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CHIBA

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 9, 2013
Tigers' Nomi extends winning streak to five
Takahiro Arai hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the fourth inning, Atsushi Nomi went the distance on one-run ball, and the Hanshin Tigers held on for a 3-1 win over the Pacific League-leading Chiba Lotte Marines in interleague play on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 1, 2013
Marines benefiting from ace Naruse's poise, maturity
Yoshihisa Naruse was the new kid on the block back in 2006, a fresh face in his first season pitching for a Chiba Lotte Marines team that had won the Japan Series the year before.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 1, 2013
Karakawa helps Marines top Giants, become winningest team in NPB
Yuki Karakawa worked into the eighth inning to earn the victory as the Pacific League-leading Chiba Lotte Marines defeated the Yomiuri Giants 4-3 on Friday in an interleague battle between Japan's best two teams.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 24, 2013
Murton maintains torrid pace in Chiba
There's something about the Chiba Lotte Marines' home field that brings out the best in Matt Murton.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 16, 2013
Giants edge Marines on Chono's sayonara double
Hisayoshi Chono delivered a two-run, ninth-inning double to lift the Yomiuri Giants to 5-4 walk-off interleague win over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 10, 2013
Wild pitch in 11th carries Marines to eighth straight win
Takashi Ogino had the chance to be the hero with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 11th inning. It would've been fitting too, with the Chiba Lotte Marines star playing in his second game of the season, after missing most of 2012 with a leg injury.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 28, 2013
Imae delivers game-changing double for Marines
Toshiaki Imae threw one fist in the air as his face lit up with the smile Chiba Lotte Marines fans have come to love over the years, and everyone else at QVC Marine Field, with the exception of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, was probably smiling right along with him.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 26, 2013
Emergency meeting pays off for Marines
The Marines erased a four-run deficit over the final four innings, taking the lead on Josh Whitesell's tiebreaking solo home run in ninth, and got themselves back on track with a win over the Lions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 24, 2013
Lions' Makita tosses eight-hit shutout
Kazuhisa Makita, the Seibu's submarine right-hander, scattered eight hits over the distance for his first shutout of the season as the Pacific League-leading Lions beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 8-0 on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 21, 2013
Marines rally past Eagles
The Chiba Lotte Marines' pitchers were off to a good start, but the team's offense was having a little trouble getting things going against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 9, 2013
Marines' Whitesell bashes three home runs in rout
Josh Whitesell homered three times and Yuji Nishino won the first game of his career in his first start as the Chiba Lotte Marines defeated the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 11-2 to snap a three-game skid Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2013
Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea combined to break visitor record in 2012
Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea drew a combined 27.50 million visitors in fiscal 2012, a record high, their operator said Monday, attributing the 8.5 percent year-on-year increase to a new ride, Toy Story Mania!, launched at DisneySea last July, and seasonal events at both parks in Urayasu, Chiba...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 29, 2013
Court says railway can make patrons pay through the nose
Railway patrons can now sue over fares, for what it's worth.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 18, 2013
Chiba Gov. Morita cruises to second term
Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita was virtually certain to clinch a second four-year term Sunday after defeating two independents, projections indicate.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 17, 2013
Golden Kings edge Jets in thriller
In professional team sports, these are among the chief characteristics of championship teams: confidence, swagger and a diversified cast of proven playmakers.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 15, 2013
Mother Farm hopes to attract weary city dwellers to the countryside
Hisakichi Maeda is best known as the founder of the Sankei Shimbun and developer of the Tokyo Tower. But his interests spread to more down-to-earth enterprises, too.
BASKETBALL
Mar 11, 2013
Jets soar in win over Lakestars
The Chiba Jets delivered a vivid definition of their team nickname on Sunday afternoon in the second half of their series finale against the visiting Shiga Lakestars.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 10, 2013
If you do like to be beside the seaside, try Kamogawa
Chiba is a large prefecture, something you notice while traveling from Tokyo to the southern seaside resort of Kamogawa. The journey takes a good two hours — and this by express train.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 4, 2013
Werner, Jets salvage series split against Cinq Reves
Standing at the free-throw line, Chiba Jets big man Joe Werner appeared relaxed and confident during Sunday's game against the host Tokyo Cinq Reves. After all, it's a familiar place for him to be.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 13, 2013
Big Bulls bounce back, end Jets' nine-game win streak
All good things must come to an end.
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
The National Police Agency coined the term "tokuryū" to classify individuals involved in dark part time jobs and quasi-gangsters, using the words "tokumei" (anonymous) and "ryūdo" (fluid) to reflect their characteristics.
Thanks, tourists. Views of Mount Fuji are now blocked.
Tourists pose in front of a convenience store with Mount Fuji on Friday in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. Local residents are upset over littering, overcrowding and the inconvenience caused by the visitors.
Is Modi’s party heading for a stunning election loss?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign tactics have escalated, including anti-Muslim rhetoric and fearmongering, reflecting his ruling party's desperation.
Two more arrested over brutal murder of couple in Tochigi
A vehicle carrying Seiha Sekine, the 32-year-old common-law husband of the deceased Tokyo couple's first daughter, leaves a police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Tuesday.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Stormy seas ahead as Beijing and Manila trade barbs over secret deal
Philippine Marines wave to Philippine Navy personnel and the media during a resupply mission at their military outpost, the BRP Sierra Madre, a warship run aground in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in 1999, in the South China Sea, in March 2014.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Xi bristles as Macron and von der Leyen urge China to do more on Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen walk after their meeting in Paris on Monday.
How a Japanese scientist is turning the climate crisis into music
A screencap of a performance of Hiroto Nagai's “String Quartet No. 1 ‘Polar Energy Budget’” by the PRT Quartet

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