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FIGHTERS

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 8, 2015
Laird leads Fighters to seventh consecutive victory
Brandon Laird took advantage of Wade LeBlanc's implosion in the fourth inning with a go-ahead two-run single to help rally his team as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters routed the Seibu Lions 6-1 to win their seventh in a row on Wednesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 7, 2015
Mendoza tames Lions as Fighters stretch winning streak to six
Luis Mendoza had a hard time against the Seibu Lions in 2014. In their first meeting this year, it was Mendoza, who got a helping hand from Sho Nakata and Kensuke Tanaka, and left standing as the king of the Tokyo Jungle.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 5, 2015
Japanese baseball taking cover after foul-ball decision
Japanese baseball officials appear headed for the trenches after a court's unprecedented decision to force a team to compensate a female spectator who was blinded in one eye when she was hit by a line drive at a ballgame.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 1, 2015
Fighters' Otani, Oka go deep in win over Marines
Shohei Otani and Hiromi Oka each homered in a four-run second inning as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters held on to beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 4-3 on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2015 JAPANESE BASEBALL PREVIEW
Mar 26, 2015
Buffaloes, Hawks best in PL
The second of a two-part NPB Preview.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2015
Nippon Ham ordered to pay ¥41.9 million for failing to shield spectator from foul ball
The Sapporo District Court on Thursday ordered professional baseball team the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and two other parties to pay around ¥41.9 million (about $350,000) in damages to a female spectator for failing to shield her from a foul ball.
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Mar 21, 2015
Princeton routs Kwansei Gakuin
The level of play in Ivy League football is still a few steps ahead of the Japanese collegiate league, even for the four-time defending college champion Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 21, 2015
Otani sharpens up ahead of Opening Day
Flame-throwing Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters right-hander Shohei Otani worked three scoreless innings on Saturday in his final preseason exhibition before he goes to the mound next week on Opening Day.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Mar 21, 2015
Fighters' Hermida excited about new challenge
Jeremy Hermida hit a grand slam the very first time he stepped in the batter's box in the major leagues, becoming the first player since Bill Duggleby in 1898 to achieve that particular feat. That day, Aug. 31, 2005, has been followed by a series of ups and downs, a winding career path that has led the...
Japan Times
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Mar 19, 2015
Princeton, Kwansei Gakuin to battle in Legacy Bowl
One of the most successful college football clubs in Japan meets one of the oldest football programs in the sport's mother country when Kwansei Gakuin University takes on Princeton University in the Legacy Bowl on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 24, 2015
Nakata impresses in showdown with Otani in intrasquad game
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters cleanup hitter Sho Nakata won Tuesday's battle with teammate Shohei Otani when he had two hits, including a home run off the hard-throwing right-hander in an intrasquad game.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 20, 2015
Otani named Fighters' Opening Day starter
Third-year pitcher-outfielder Shohei Otani has been handed his first Opening Day pitching assignment, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters manager Hideki Kuriyama said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2015
Foreign recruits are Islamic State's cannon fodder
Aspiring jihadists looking to join the Islamic State army are often lured to the front lines with promises of changing the course of history, but at least for less-skilled foreign recruits, especially those from Central Asia, the experience of fighting for the new caliphate is oftren brief and bloody.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jan 12, 2015
Fighters' Saito braces for vital year
Yuki Saito is hard at work in Chiba, at Kamagaya Stadium, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' ni-gun base, these days. He's busy preparing for the upcoming season, which might turn out to be a pivotal one for the star pitcher.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 3, 2015
Hillman embraces new opportunity with Astros
Happy New Year to all readers of the Baseball Bullet-In, and we will start 2015 with an update on the new job of former Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters manager Trey Hillman.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 16, 2014
Second baseman Tanaka returns to Fighters
After two years in the United States, most of it spent in Triple-A, second baseman Kensuke Tanaka is returning to the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, the team announced Tuesday.
Japan Times
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Dec 14, 2014
Kwansei Gakuin routs Nihon University to win college title
It's been a while since western Japan was regarded as having better American football schools than eastern Japan.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 12, 2014
Veteran outfielder Hermida joins Fighters
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Friday announced the acquisition of former Florida Marlins and Boston Red Sox outfielder Jeremy Hermida.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 5, 2014
Otani signs ¥100 million deal
Sweet-swinging, hard-throwing Shohei Otani became the second player to sign a ¥100 million contract ahead of his third season out of high school with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
WORLD
Dec 2, 2014
Turkey starts vetting fighters for U.S.-backed force for Syria
Turkish authorities have started vetting candidates for a beefed-up Syrian opposition force under a joint initiative with the U.S., according to a Turkish official with knowledge of the process.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Japan's revised immigration bill clears Lower House
Justice Minister Ryuji Koizumi speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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'
SungWon Cho is a veteran with more than 10 years of experience portraying characters in anime, cartoons and video games.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
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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