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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 25, 2022
BayStars closer Yasuaki Yamasaki becomes youngest to reach 200 saves
Yamasaki is the eighth pitcher to reach the milestone and the youngest, at 29 years, 10 months.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 24, 2022
Shota Imanaga pitches streaking BayStars to seventh straight win
The BayStars' victory kept them within four games of the Central League-leading Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 25, 2022
Joe Gunkel leads way as Tigers shut out BayStars
Gunkel (5-5), who got some big plays from his fielders, struck out four batters without issuing a walk.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 9, 2022
Haruhiro Hamaguchi gives credit to BayStars after earning first win since May
Hamaguchi threw 7u2154u00a0innings, finishing with four strikeouts and allowing five hits and walking four batters.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 22, 2022
Adam Walker powers Giants to victory with tiebreaking home run
Walker is having a strong debut season in Japan, batting .297 with 15 home runs and 34 RBIs.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 8, 2022
BayStars Shota Imanaga hurls no-hitter as Fighters lose five straight
Imanaga issued only one walk in a 117-pitch outing at Sapporo Dome, striking out nine with his Central League team scoring two runs in the ninth inning to help the lefty get the win.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 22, 2022
Kazuya Fujita and Taishi Ota lead BayStars past Tigers
Fujita and Ota were both signed as offseason free agents after they were cast off by the Pacific League's Rakuten Eagles and Nippon Ham Fighters, respectively.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 23, 2022
Central League clubs enter 2022 in race to catch Swallows
Yakult, which went from worst to first in 2021, will now face the pressure of trying to defend its throne from five challengers with ambitions of grandeur.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 22, 2021
Munetaka Murakami grand slam lifts Yakult past DeNA
The 21-year-old's first-inning blast, his 36th home run of the season, put the visitors ahead for good on Tuesday night at Yokohama Stadium.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 22, 2021
Tatsuhiro Shibata comes up big as BayStars bash Giants
Shibata played hero in both the field and at the plate on Saturday as a seventh-inning pitching change led to the Giants' collapse.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Jun 7, 2021
Tomoyuki Sugano and Seiya Suzuki return to action as Olympics draw near
A few hours after the United States national baseball team qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, two players expected to be key members of Samurai Japan's Olympic effort returned to the field in NPB.
Japan Times
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May 12, 2021
Rise tap former BayStar Takehiro Ishikawa for gridiron conversion
The longtime infielder will attempt to earn a spot on Sagamihara's roster as a wide receiver for the 2021 X League season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 9, 2021
Yoshio Itoi homer rockets CL-leading Tigers past BayStars
Veteran Yoshio Itoi broke a 1-1 fifth inning tie with his second home run of the season, leading the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers to a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Yokohama DeNA BayStars on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 3, 2021
BayStars' Michael Peoples tosses six shutout innings to earn win in 2021 debut
The 29-year-old American struck out five, walked none and limited the Dragons to four hits.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 26, 2021
Jerry Sands blasts decisive homer as Tigers beat BayStars
Sands walked, reached on an error and scored twice in four plate appearances as the league-leading Tigers overcame a tough fight from the last-place BayStars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Apr 10, 2021
NPB strikes out with move to eliminate extra innings
Just before the Yomiuri Giants and Yokohama BayStars went into the bottom of the ninth tied 7-7 on March 26, the first night of the season, there was an announcement over the PA system at Tokyo Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Apr 5, 2021
BayStars' Daisuke Miura learns wins do not come easily in NPB
On Sunday, he finally won his first game as the team's manager after coming up short eight times.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 1, 2021
Swallows overcome coronavirus hit to beat BayStars
Yasutaka Shiomi and Munetaka Murakami combined to drive in five runs as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows beat the DeNA BayStars 5-3 on Wednesday after the Central League club deactivated six players due to coronavirus issues.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2021
Yasuaki Yamasaki's struggles in focus again for winless BayStars
The fan-favorite reliever, who gave up a two-run lead in Tuesday's loss to the Swallows, is aiming for a comeback season after a dismal 2020 campaign.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 30, 2021
Swallows rally past BayStars for first victory of season
The Swallows picked up their first win of the year after being swept at home by the Hanshin Tigers to start the season.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
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Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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