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GO TANAKA

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 11, 2022
Masahiro Tanaka hurls four-hitter as Eagles win 11 straight
The former New York Yankee needed just 107 pitches to earn the win at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi, going the distance for the first time this season.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 2, 2022
At 119, she was a symbol of how to live with wit and vitality
Kane Tanaka, who died in Japan last month, survived two world wars, the 1918 influenza outbreak, paratyphoid and two rounds of cancer.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 6, 2022
Masahiro Tanaka earns win as virus-hit Rakuten returns to action
Masahiro Tanaka pitched the coronavirus-hit Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to a 7-3 Pacific League win against the Saitama Seibu Lions on Tuesday, allowing two runs over seven innings as his team returned to action.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 24, 2022
‘To Be Killed by a High School Girl’: Hideo Jojo gives a lesson in ‘ick 101’
Hideo Jojo challenges taboos with black comedy in a twisted film about a teacher plotting his own death at the hands of a student.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 24, 2022
Koki Tanaka, former member of KAT-TUN, held over alleged methamphetamine possession
Police suspect Tanaka was in possession of about 0.164 grams of methamphetamine while staying at a business hotel in Nagoya on the evening of Jan. 30.
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JAPAN
Jan 2, 2022
World's oldest person celebrates 119th birthday
Kane Tanaka at 119 has lived during the Meiji, Taisho, Showa, Heisei and current Reiwa eras
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JAPAN
Nov 18, 2021
International Men's Day: In Japan, it's tough being a man, too
While women's issues remain key in considerations around gender equality, experts point out that men can also feel frustrated due to stereotypical expectations from society.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 13, 2021
Teen Chikara Tanaka following winding road in hopes of reaching NBA
Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe have proven there is a path from Japan to the basketball mountaintop that is the NBA, giving hope to up-and-coming players, like Chikara Tanaka, aiming to scale similar heights.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 4, 2021
‘And So the Baton Is Passed’: No, these are not happy tears
Tetsu Maeda's melodrama about abandoned children and questionable parenting may bring on the waterworks, but the film's underlying message doesn't inspire much hope.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 26, 2021
Orix finishes season atop PL with Lotte chasing magic number
After finishing bottom of the PL in the past two seasons, Orix could land its first pennant since 1996 should Lotte lose a single game this week.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 18, 2021
Lions rookie Yutaro Watanabe outduels Eagles' Masahiro Tanaka
The 21-year-old Watanabe fanned five, allowing four hits and four walks.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 17, 2021
Japan wins four weight classes on first day of Paris Grand Slam
The two-day competition, featuring 45 countries and 281 judoka, is the first international event for Japan's judo team since the Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 12, 2021
Japan reignites World Cup campaign with win over Australia
A late own goal put the Samurai Blue ahead at Saitama Stadium, securing a much-needed three points for embattled head coach Hajime Moriyasu.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 23, 2021
‘First Gentleman’: Political romcom is an also-ran
Hayato Kawai's lightweight comedy imagines Japan getting its first female prime minister, but reality may have already caught up.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 27, 2021
Ball girl set to hustle for Paralympic wheelchair tennis heroes
On the Tokyo Paralympic tennis courts over the next two weeks, 16-year-old Airi Onuma will not be hitting balls, but chasing them.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021
Japan squeezes by U.S. in extra innings, buying easy pass to semifinals
The win sets up Japan for a matchup against South Korea, while the U.S. faces a tougher route to a place in the final.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 31, 2021
The risk of vote-splitting makes casinos more likely in Yokohama
Press outlets begin to speculate on the true intentions of the Yokohama mayoral race's many independent candidates.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021
Nadeshiko Japan falls short against Sweden in quarterfinal loss
Sweden's physicality and attacking grit overwhelmed the host nation, which fought back from an early deficit but failed to build on promising attacks in the second half.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 28, 2021
What to watch on Day 5 of the Tokyo Olympics
Another showdown between a pair of stars in the pool and a much-anticipated debut for Samurai Japan in baseball highlight another busy day in Tokyo.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 24, 2021
Australia tops Japan in thrilling men's hockey opener
Australia trailed 3-2 at halftime after conceding three goals to Japan in quick succession not long before the break but kept fighting to turn the tables in the final two quarters.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
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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