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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 4, 2014
Otani hits 160 kph with fastball as Fighters beat Carp
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters right-hander Shohei Otani registered a 160 kph fastball for his fastest ever as a pro during the Fighters' 6-2 win over the Hiroshima Carp on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 13, 2014
Fighters' Otani pitches first career shutout
Second-year right-hander Shohei Otani threw the first shutout of his professional career on Tuesday as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters beat the Seibu Lions 3-0.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 27, 2014
Otani suffers first pro defeat as Marines beat Fighters
Tadahito Iguchi and Katsuya Kakunaka each homered in the first inning off second-year right-hander Shohei Otani, who suffered his first career defeat on Sunday as the Chiba Lotte Marines beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 5-1 to complete a three-game sweep at Sapporo Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 22, 2014
Yanagita leads Hawks to comeback victory over Fighters
Yuki Yanagita started a triple play and plated the tying run as the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka Softbank Hawks came from behind to beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2-1 on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 21, 2014
Fighters acquire left-hander Carter
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters signed left-hander Anthony Carter from the San Diego Padres' Triple-A affiliate, the Pacific League club announced Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 20, 2014
Otani survives scrapes as Fighters beat Eagles
Shohei Otani (2-0) pitched out of a series of scrapes on Sunday to work into the seventh inning and earn the victory in the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' 4-2 win over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 16, 2014
Fighters rookie Uwasawa holds off Buffaloes
Rookie right-hander Naoyuki Uwasawa allowed three runs in seven innings to improve to 3-0 in three starts as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters beat the Orix Buffaloes 8-3 on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 13, 2014
Fighters' Inaba to have surgery on left knee
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters first baseman Atsunori Inaba will have surgery to clean out damaged cartilage in his ailing left knee, the team's trainer said Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 10, 2014
Seguignol says being flexible key to success in NPB
Fernando Seguignol towered over a group of people huddled near one of the batting cages on the field at Tokyo Dome, where the Yomiuri Giants' Leslie Anderson was getting his work in prior to a game against the Hiroshima Carp earlier this week.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 27, 2014
Giants, Hawks look like class of NPB as season begins
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Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 26, 2014
Yoh happy to carry on tradition as Fighters' showman
There has been a certain amount of pizazz associated with Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters center fielders the last several seasons.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Mar 24, 2014
Spotlight still shining on Nippon Ham's two-way star Otani
Shohei Otani poked his head out of the hallway leading to the visitors' clubhouse at Tokyo Dome and mumbled a shy query about the whereabouts of Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters PR man Hisashi Hatanaka before disappearing again.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 8, 2014
Otani outshines pitching peer Fujinami
Hokkaido Nippon Ham right-hander Shohei Otani outpitched fellow second-year man Shintaro Fujinami as the Fighters defeated the Hanshin Tigers 6-5 in a preseason game on Saturday.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 8, 2014
West Ham appeal over Carroll doomed to failure
West Ham was left with enough egg on its face to make omelettes for its entire squad. The club's appeal against an appeal to try to find a loophole that would enable Andy Carroll to get off his red card ended in predictable failure, leaving the club with a six-figure legal bill.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 8, 2014
Infielder Nioka ready to hang up spikes: source
Slugging infielder Tomohiro Nioka, the MVP of the 2002 Japan Series for the Yomiuri Giants, is set to retire, a Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters source said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 6, 2013
Lions close gap on second place
Shogo Akiyama's two-out, two-run single overturned a one-run deficit in the seventh inning and the Seibu Lions held on to defeat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 4-3 on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 1, 2013
Eagles' Tanaka improves to 23-0 in magical season
As if on cue, the Pacific League pennant winner Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles came through for right-hander Masahiro Tanaka — and big.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 23, 2013
Eagles move closer to Pacific League pennant
Rookie Sho Miyagawa allowed just one hit in seven innings Monday as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 5-0 and Japan's newest franchise moved closer to its first Pacific League pennant.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 6, 2013
Tanaka tosses complete-game victory, raises record to 20-0
Masahiro Tanaka equaled the mark for Japan's longest winning streak within a single season as he improved to 20-0 on Friday in the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' 3-2 win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 5, 2013
Obiki, Fighters clobber Hawks
Keiji Obiki helped erase a four-run deficit with a come-from-behind grand slam in the second inning, and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters went on to rout the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 11-5 on Thursday night at Tokyo Dome.
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.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Nippon Steel boosts efforts to woo U.S. Steel workers and politicians
Nippon Steel, Japan’s top steelmaker, is sending Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President Takahiro Mori to Pittsburgh next week where he’ll meet with local staff and elected officials.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.
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.”
Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no.
The Tokyo court's ruling comes amid ongoing debates on how to regulate generative AI and is part of a transnational class action lawsuit.
Massimo Bottura: 'The Japanese let ingredients express themselves'
Italian chef and restaurateur Massimo Bottura is increasingly focusing on passing on his knowledge to chefs such as Antonio Iacoviello.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.

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