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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 19, 2008

Hoshino makes gutsy decision by sticking with Uehara

Japan manager Senichi Hoshino took a gamble on Thursday afternoon.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 8, 2008

Japan's last frontier took time to tame, cultivate image

Hokkaido, where the Group of Eight summit is taking place in Toyako, is known for its hot springs, ski resorts, seafood and magnificent scenery.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 22, 2008

Countryside games offer charming change of pace

FUKUSHIMA — I am writing this column on June 17 at the Yomiuri Giants-Orix Buffaloes interleague game at Azuma Stadium in Fukushima Prefecture, north of Tokyo. It is one of seven regular-season games the Giants will have played this year at countryside ballparks, and have you ever wondered why they...
EDITORIALS
Jun 17, 2008

Earthquake sends reminder

The earthquake that hit inland areas of the Tohoku region Saturday morning serves as a strong reminder that Japan's central and local governments, and its individual citizens must take earthquake precautionary measures in earnest. If a quake with the power of the Saturday temblor had hit a populous area...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 25, 2008

Nishioka scores winning run on Imae's 'sayonara' sac fly

CHIBA — A stiff neck kept Tsuyoshi Nishioka from starting in the Chiba Lotte Marines' game against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / FREEWHEELIN' ACROSS JAPAN
Apr 18, 2008

Salvation sought in Sendai

Second of two parts
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 13, 2008

Early results not always a barometer for final standings

American baseball agent Alan Nero tells the story of his client, Randy Johnson, who thought he was going to the World Series when he joined the New York Yankees in 2005. The "Big Unit" figured he would help bolster the pitching staff of that powerhouse club and it would breeze to the championship.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Mar 4, 2008

Poverty breeds sumo? Think again

The sport of sumo has been going through some rough times recently. Big case in point: the recent arrests of former Tokitsukaze Oyakata, (Junichi Yamamoto) and three of his rikishi. The four are currently being held by police in relation to the mid-2007 hazing death of former Tokitsukaze Beya rikishi,...
Reader Mail
Jan 24, 2008

Corporal punishment prohibited

Regarding the Jan. 17 letter "Treatment of foreign students": I feel sorry for the Chinese student, and angry with Tohoku University. Although I was not at the scene of the "physical assault," I want to clarify to foreigners studying in Japan that corporal punishment at Japanese educational institutions...
Reader Mail
Jan 17, 2008

Treatment of foreign students

I am of South Asian origin, currently living in Canada. I spent seven years in Japan, studying four years for a Ph.D. and another three years as a postdoctoral research fellow at Tohoku University, Sendai. While studying at Tohoku University, one incident remains vividly in my memory. It was the yearend...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 22, 2007

Takeda brings commanding presence to Hammies' rotation

In a rare show of emotion, with runners on first and third in the first inning, Hokkaido Nippon Ham pitcher Masaru Takeda pumped his left fist after striking out Tohoku Rakuten's Jose Fernandez by throwing a fastball on the inside of the plate.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 18, 2007

Lee's bat, Takahashi's defense carry Giants past Swallows

This season has been a struggle at times for Yomiuri Giants first baseman Lee Seung Yeop. The Korean slugger has been dropped out of the cleanup role, batted in the lower reaches of the Giants' batting order and endured a stint on the disabled list.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jul 1, 2007

Ten foreign players come on board before June 30 deadline

The deadline for Japanese pro baseball teams to sign new foreign players came and went on June 30, and nine of the 12 clubs wound up acquiring a total of 10 fresh faces from abroad after the regular season began in late March and before the final cutoff date.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 1, 2007

Reeling Tigers take out frustration on BayStars

YOKOHAMA — Showers washed out the first game of the Hanshin Tigers' series with the Yokohama BayStars Friday night. With the year they've had so far, the snake-bitten Tigers must be hoping the rain washed away a season's worth of bad karma as well.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 24, 2007

Closer Nakamura taking it a day at a time

When he left the locker room at Tokyo Dome carrying a big black bag, on the night he got his fifth save of the season against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles at Tokyo Dome, unexpectedly, the closer didn't look happy.

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A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb