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EAGLES

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 28, 2014
Jones, Falkenborg not returning to Eagles: source
Designated hitter Andruw Jones and closer Brian Falkenborg have been cut from the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' reserved list and released, an informed source said Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 25, 2014
Eagles, Tigers want to sign Kaneko
The Tohoku Rakuten Godlen Eagles' managing director indicated Tuesday that the club would pursue free agent right-hander Chihiro Kaneko, the ace of the Pacific League's Orix Buffaloes.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2014
Fighters, Eagles grab coveted pitchers in NPB draft
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters grabbed the negotiating rights to Waseda University ace Kohei Arihara, the most sought-after player in Nippon Professional Baseball's amateur draft on Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 14, 2014
Eagles select Okubo as Hoshino's replacement
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles said Tuesday they will appoint Hiromoto Okubo as new manger of the Pacific League club.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2014
Eagles' Hoshino loses final game of managerial career
Senichi Hoshino, who managed three different teams to the Japan Series and finally won it in 2013, brought his managing career to a close on Tuesday as his Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles played their final game of the season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 4, 2014
Buffaloes rout punchless Eagles
Three pitchers combined on a four-hit shutout as the Orix Buffaloes defeated the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 6-0 on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 30, 2014
Itoi, Shimada power Buffaloes past Eagles
Yoshio Itoi and Takuya Shimada each homered in a six-run fourth inning as the Orix Buffaloes overturned a two-run deficit in Tuesday's 7-3 win over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 19, 2014
Eagles' Norimoto throws three-hit shutout
Right-hander Takahiro Norimoto kept the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' slim Pacific League playoff hopes going on Friday with a 1-0 shutout victory over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 18, 2014
Eagles manager Hoshino to step down at season's end
Senichi Hoshino, who managed the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles to the franchise's first Japan Series title last season, announced Thursday that he would resign at the end of the current season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 29, 2014
Lee carries Hawks to 10th-inning victory over Eagles
Lee Dae-ho scored the game's first run and drove in the game-winner in the 10th inning as the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks beat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 3-2 on Friday to extend their Pacific League lead to 2-1/2 games over the Orix Buffaloes.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 24, 2014
Milestone man Matsui powers Eagles past Buffaloes
Kazuo Matsui scored two runs and drove in four from the leadoff spot and reached a career milestone to boot on Sunday as he sparked the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to an 8-4 win over the Orix Buffaloes.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 24, 2014
Norimoto displays dominant form against Buffaloes
Takahiro Norimoto threw eight shutout innings on Saturday as the cellar-dwelling Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles beat the pennant-contending Orix Buffaloes 2-0.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 13, 2014
Eagles' Matsui records career-best nine strikeouts in victory over Hawks
Marquee rookie Yuki Matsui overcame a shaky first inning and a seventh-inning crisis to earn his first win as a starter on Wednesday as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles beat the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 7-4 and snapped the Pacific League leaders' win streak at nine games.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 1, 2014
Karashima tosses seven solid innings, benefits from teammates' timely hits
Wataru Karashima threw one-run ball over seven innings and Kazuya Fujita had a two-run go-ahead double as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles routed the Seibu Lions 7-1 on Friday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 30, 2014
Iida outshines Matsui in rookie duel as Hawks down Eagles
Fukuoka Softbank lefty Yuya Iida won a rookie pitchers' duel with Tohoku Rakuten's top draft pick, Yuki Matsui, on Wednesday as the Pacific League-leading Hawks defeated the Eagles 3-0.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 24, 2014
Eagles skipper Hoshino returns to team
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles manager Senichi Hoshino was back in uniform on Thursday for the first time in two months after having surgery.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 17, 2014
Eagles manager Hoshino starts physical rehab
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles announced Tuesday that manager Senichi Hoshino has begun his rehabilitation following back surgery.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 15, 2014
Sakamoto, Giants rally past Eagles in ninth
Hayato Sakamoto singled in two runs in the ninth inning as the Yomiuri Giants came from behind to beat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 3-2 in interleague play on Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 14, 2014
Sugano holds Eagles to three hits in stellar outing
Tomoyuki Sugano worked 7-1/3 scoreless innings to earn his eighth victory on Saturday as the Yomiuri Giants held on to beat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 3-1 in an interleague rematch of last year's Japan Series contestants.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 10, 2014
Tanaka-Iwakuma showdown called off due to rain
Former Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles teammates Masahiro Tanaka and Hisashi Iwakuma, who were scheduled to face off in a pitching duel on Tuesday in Seattle, will not face each other this week after Tanaka's schedule in the New York Yankees rotation was pushed ahead to Wednesday.
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.
Three men rearrested over brokering of overseas prostitution
A woman speaks of her experience of being sent to Macau by an overseas prostitution broker during an interview in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on April 8.
Ex-METI bureaucrat given 10-year sentence for drugging and raping women
The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former industry ministry bureaucrat to 10 years in prison for drugging six women with sleeping pills and then raping or groping them in 2022.
Money stolen via online transfers up fivefold in Tokyo
Special fraud cases in Tokyo in which stolen money was sent via online banking services grew some fivefold from the previous year in 2023.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.
Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
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