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AL GOLDEN

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JAPAN
May 4, 2023
Golden Week travel sees boost amid easing of COVID protection measures
A government decision to reclassify the potentially lethal virus from next Monday, paving the way for the full normalization of social and economic activities, has added to the holiday mood.
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BASKETBALL / NBA
May 1, 2023
Sensational Stephen Curry scores 50 in Game 7 as Warriors advance
Stephen Curry scored 50 points in a record-shattering performance to send the defending champion Golden State Warriors into the second round of the NBA playoffs, while Jimmy Butler's ankle injury gave the triumphant Miami Heat reason to worry after winning the first game of their second-round series.
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JAPAN / Politics
Apr 30, 2023
Japanese lawmakers pack their bags for Golden Week trips as diplomacy resumes
Among the traveling lawmakers is Toshimitsu Motegi, secretary-general of the LDP, who is scheduled to visit the United States, Mexico and Cuba for a week from Sunday.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 28, 2023
Ryoya Kurihara hits grand slam to power Hawks to victory over Eagles
'We had the best outcome,' Kurihara said. 'Mori-san was pitching really well, so everyone on the team wanted to get him a win.'
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BUSINESS
Apr 27, 2023
Hotel prices in Japan spike amid surge in demand
In the first quarter of 2023, hotel prices increased by around 15% compared with the pre-pandemic 2019 fiscal year, according to a survey.
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JAPAN
Apr 27, 2023
Japan plans to end COVID-19 border controls on Saturday
The rules set to end include a requirement that passengers give certification of at least three COVID-19 vaccination doses or a negative test taken within 72 hours of departure.
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BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 24, 2023
Warriors down Kings to even series
Stephen Curry scored 32 points as the Golden State Warriors held off a ferocious fourth-quarter rally from the Sacramento Kings to secure a 126-125 victory and pull even in the teams' first-round playoff series on Sunday.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 20, 2023
Frank Schwindel leads Buffaloes to win with three-hit night in debut
'I didn't even know I was playing today,' Schwindel said. 'And the manager told me I was in there, so that was a good decision by him.'
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 6, 2023
Eagles' Yuki Matsui youngest to 200 career saves in Japan
The lefty became the ninth pitcher to reach the milestone in Nippon Professional Baseball and the youngest at the age of 27 years and five months.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2023
Masahiro Tanaka feels right at home as away team pitcher in Hokkaido opener
Tanaka has rarely had the opportunity to start on opening day in Japan, twice because of his participation in the WBC and also because he spent 2014 to 2020 in MLB.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 30, 2023
Eagles spoil Fighters' first game in new home on opening night of NPB season
The Eagles' Maikel Franco hit a home run and finished with three hits in his NPB debut.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 29, 2023
Hawks load up to chase Buffaloes for 2023 Pacific League pennant
Orix retained most of the squad that helped it defend its PL title, but the Kyocera Dome residents will have to fend off plenty of challenges.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 13, 2023
Eagles name Masahiro Tanaka as opening day starter
Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka will be the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' opening day starter for the 2023 season, the Japanese club's manager Kazuhisa Ishii revealed Monday.
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BASKETBALL / NBA
Jan 18, 2023
Warriors praise Joe Biden on Brittney Griner in White House return
In addition to meeting Biden, head coach Steve Kerr and players Klay Thompson and Moses Moody attended a roundtable discussion with senior White House staffers on gun violence.
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BASEBALL
Jan 16, 2023
Slugger Kazuma Okamoto and reliever Yuki Matsui to join Japan's WBC team
Okamoto led the Central League in both home runs and RBIs in 2020 and 2021.
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BASKETBALL / NBA
Dec 16, 2022
Warriors star Stephen Curry sidelined with partial shoulder dislocation
ESPN, citing unnamed sources, reported Thursday that Curry would miss 'a few weeks' with the injury.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 1, 2022
Eagles sign former Nationals slugger Maikel Franco
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles announced the signing of former Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies infielder Maikel Franco as an overseas free agent for the next Nippon Professional Baseball season on Thursday.
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BASKETBALL / NBA
Nov 22, 2022
NBA champion Warriors sued over FTX collapse
The Warriors last December had named FTX its official cryptocurrency platform, in what it called a first-of-its-kind cryptocurrency partnership in professional sports.
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BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 28, 2022
Warriors top Forbes' list of most valuable NBA franchises
Reigning NBA champion Golden State topped the list of most valuable NBA franchises released on Thursday by Forbes magazine, with the Warriors coming in at $7 billion to dethrone the New York Knicks.
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MORE SPORTS
Oct 26, 2022
Phil Kessel becomes NHL's record ironman, scores 400th goal
The Golden Knights winger appeared in his 990th consecutive game, surpassing the mark set by Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Keith Yandle last season.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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