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CHUNICHI

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
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Feb 13, 2015
Tiled air raid shelter in Aichi hailed as work of art
A private World War II air raid shelter exquisitely lined with colorful tiles has recently been opened to the public in Handa, Aichi Prefecture.
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
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 17, 2014
Survivor looks to save images of deadliest typhoon to hit Japan
After Typhoon Vera, also known as the Isewan Typhoon, struck Japan in September 1959, local history researcher Kaneo Ogawa dedicated the next few months of his life to photographing the aftermath in his hometown.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 17, 2014
Documentary puts survivors' accounts of Isewan Typhoon on film
A Japanese documentary on the 1959 Typhoon Vera, titled "Sorezore no Isewan Taifu" ("Each Person's Isewan Typhoon"), will begin screening on Saturday in three prefectures in the Tokai region.
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
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Sep 5, 2014
First-language classes in Aichi struggle to find funding
Various cities in Aichi Prefecture have started offering language classes to children of foreign descent in their first language.
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.
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.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.

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