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FIGHTERS

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 15, 2015
Matsuda, Lee carry Hawks past Fighters
Nobuhiro Matsuda's three-run, seventh-inning home run broke up a tie game as the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka Softbank Hawks came from behind to beat the Nippon Ham Fighters 7-4 on Wednesday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 15, 2015
Two-time Sawamura Award winner Takahashi dies at 69
Kazumi Takahashi, a left-hander who won two Sawamura Awards for the Yomiuri Giants during their run of nine straight Japan Series championship seasons, has died of multiple organ failure, informed sources said Wednesday. He was 69.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Jul 14, 2015
Hillman won't rule out managing in Japan again
These days, you'll find Trey Hillman, the former Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters skipper, serving as bench coach for the Houston Astros.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 12, 2015
Mendoza tames Lions
Luis Mendoza held the Seibu Lions to three hits over seven scoreless innings as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters won their fourth straight game with a 10-0 victory Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 10, 2015
Fighters' Otani notches 10th victory of season
Shohei Otani became the first pitcher to 10 wins this season after pitching eight shutout innings as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters defeated the Seibu Lions 1-0 on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 26, 2015
Lions' Kishi collects first victory of season
Seibu Lions ace Takayuki Kishi allowed two run in six innings to earn his first win of the season as his teammates bombarded the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in a 12-4 win on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 25, 2015
Otani strikes out 11 in shutout as Fighters end losing streak
Shohei Otani brought all his weapons to bear in a three-hitter on Wednesday as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters snapped a five-game losing streak with a 7-0 win over the Chiba Lotte Marines.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 21, 2015
Van den Hurk earns win with late Hawks rally
Dutch right-hander Rick van den Hurk allowed two runs over seven innings, while striking out 13 and was rewarded by a late comeback from his team as the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 4-2 on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 20, 2015
Yano off to quick start after move to Fighters
Over the years, foreign players on the 11 other teams in Japan besides the Yomiuri Giants have talked about the depth of the Giants and how good some of the Kyojin reserve players could be if the they played for another Central or Pacific League club.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 18, 2015
Fighters sign Nationals farmhand Lively
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters have acquired 29-year-old right-hander Mitch Lively from the Washington Nationals on a one-year deal, the Pacific League club announced on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2015
Iwata, Tsuruoka propel Tigers to rout of Fighters
Minoru Iwata went the distance and Tigers catcher Kazunari Tsuruoka drove in five runs in Hanshin's 11-4 trouncing of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in this season's interleague finale.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 13, 2015
Fighters' Hermida returning to U.S. after thumb injury
Outfielder Jeremy Hermida will temporarily return to the United States, having broken the base of his left thumb, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters said Saturday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 10, 2015
Giants, Fighters complete four-player trade
The Central League's Yomiuri Giants and Pacific League's Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters have concluded a four-player trade, a source familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 6, 2015
Resurgent Messenger deals Otani first loss
Randy Messenger, making his second start since returning from the minors, worked eight innings and the Hanshin Tigers beat the Pacific League-leading Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 1-0 in interleague play on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 14, 2015
Hermida strokes two-run triple to lift Fighters
Jeremy Hermida unlocked a scoreless pitchers' duel with a two-run triple to help teammate Shohei Otani to his sixth win of the season as Hokkaido Nippon Ham defeated the Seibu Lions 2-1 on Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 5, 2015
Fighters' Yoh out for an estimated 1½ months after breaking bone in hand
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters center fielder Daikan Yoh is expected to miss 1-1/2 months after breaking a bone near the base of his left thumb, the Pacific League club announced on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 2, 2015
Nippon Ham's Yoshikawa off to resurgent start
When Yu Darvish left for the major leagues after the 2011 season, the prevailing thought was the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' pitching staff would be a rudderless ship.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 27, 2015
Fighters to hold spring training in Arizona
The Pacific League's Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters will hold part of their spring training camp next year in Peoria, Arizona, the mega-sports complex used by the San Diego Padres, the club announced Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 21, 2015
Lions' Togame records first home victory since July 2013
Ken Togame waited a long time for another win at home. Actually, it'd been a while since he'd won anywhere else either.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Apr 20, 2015
Saito stumbles again in quest to find success as pro
Yuki Saito has spent most of the past two seasons off the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' ichi-gun roster and with the farm team. His poor showing so far this year makes one wonder just how many days he'll spend with the top team going forward.
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
Why half of Japan's cities are at risk of disappearing in 100 years
A couple looks out onto the Fukuoka nightscape. Due to its distance from Tokyo and its close proximity to South Korea and China, professor Tomoya Mori believes that Fukuoka is one of the few metropolitan regions of Japan that will see some form of growth in the decades to come.
Japan concerned over U.S. officials' remarks on atomic bombings
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to reporters during a news conference in Washington on Thursday.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
The politicians moving Japan forward on climate
While not the most outspoken politician on the issue, digital minister Taro Kono has a track record of being serious in his commitment to addressing the climate crisis.
Morning-after pill buyers back prescription-free sales following trial
Some 2,181 morning-after pills were sold at 145 pharmacies across the nation, with Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture recording over 200 sales each.
Want to be a voice actor? Stay 'true to the character'
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Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”

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