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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 2, 2023
Ryoya Kurihara powers Hawks to second straight win
The Hawks, who lost ace pitcher Kodai Senga to MLB via free agency, posted their second straight shutout thanks to seven innings from Koya Fujii.
Japan Times
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 6, 2023
Upcoming April by-elections likely litmus test for Kishida's leadership
The elections are likely to be a test of whether the prime minister can run the government stably, a year and a half after taking office in October 2021.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 6, 2023
Cheering set to return to NPB stadiums as government relax COVID-19 rules
With Japan effectively abolishing event attendance restrictions meant to curb the spread of COVID-19, sports fans may soon be screaming at the top of their lungs.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 29, 2023
Former Red Sox pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura rejoins Marines
Sawamura spent the bulk of his nine Nippon Professional Baseball seasons with the Yomiuri Giants, which he joined in 2011 as the club's top draft pick out of Chuo University.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 22, 2023
Eureka moments abound at sake sommelier Marie Chiba’s new bar
The acclaimed nihonshu maven hasn't lost a step — in fact, she might be better than ever before.
Japan Times
LIFE
Jan 15, 2023
Children hit the waves in Chiba beach town-turned-surfing mecca
Ichinomiya, a town of nearly 12,500, was chosen to host the surfing events for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2023
British and Australian units join GSDF paratroopers in training for first time
No troops from foreign countries other than the United States had participated in the training with Japanese units before Sunday's drills.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2022
The little trains that could: Japan's rural railways keep chugging on
With savvy marketing, Choshi Electric Railway somehow gets back on track.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 25, 2022
Lotte pitching sensation Roki Sasaki gets pay raise
The right-hander, who turned 21 on Nov. 3, posted a 9-4 win-loss record with a 2.02 ERA and 173 strikeouts.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Longform
Nov 14, 2022
Could Roki Sasaki become the future face of Japanese baseball?
Chiba Lotte Marines starting pitcher reflects on the highs and lows of his breakout season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 11, 2022
Hall of Fame pitcher Choji Murata dies after fire at his home
The hard-throwing right-hander retired from professional baseball in 1990 with 215 wins, all of them for the then Lotte Orions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2022
Pitching sensation Roki Sasaki preparing for Australia game
The Marines ace is expected to pitch in Samurai Japan's second game against the Australians at Sapporo Dome next week as the team prepares for the World Baseball Classic.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 15, 2022
Rickie Fowler takes sole lead at Zozo Championship
Fowler, whose maternal grandfather is Japanese, seized the lead with an 18th-hole birdie, his fifth of the round against one bogey to sit at 14-under 196 for the tournament.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2022
Google to open first Japan data center to accelerate Asia push
The new facility, based in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, will accelerate the operation of Google tools and services and support economic activity and jobs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2022
Body in river confirmed as that of 7-year-old girl missing since Sept. 23
The body, which was found on Tuesday in the Edo River, was identified using DNA analysis as that of Saya Minami, a first-grader from the city of Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2022
Police find child's body in Edo River and investigate connection with missing girl
A passerby told police shortly past noon that something that looked like a body was in the river in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, media reports say.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2022
Japan designates 108 cities as most likely to suffer tsunami damage
The government vowed expanded financial aid and assistance in compiling evacuation measures, as it set a new 10-year goal to reduce by 80% the number of potential disaster victims.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 27, 2022
Hawks book ticket to postseason with win over Marines
The victory at PayPay Dome ensures SoftBank will feature in the PL Climax Series with no worse than a third-place finish, while trimming their magic number for the league pennant to four.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2022
Search continues for 7-year-old girl missing in eastern Japan
Police are searching for information, describing Saya Minami as 115 centimeters tall with short black hair, wearing a pale pink T-shirt, blue shorts and pink sneakers.
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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