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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 12, 2022
Munetaka Murakami bombs Hawks as Swallows clinch interleague title
The Swallows improved to 13-4 in the annual interleague session, when each team plays six three-game series against the rival league.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 10, 2022
Hawks' Colin Rea tosses shutout against Tigers
Rea allowed five hits and a walk while striking out six before wrapping up the shutout with his 124th pitch.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 3, 2022
Giants hold off Hawks in interleague action
Yomiuri Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano threw eight innings and rookie Taisei Ota finished up a 3-0 interleague win over the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Thursday.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 3, 2022
Japanese-born American files suit against dual nationality ban
Japanese law stipulates that citizens automatically lose their Japanese nationality upon gaining a foreign nationality.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 2, 2022
Hawks beat Giants for franchise's 5,500th victory
SoftBank became Japan's second pro franchise to reach 5,500 wins.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 1, 2022
Hawks get past Giants bullpen to seize first place in PL
The Hawks' fourth straight win moved them to the top of the standings after the CL's Chunichi Dragons beat Masahiro Tanaka and the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
May 12, 2022
Nao Higashihama's no-hitter adds to strong performance by NPB pitchers in 2022
When the NPB hurler watched on TV as Los Angeles Angels' Reid Detmers throw his first career no-hitter Wednesday morning, little did he know he'd finish the day with one of his own.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 4, 2022
Yuki Yanagita homers for second day in row as Hawks beat Buffaloes
A day after lifting the Hawks to a 7-3 win with his grand slam, Yanagita was once again the hero for the home side at Fukuoka's PayPay Dome.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
May 2, 2022
Fukuoka woman helps children with developmental disabilities get haircuts
Mika Kuriyama runs a website that offers information on hair salons and barbers where such children can get a haircut and feel comfortable.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 29, 2022
Kaito Yoza delivers in clutch during Lions' win over Hawks
Kaito Yoza provided some clutch relief, helping the Seibu Lions to a 4-2 Pacific League win over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Thursday.
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SOCCER / J. League
Apr 14, 2022
J. League interpreter's career was found in translation
Among the unsung heroes working in the background of sports, interpreters play a particularly vital role in keeping teams whose players and coaches come from various nations functioning.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2022
Hawks beat Marines to extend season-opening win streak to five
Akira Nakamura went 3-for-4 with an RBI on Wednesday as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks came back to beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 4-3 and register their fifth straight win to open the season.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Mar 28, 2022
Tsuyoshi Shinjo makes flashy start as Fighters manager
Tsuyoshi Shinjo made an entrance on opening day that was more WrestleMania than pro baseball. Whether or not NPB is ready for it, Big Boss has arrived.
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JAPAN
Mar 27, 2022
Cherry blossoms in full bloom in Tokyo and Fukuoka
Municipalities that operate large parks well known for hanami (cherry blossom-viewing) are welcoming visitors but in a restricted way due to the continuing spread of COVID-19.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2022 NPB Preview
Mar 24, 2022
Pacific League set for wide-open pennant race in 2022
The Buffaloes enter the year as the reigning champions, but there are no guarantees in the PL this season.
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Mar 15, 2022
Successor to Fukuoka International Marathon set for December
The new race scheduled for Dec. 4 is set to feature around 100 elite runners, according to the Japan Association of Athletics Federations.
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JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Feb 21, 2022
Burakumin discrimination history revealed 100 years on from rights declaration
Growing up in the chaos that followed World War II wasn't the only thing that prevented Hikari, now 82, from learning to read and write.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Jan 24, 2022
Kyushu drives changes to school rules to ensure freedoms are respected
A substantial number of prefecture-run schools in the region are only now lifting restrictions on the color of students' underwear.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 23, 2022
NPB home run king Wladimir Balentien announces retirement
The Curacao native rewrote the NPB record book in 2013 with 60 home runs to surpass the previous single-season mark of 55, originally set by Yomiuri Giants legend Sadaharu Oh in 1964.
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JAPAN
Dec 27, 2021
Community transmission of omicron spreads beyond Japan's major cities
Community infections of omicron have been reported in Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo, Fukuoka, Aichi and Hiroshima prefectures.

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