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GO TANAKA

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 23, 2013
Eagles ace Tanaka improves to 18-0
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles right-hander Masahiro Tanaka won his 22nd consecutive decision Friday, extending his own Japanese pro baseball record dating back to Aug. 26, 2012.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 16, 2013
Eagles' Tanaka sets NPB record by winning 21st straight decision
Masahiro Tanaka's winning streak has come a long way since his loss to the Seibu Lions last season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 15, 2013
Status of posting system may put Tanaka in limbo
Masahiro Tanaka figures to be one of the most intriguing NPB exports if the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles decide to post the star right-hander after the season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 12, 2013
Eagles to ask Tanaka to stay for 2014
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles will ask their ace Masahiro Tanaka to put off a likely move to the major leagues and stay for another season, team president Yozo Tachibana said Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Aug 12, 2013
MLB chatter sure to increase as Tanaka dominates in NPB
It was Friday morning in Japan when Detroit Tigers pitcher Max Scherzer earned his 17th win of the MLB season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 9, 2013
Tanaka extends winning streak to record-tying 20 decisions
Masahiro Tanaka improved to 16-0, a Nippon Professional Baseball record, with seven shutout innings on Friday in the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' 5-0 win over the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 6, 2013
Baseball: Rakuten's Tanaka wins 3rd straight monthly MVP
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles right-hander Masahiro Tanaka became the first player to win the Pacific League's monthly MVP award for the third straight month Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 3, 2013
Tanaka stretches winning streak to 19 decisions
Tohoku Rakuten ace Masahiro Tanaka tied the Japan pro baseball record with his 15th consecutive win to start a season in a 12-strikeout effort as the Pacific League-leading Eagles rallied to beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 4-1 on Friday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 26, 2013
Shima delivers game-winning hit in ninth
Three outs from seeing their ace's winning streak snapped, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth on Friday to beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 3-2.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 16, 2013
Eagles hurler Tanaka runs record to 13-0 to start season
Masahiro Tanaka saw his scoreless-inning streak snapped at 42, but held on to improve to 13-0 this season as the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles beat the Orix Buffaloes 4-1 on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 15, 2013
Rakuten ace Tanaka turning heads
Although Masahiro Tanaka didn't get to showcase his wares in the World Baseball Classic final, interest from major league clubs should be intense if he is posted this autumn by the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 9, 2013
Tanaka blanks Fighters, improves to 12-0
Eagles hurler Masahiro Tanaka scattered four hits, all singles, in another brilliant outing en route to winning his 12th consecutive decision since the beginning of the season and recorded his second shutout this year.Tohoku Rakuten defeated the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 5-0 on Tuesday night at Tokyo Dome.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2013
Tanaka's gold sales hot as bull run, yen cool
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., Japan's biggest bullion retailer, said sales to local investors may exceed purchases this year for the first time since 2004 as lower prices and the yen's weakness spur buying interest.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jul 8, 2013
Tanaka hitting his stride as season progresses
The next time Masahiro Tanaka takes the mound for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles he'll be trying to win his 12th consecutive decision since opening day.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 3, 2013
Eagles' Tanaka improves to 11-0
Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka flummoxed another would-be lineup, continuing his stunning run from the start of the season by winning his 11th consecutive decision in the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' 7-0 triumph over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 10, 2013
Tanaka goes seven innings for 8th win as Eagles defeat Giants
Masahiro Tanaka escaped a first-inning jam on Sunday and cruised to his eighth victory as the Rakuten Eagles defeated the Yomiuri Giants 5-3 in interleague action at Tokyo Dome.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 3, 2013
Media artist awarded historic Venice Biennale prize
The jury of the 55th Venice Biennale, the world's most prestigious art fair, has given special mention to Koki Tanaka, the first time an artist in the Japanese pavilion has won an award since the fair's inauguration in 1895.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 3, 2013
Eagles rout Buffaloes in home opener
Masahiro Tanaka threw seven innings of one-run ball and got plenty of help from catcher Motohiro Shima, who drove in four runs on a pair of singles and triple as the Rakuten Eagles rolled to an 8-2 win over the Orix Buffaloes in their season home opener on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 18, 2013
Scouts gather for precious look at global talent at WBC
With the World Baseball Classic acting as a showcase in front of major league scouts, Team Japan has obviously been one of the countries attracting attention from the men with stop watches and speed guns in the stands.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 8, 2013
Tanaka searching for consistency on mound
So, which side of Masahiro Tanaka did we see on Wednesday night?
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'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.
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.
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.
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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