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BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2005

Public wireless LANs to combine

Japan Telecom Co. and Softbank BB Corp. said Monday they have agreed to integrate their public wireless local area network, or LAN, systems.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Aug 28, 2005

Summer scorecard: road trips, managers, scraped bathtubs

Road Trip of Survival: The Hanshin Tigers came through their "Road Trip of Death" in pretty good shape. The team went 10-9 while away from their home Koshien Stadium (being used for the national high school Tournament) for 25 days from Aug. 1 and was still in first place in the Central League, leading...
BUSINESS
Aug 11, 2005

Softbank forecasting first operating profit since 2000

Softbank Corp. said Wednesday it is projecting a full-year operating profit for the first time since fiscal 2000 thanks to subscriber growth in its high-speed Internet connection services.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Aug 5, 2005

Weekend trance party picks 08.05

Friday 08.05
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jul 31, 2005

Will Hanshin still be in swing after 'road trip of death'?

The Hanshin Tigers are in a position to win their second Central League pennant in three seasons, but they will have to get by a jinx that has plagued Tigers teams in the past: the "shi-no-rodo" or "road trip of death."
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 31, 2005

Dragons outlsug Giants for 10th straight win

Kazuki Inoue hit a go-ahead homer and Alex Ochoa drove in four runs Saturday night as the Chunichi Dragons beat the Yomiuri Giants 10-7 for their 10th straight victory.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 7, 2005

Kawakami, Iwase get Dragons fired up

Kenshin Kawakami scattered four hits in 7 2/3 innings Wednesday as the Chunichi Dragons edged the Yomiuri Giants 2-1 at Nagoya Dome.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 4, 2005

Carp beat Giants as Nagashima returns

Even the return of Shigeo Nagashima couldn't inspire the underachieving Yomiuri Giants.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 3, 2005

Nishiguchi solid as Lions down Marines

Veteran Fumiya Nishiguchi gave up one run on five hits over eight solid innings Saturday as the Seibu Lions downed the Chiba Lotte Marines 3-1.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Jul 1, 2005

Weekend trance party picks

Friday 07.01
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 27, 2005

Rookie Kubo, Marines shut out Buffaloes

Catcher Tomoya Satozaki hit a pair of homers and rookie Yasutomo Kubo went the distance Sunday as the Chiba Lotte Marines downed the Orix Buffaloes 5-0 to snap a three-game losing streak.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 26, 2005

Late show from Rhodes as Giants down Tigers

Tuffy Rhodes hit a three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning Saturday to lift the Yomiuri Giants to an 8-6 win over the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 19, 2005

Interleague action rates a good grade in first year of play

Japan pro baseball's fist interleague season will wrap up this weekend, as soon as they can make up a few games previously rained out.
EDITORIALS
Jun 18, 2005

New era of bank card security

Bank deposit safety in Japan is threatened increasingly by people using forged or stolen cards to make illegal withdrawals. Now, members of the Diet are preparing to introduce a bill that would require all financial institutions -- including commercial banks, post offices and credit unions -- to compensate...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2005

Darvish earns win in first pro start as Fighters down Carp

Yu Darvish picked up his first career win in his first professional start Wednesday as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters downed the Hiroshima Carp 8-2 in interleague play.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 15, 2005

Kobayashi leads charge as Marines march past Swallows

Hiroyuki Kobayashi stretched his personal winning streak to seven games in a complete-game effort Tuesday as the Lotte Marines secured at least a share of first place in interleague play with an 8-2 win over the Yakult Swallows.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 12, 2005

Yano powers Tigers

Catcher Akihiro Yano connected for a grand slam in the seventh inning to lift Central League-leading Hanshin to an 11-6 win over struggling Hokkaido Nippon Ham in interleague play.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 30, 2005

Satozaki smacks grand slam as Marines roll on

Catcher Tomoya Satozaki connected for a grand slam in the bottom of the first inning Sunday to power the Pacific League-leading Chiba Lotte Marines to a 6-3 win over the Yokohama BayStars in an interleague game.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 29, 2005

MLB official rejects NPB's claims

Calling the World Baseball Classic a no-risk proposition for Japan, a senior representative of Major League Baseball rejected claims by Japanese baseball officials that revenue distribution for the proposed tournament would be unfair.

Longform

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