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BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 6, 2004

Rakuten rebuts tampering claims

Orix Buffaloes general manager Katsuhiro Nakamura wants to meet with the commissioner of Japanese baseball next week to discuss interest expressed in star pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma by the newly formed Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, local media reported Sunday.
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2004

Subscribers get first view of BBC Japan channel

BBC Worldwide Ltd., the commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corp., and digital data broadcaster Japan MediArk Co., launched BBC Japan on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2004

Hashimoto projected to win in Kochi

Daijiro Hashimoto was poised to win the gubernatorial election Sunday in Kochi Prefecture, according to initial returns and Kyodo projections.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 6, 2004

MLB players top local talent

Atlanta Braves outfielder Vernon Wells hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the sixth inning and the major league team rallied to crush the Japan All-Star team 7-2 in the first game of an exhibition series on Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2004

No decision yet from NPB panel on new baseball team

A Nippon Professional Baseball executive committee panel, which is screening the applications of Internet-related companies Rakuten Inc. and Livedoor Co. as they vie to create a new baseball team in Sendai, failed to reach a decision on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 16, 2004

BayStars move up

Reserve outfielder Masaaki Koike homered twice Friday as the Yokohama BayStars beat the Yakult Swallows 4-2 for their third straight victory and moved out of the Central League cellar.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 17, 2004

Chance of player strike increases

The first strike in the history of Japanese baseball looked increasingly likely Thursday after representatives of the country's professional baseball teams ruled out a key player demand.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 3, 2004

PL set to propose four-team league if 'Wave-Buffs move approved

The Pacific League is likely to propose a four-team league if a merger between the Kintetsu Buffaloes and Orix BlueWave is formally approved at an owners meeting next Wednesday, confirming a move for a second merger is in the works.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2004

Support for DPJ tops that for LDP

Support for the Democratic Party of Japan has surpassed that for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for the first time in six years, according to a Kyodo News poll.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2004

Support for DPJ tops that for LDP

Support for the Democratic Party of Japan has surpassed that for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for the first time in six years, according to a Kyodo News poll.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 7, 2004

Tigers roar past Giants

Kentaro Sekimoto hit a two-run homer Friday to lead the Hanshin Tigers to a 9-4 win over the Yomiuri Giants.
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.
Japan Post to stop accepting some parcels for shipment to the U.S.
Japan Post's UGX will still be available for many rejected packages.
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
Is Kishida plotting a return of the king? Or would he rather stay a kingmaker?
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs a plenary session at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.

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