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BASEBALL

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2022
Japan must find better ways to nurture its future superstars
Japanese baseball star Roki Sasaki threw a perfect game, but the old ways of doing things could have ruined him before he started.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 11, 2022
Roki Sasaki moves on from perfect game to focus on next start
It was the first perfect game in Japan since Hiromi Makihara did it on May 18, 1994, for the Yomiuri Giants, and the 16th the league has ever seen.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 4, 2022
The best game that money could buy
In MLB, where players' salaries are public but owners' revenues are not, teams can spend as little as they want. They can also spend as much as they want.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 31, 2022
Osaka Toin wins Spring Koshien title for fourth time
Osaka Toin beat Shiga Prefecture's Omi High School 18-1 in the final of the 94th edition of the spring invitational at Koshien Stadium.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 18, 2022
MLB labor deal opens door for Shohei Ohtani to play in 2023 World Baseball Classic
The 2023 WBC, originally scheduled for March 2021, was in doubt until MLB agreed on a new labor deal with its union.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 2, 2022
Opening Day is off as MLB and players fail to reach terms by deadline
This is the ninth work stoppage in MLB history, and 2022 becomes the first MLB season since 1995 to lose games over a labor dispute.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 27, 2022
MLB's Opening Day in jeopardy as labor negotiations falter again
Although time remains for a breakthrough in negotiations that would save the full 162-game season, all signs are pointing to a longer lockout.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 2, 2022
Fans set to return as 12 NPB teams start spring training
Last year, fans were shut out during spring training because of COVID-19 precautions, but this year teams are allowing fans to return under new safety protocols.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 31, 2022
NPB teams prepare to start camp amid wave of COVID-19 infections
With the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant, the sense of unease surrounding baseball's spring is mounting as one player after another has become infected.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 27, 2022
Giants praise Barry Bonds after slugger misses out on Baseball Hall of Fame
The San Francisco Giants praised the 'generational talent' of Barry Bonds on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 23, 2021
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens face final shot at Cooperstown
In the final opportunity for two players whose names are tied to the sport's steroid era, voters will have to decide if their performances on the field outweigh the whispers off it.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 9, 2021
Angels' Shohei Ohtani named one of three finalists for 2021 AL MVP
The two-way star was among the top three vote-getters along with the Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Marcus Semien.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Nov 5, 2021
The samurai philosopher, the baseball star and language used in a Japanese boardroom
The lingo inside a Japanese boardroom tends to borrow a lot from baseball as well as from 16th-century samurai philosopher Miyamoto Musashi.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Nov 1, 2021
Are buzz cuts mandatory for members of Japan's high school baseball teams?
When asked about the reasons behind the rule, many coaches talked about the need to focus on the sport, tradition and that it's easier to play that way.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 23, 2021
‘Two-sword’ baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani shines as Japan’s newest icon. But is he underpaid?
Shohei Ohtani's performance this year has baseball fans excited and the tabloids brimming with new angles on the reasons for his success.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 17, 2021
Did baseball arrive in Japan one year earlier than commonly believed?
A British historian believes the sport was first played in Yokohama in 1871 — a year before American teacher Horace Wilson began teaching its rules to his students.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2021
Lions win draft rights for top pitching prospect Chihiro Sumida
An ecstatic Seibu general manager Hisanobu Watanabe said Sumida can make an 'immediate impact' for the club.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 27, 2021
‘The Baseball Widow’: A moving read on isolation
After a succession of young adult novels, Shikoku-based writer Suzanne Kamata returns to adult fiction with “The Baseball Widow,” out from Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing on Oct. 5.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 9, 2021
Yankees great Derek Jeter closes book on playing career with induction into Hall of Fame
'This is as high as you can go in terms of your playing career,' Jeter said. 'There's no other awards or accolades you can receive.'
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 7, 2021
Pirates' Yoshitomo Tsutsugo continues hot hitting in win over Tigers
Yoshitomo Tsutsugo continued to deliver at the plate Monday for the Pittsburgh Pirates, driving in a pair of runs in a 6-3 win over the Detroit Tigers.
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.
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.
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.
Why half of Japan's cities are at risk of disappearing in 100 years
A couple looks out onto the Fukuoka nightscape. Due to its distance from Tokyo and its close proximity to South Korea and China, professor Tomoya Mori believes that Fukuoka is one of the few metropolitan regions of Japan that will see some form of growth in the decades to come.
Japan concerned over U.S. officials' remarks on atomic bombings
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to reporters during a news conference in Washington on Thursday.
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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