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CHUNICHI DRAGONS

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 25, 2015
BayStars hurler Yamaguchi fans 11 in complete-game victory over Dragons
Hyuma Matsui had a tiebreaking RBI single and drove in two runs, Shun Yamaguchi stifled his opponents over the distance, and the Yokohama BayStars beat the Chunichi Dragons 5-2 on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 23, 2015
Yoshimi extends scoreless innings streak to 20
Chunichi Dragons ace Kazuki Yoshimi remained untouchable this season, throwing seven scoreless innings in a 3-1 win over the Central League-leading Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 14, 2015
Dragons pinch hitter Nanita delivers game-winning single against Tigers
The Chunichi Dragons' bench stepped up in the ninth inning, when Ricardo Nanita singled home the winning run with a pinch-hit single in a 3-2 victory over the struggling Hanshin Tigers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2015 JAPANESE BASEBALL PREVIEW
Mar 25, 2015
Carp hoping Kuroda can be final piece in title puzzle
Part of the Carp's slogan for 2015 is 'Red Rising,' and that's exactly what the club has been doing the past few years. Hiroshima has increased its win total in each of the past four seasons.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 4, 2015
Yamamoto says knee injury isn't serious
Chunichi Dragons veteran lefty Masahiro Yamamoto on Wednesday downplayed an injury he suffered a day earlier to his right knee.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 3, 2015
Dragons lefty Yamamoto departs game after one pitch
Chunichi Dragons veteran left-hander Masahiro Yamamoto had to leave the mound after throwing just one pitch in a farm league game at Nagoya Dome on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Feb 21, 2015
Iwase, Dragons may be in tough spot
Every athlete in every sport eventually declines with age. It's just more noticeable in the greats. For the stars who have reached amazing heights, the fall from grace can be long and painful to watch — or as in the case of slugger Michihiro Ogasawara, sudden and confusing.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 17, 2015
Iwase cuts short bullpen session
Chunichi Dragons lefty Hitoki Iwase, who has saved more professional games than any other Japanese pitcher, gave up on his second bullpen session of the spring after just 16 pitches on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 13, 2015
Dragons' Tanishige targets all-time games record for catchers
As Motonobu Tanishige heads into his 27th year as a pro baseball player and his second as manager of the Chunichi Dragons, the 44-year-old catcher has his eye on breaking Japan's record for games played.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 2, 2015
Milestone-chasing Wada heating up in Dragons' camp
Needing just 15 hits to reach 2,000 for his career, 42-year-old Chunichi Dragons outfielder Kazuhiro Wada showed no sign of slowing down Monday on the second day of spring training.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 24, 2014
Giants take stride toward CL pennant
The Yomiuri Giants took another step toward clinching their third straight Central League pennant on Wednesday with a 4-1 victory over the Chunichi Dragons.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 11, 2014
Dragons bullpen thwarts Carp comeback attempt
Chunichi Dragons lefty Yudai Ono tossed one-run ball over 6-1/3 innings, drove in the decisive run, and the bullpen did the rest to stave off the Hiroshima Carp in a 2-1 victory on Thursday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 5, 2014
Dragons lefty Yamamoto sets NPB record for oldest winning pitcher at age 49
Forty-nine-year-old Masahiro Yamamoto became Japanese baseball's oldest winning pitcher with five scoreless innings in the Chunichi Dragons' 6-0 victory over the Hanshin Tigers on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 31, 2014
Ishihara's clutch single lifts Carp past Dragons
Substitute catcher Yoshiyuki Ishihara delivered a tiebreaking RBI single in the sixth inning and added insurance in the eighth as the Hiroshima Carp downed the Chunichi Dragons 6-4 on Sunday afternoon in Nagoya.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 31, 2014
Carp hurler Heath collects first victory in Japan
Deunte Heath threw 6-1/3 scoreless innings and Eishin Soyogi drove in two runs with a fourth-inning single as the Hiroshima Carp beat the Chunichi Dragons 2-0 on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 16, 2014
Dragons' Yamai silences Swallows
Daisuke Yamai held Japan's best-hitting team to two hits over the distance as the Chunichi Dragons beat the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6-0 on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 9, 2014
Dragons' Yamai fans seven en route to eighth victory
Daisuke Yamai allowed a run in seven innings for the Chunichi Dragons on Saturday afternoon in a 4-1 win over the Central League-leading Yomiuri Giants.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 8, 2014
Giants beat Dragons to end losing streak
Chris Seddon returned from minor league exile on Friday evening and threw 5⅓ sharp innings for the Yomiuri Giants, who beat the Chunichi Dragons 6-3 to snap a four-game losing streak.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 7, 2014
Dragons' Wada sidelined with broken bone in right wrist
Veteran Chunichi Dragons outfielder Kazuhiro Wada will be sidelined for more than a month after breaking a bone in his right wrist, he said Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 29, 2014
Matsui leads Dragons past Carp in 10th
Yusuke Matsui started strong but saved the best for last on Tuesday, belting a two-run, 10th-inning home run to lift the Chunichi Dragons to a 3-1 victory over the Hiroshima Carp.
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Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Nippon Steel boosts efforts to woo U.S. Steel workers and politicians
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New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
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Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
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