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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 8, 2022
Dragons veteran Kosuke Fukudome to retire after season
Fukudome spent five years in the majors from 2008 with the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 26, 2022
Angels' Shohei Ohtani drives in run during loss against Rays
Shohei Ohtani broke a six-game streak of no RBIs but could not prevent the Los Angeles Angels from suffering their sixth straight defeat as the Tampa Bay Rays won 8-3 to sweep a four-game series Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 12, 2022
Seiya Suzuki drives in run to help Cubs win 'Field of Dreams' game
Replicating a scene from the film, both teams entered the ground set in cornfields in Dyersville wearing respective uniforms from the 1910s and 20s before a sold-out crowd of 7,823.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 27, 2022
Seiya Suzuki goes long for Cubs; Shohei Ohtani hits 21st for Angels
The two Japanese sluggers both helped their respective teams end Tuesday night with victories.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 6, 2022
Cubs' Seiya Suzuki homers in second straight game since injury return
Suzuki, who hit an inside-the-park solo homer in his first MLB game in 39 days on Monday, broke a 2-2 tie with his homer in the fifth off Milwaukee starter Jason Alexander.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 5, 2022
Seiya Suzuki hits inside-the-park homer on return from injury
The ninth-inning effort was Suzuki's first homer since April 17 and his fifth of the season, as well as the first Cubs' inside-the-park home run since Javier Baez hit one in 2017.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 5, 2022
Suspect captured in deadly shooting at July 4 parade in Chicago's Highland Park suburb
Police confirmed they captured 22-year-old Robert E. Crimo III in connection with the shooting that killed six people and wounded more than 36.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 30, 2022
Shohei Ohtani strikes out 11 to lead Angels past White Sox
The two-way star earned his fourth straight win while bringing his strikeout total to 101 for the season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 1, 2022
Cubs' Seiya Suzuki frustrated with first trip to injured list
On Tuesday, Chicago's rookie outfielder could only play catch barehanded and said he will not head back to batting practice until the pain of his sprained finger subsides.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
May 27, 2022
Shohei Ohtani strikes outs 10 in uneven start during loss to Blue Jays
Shohei Ohtani allowed five runs and struck out 10 batters in an uneven outing as the Los Angeles Angels suffered a 6-3 series-opening defeat to the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
May 3, 2022
Cubs' Seiya Suzuki named National League Rookie of the Month
The 27-year-old former Hiroshima Carp slugger batted .279 with four home runs and 14 RBIs during his first month in the big leagues.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
May 2, 2022
Seiya Suzuki ends skid with RBI double in Cubs' win over Brewers
Seiya Suzuki went 1-for-4 and doubled in an insurance run to end a 17-plate appearance hitless skid and help the Chicago Cubs snap a three-game losing streak in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 24, 2022
Seiya Suzuki notches first three-hit game of MLB career as Cubs steamroll Pirates
Scoring his team's opening run in the first inning at Wrigley Field, the MLB rookie and his teammates trounced Pittsburgh 21-0.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 24, 2022
To get to the Cubs, Seiya Suzuki needed a new idol
Ichiro Suzuki and Mike Trout represent wildly different body types and playing styles, but their unique abilities converged in influencing the career path of Seiya Suzuki.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 19, 2022
Cubs' Seiya Suzuki ties Japanese rookie hit-streak record
The former Carp slugger batted cleanup and went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in the Cubs' 4-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays at Wrigley Field.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 19, 2022
Seiya Suzuki named National League Player of the Week
The Cubs outfielder is the first player from Japan since the Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani in 2018 to win the weekly honor within the first month of his rookie season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 18, 2022
Trio of Japanese MLB stars stand out for their teams in series finale
Rookie sensation Seiya Suzuki walked twice and homered as the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 6-4 to earn a split of a four-game series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 14, 2022
Cubs' Seiya Suzuki stays red hot with early-season hit streak
Suzuki has three home runs, nine RBIs, and is batting .400 in the first five games of the season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 13, 2022
Cubs' Seiya Suzuki hits two solo homers against Pirates
The former Carp star now has three homers in his last two MLB games after he also went deep in Sunday's game against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 11, 2022
Brewers stave off Cubs as Seiya Suzuki hits first big league homer
The Japanese outfielder signed a five-year contract worth $85 million back in March. He went 1-for-3 in his third regular season game.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
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.

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