K's in Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Hiroyuki Kobayashi's name, but in his arm, there are many more.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 7, 2005

Puerta shown the door at Ariake

Top-seeded Mariano Puerta of Argentina was upset by unseeded Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 6-2, 6-7 (11-13), 7-5 Thursday in third round of the Japan Open, a day after denying allegations of doping.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 7, 2005

Sound tracked

Renowned for composing some of the most memorable film scores in cinema history, Ennio Morricone first gained fame for his sometimes eerie, always distinctive soundtracks to the spaghetti westerns directed by Sergio Leone in the 1960s, such as "Once Upon a Time in the West." Not permitted to use a full...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 5, 2005

Iwamura tells Swallows he wants to play in majors

Yakult Swallows infielder Akinori Iwamura made a new request Tuesday to the Central League club to switch to the major leagues next season via the posting system.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2005

Soil contaminated with uranium shipped to U.S.

The nuclear research and development agency has shipped uranium-contaminated soil to an undisclosed location in the United States for disposal, officials said.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2005

Japan proposes joint use of deposits in East China Sea fields

Japan proposed to China on Saturday that they jointly develop the gas fields in a disputed area of the East China Sea as two days of working-level talks on the issue drew to a close.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2005

Japan, China grope for way to share drilling for gas

Japan and China kicked off a two-day working-level meeting Friday on contentious gas projects in the East China Sea with hopes that they can agree to jointly tap the resources.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Confusion over Japan’s ‘hometown’ plan overshadows African development event
First Lady Yoshiko Ishiba (center, in white and blue dress) hosts an event on Japanese culture with the first ladies of African leaders on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Virtual singer Kaf's music becomes magic in 'Kamitsubaki City Under Construction'
Virtual singer Kaf got her start in 2018 by posting songs and covers to YouTube. Now, after having performed live shows at major venues including Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, she is turning to voice acting and starring in the new anime series “Kamitsubaki City Under Construction.”
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
In pictures: Koenji Awa Odori 2025
Japan Times
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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
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