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BASEBALL / ASIAN GAMES
Sep 28, 2014
Japan falls in baseball semifinal
Samurai Japan allowed seven runs in an error-strewn second inning that saw it lose 10-4 to Taiwan in the Asian Games baseball semifinals on Saturday.
BASEBALL / ASIAN GAMES
Sep 27, 2014
Taiwan capitalizes on Japan's errors in baseball clash
Japan allowed seven runs in an error-strewn second inning of a 10-4 loss to Taiwan in the Asian Games baseball semifinals on Saturday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 18, 2014
Narahara, Inaba join Kokubo's Samurai Japan staff
Japan national team manager Hiroki Kokubo had hoped to get active coaches to help him select national team players and got his wish on Thursday, when a pair of active first-team coaches were named to the Samurai Japan staff.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 24, 2014
Oh feels competition against MLB 'vital' for Japan
For home run-hitting legend Sadaharu Oh, this November's competition between Japan's best players and major league all-stars is vital if Japanese baseball really aspires to become the best in the world.
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Aug 12, 2014
Baseball Hall of Fame selection process needs change
It took a highly successful NCAA basketball coach, Tom Crean of Indiana University, to put into words what MAS learned long ago as a head high school football coach.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Aug 4, 2014
The dark side of the Koshien dream
The majority of high-school baseball players end up neglected due to a dearth of coaching education and a win-at-all-costs mentality that favors the very talented few.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Aug 4, 2014
Tokyo: What's your favorite moment in Koshien high-school baseball?
Mark Buckton gets Tokyoites to wax nostalgic about the Koshien national high school baseball tournament.
BASEBALL
Jun 17, 2014
NPB aims to use Asia Series to showcase baseball to IOC
Nippon Professional Baseball secretary general Atsushi Ihara said Tuesday that this year's Asia Series is a chance to show off baseball's potential for the International Olympic Committee.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 11, 2014
MLB All-Star squad to face Samurai Japan in November
Major League Baseball will organize an All-Star team and visit Japan this fall to play Samurai Japan, Nippon Professional Baseball announced on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 21, 2014
LDP's new plan to beat deflation: more baseball
Can more baseball save Japan — or at least "Abenomics"?
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 29, 2014
NPB delivers new shipment of baseballs
Nippon Professional Baseball switched to a uniform baseball in line with Japanese pro baseball specifications Tuesday following a controversy over baseballs that had been livelier than the permissible limit.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / EVERYMAN EATS
Mar 25, 2014
Japanese baseball stadiums hit a B-kyū gourmet home run
Coming off the most exciting season in recent memory, Japanese baseball is flying high — in some cases, literally so. Star pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, who signed with the New York Yankees in the offseason after leading the Rakuten Eagles to the Japan Series title, traveled to his first Big Apple press...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Mar 14, 2014
Nonsensical slogans point to a surreal 2014 baseball season
Spring is a time of two things: hope and . . . baseball. And — unless you are a Chicago Cubs fan — those two often go together.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 13, 2014
Two-time CL MVP Ramirez to sign with independent league team
Alex Ramirez, the only foreign-born player with 2,000 hits in Nippon Professional Baseball history said Thursday he will sign with the Gunma Diamond Pegasus of the independent Baseball Challenge League.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 9, 2014
Nomo misses cut in Hall of Fame election
Former Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Hideo Nomo, who became the first Japanese player to be named on the National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, was not among those selected in one of the most celebrated induction classes in the history of the sport.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Dec 23, 2013
Secrets, lies, gaffes, glory: 2013 in quotes
A mix of scandals, achievements, political missteps and commemorations highlighted 2013. Here's a rundown of the quotations that shaped the Year of the Snake.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 23, 2013
Seniors can still make Koshien dream come true
Makoto Chogahara, 48, is making it possible for former high school baseball players to once again chase their dream of playing in Koshien Stadium, home of the national tournament.
BASEBALL
Dec 11, 2013
Baseball Federation of Japan chief seeks NPB's help in Olympic reinstatement bid
The head of Japan's baseball federation visited Nippon Professional Baseball's offices on Wednesday and asked for help in getting baseball and softball included in the Olympic program for the 2020 Tokyo games.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2013
Foreign ballplayers get chance to shine in Shikoku
One of Japan's four independent baseball leagues has been actively recruiting foreign players since it got off the ground in 2005 and now counts 45 players from 11 nations and regions as veterans of its teams.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 26, 2013
Kato criticizes third-party investigation of ball scandal
Ryozo Kato stepped down on Friday from his post as commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball and hit out at the report of a third-party investigation into a scandal over changes made to the ball for this season.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
The politicians moving Japan forward on climate
While not the most outspoken politician on the issue, digital minister Taro Kono has a track record of being serious in his commitment to addressing the climate crisis.
Seoul's eclectic Art OnO shines light on Japan's artists and galleries
Art OnO, which took place from April 19 to 21 in Seoul, featured a modest number of 36 participating galleries from 15 countries.
Want to be a voice actor? Stay 'true to the character'
SungWon Cho is a veteran with more than 10 years of experience portraying characters in anime, cartoons and video games.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”

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