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Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 7, 2023
Former MLB star Park Chan-ho wants kids to learn from Shohei Ohtani
The retired pitcher, who won 124 games in the majors, thinks the Angels two-way star is capable of inspiring future generations of talent in Asia.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 6, 2023
Shohei Ohtani thrills fans with two homers as Japan beats Hanshin in WBC warmup
Ohtani and Lars Nootbaar thrilled the packed crowd at Kyocera Dome Osaka during Japan's win over the Tigers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 6, 2023
Japan players to watch besides Shohei Ohtani during 2023 World Baseball Classic
Looking past some of the obvious names on the roster, these players are key to Samurai Japan's attempt to win the title for the first time since 2009.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 6, 2023
Red Sox outfielder Masataka Yoshida arrives to complete Samurai Japan's WBC roster
The new Boston Red Sox outfielder, who made the unprecedented step of interrupting his first MLB spring training to return home to play for Japan, pronounced himself ready to go.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 5, 2023
Roki Sasaki dominant and Okamoto homers in Japan's WBC warm-up win
Sasaki through a pitch that reached 165 kilometers per hour, matching Shohei Ohtani's mark for the fastest pitch thrown by a Japanese pitcher.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 3, 2023
Dave Nilsson pushing Team Australia hard ahead of World Baseball Classic
Australia will face South Korea in his first game at the World Baseball Classic.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 1, 2023
Seiya Suzuki in shock over injury-forced WBC withdrawal
Nippn Professional Baseball said Wednesday that the Cubs outfielder would be replaced by SoftBank utility player Taisei Makihara.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 28, 2023
Japan outfielder Seiya Suzuki out of WBC
The 28-year-old missed the Cubs' spring training game with the San Francisco Giants on Saturday due to tightness in his left oblique.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 27, 2023
Cubs' Seiya Suzuki misses spring training game due to oblique issue
'It's a 'wait and see,'' manager David Ross told MLB.com. 'I don't want to make any comments on WBC or anything like that.'
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Feb 26, 2023
Anticipation building toward Roki Sasaki's WBC debut
The Samurai Japan pitcher is showing off his heat — and learning from his teammates — ahead of the team's pool campaign at Tokyo Dome next month.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Sac Bunts
Feb 20, 2023
Yu Darvish returns with opportunity to inspire Japan to WBC glory
Yu Darvish is back with the national team for the first time since helping Japan win the 2009 World Baseball Classic
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 19, 2023
All eyes on Yu Darvish in Japan's WBC camp
Like the other four members of the team who play in MLB, the Padres right-hander is prohibited from taking part in any exhibitions before March 5.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 17, 2023
Hajime Moriyasu approached about throwing out first pitch at WBC opener
Japan national soccer team manager Hajime Moriyasu said Friday he has been approached about throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at Japan's first game of the upcoming World Baseball Classic.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Feb 14, 2023
Ex-Hawks outfielder ready for WBC stint with China
China will play Japan, South Korea, Australia and the Czech Republic in Pool B at Tokyo Dome next month.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Feb 10, 2023
Teams announce rosters for 2023 World Baseball Classic
The fifth edition of the global showdown is scheduled to run from March 8 to 21 with 20 teams competing in contests in Japan, Taiwan and the United States.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Feb 9, 2023
Lars Nootbaar's mother hopes son can help bring WBC title back to Japan
Lars Nootbaar is the first player named to represent Japan in the WBC solely through his ancestry.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Feb 9, 2023
Former Hawks outfielder Yusuke Masago to represent China in WBC
Masago, 28, a native of Kyoto Prefecture and whose father is from China, began his professional career with SoftBank in 2013 after the Hawks made him a draft pick in 2012.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 5, 2023
Shohei Ohtani to skip Japan camp ahead of World Baseball Classic
Angels general manager Perry Minasian says two-way star will not be under any restrictions as a starting pitcher or batter at the WBC.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 29, 2023
Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar headed for Japan reunion of sorts
The 25-year-old outfielder will be the first Samurai Japan player who qualified to compete for the team in the WBC through his ancestry.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 26, 2023
MLB's Yoshida and Nootbaar named to Japan's WBC roster
Japan will play its first game on March 9 against China in Pool B at Tokyo Dome.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Traders spooked by intervention risk trim record yen shorts
Traders edged back from record bets on yen weakness this past week, in a period that included a likely bout of intervention by Japan to prop up the currency.
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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