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The Tigers toss manager Akinobu Okada into the air as they celebrate after winning the Central League pennant on Thursday at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Sep 15, 2023
Akinobu Okada pushed right buttons to guide Tigers to CL pennant
Akinobu Okada led Hanshin to its first Central League pennant since 2005, and now anticipation grows over what comes next.
The Tigers celebrate after clinching the Central League pennant at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Thursday night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 14, 2023
Tigers clinch first Central League pennant since 2005
The Hanshin Tigers clinched their first Central League baseball title in 18 years
Tigers pitcher Yuki Nishi (right) celebrates with manager Akinobu Okada after throwing a shutout against the Giants at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 13, 2023
Yuki Nishi shuts out Giants as Tigers extend win streak to nine
Nishi limited Yomiuri to a pair of singles while walking two and striking out six at Koshien Stadium.
Sheldon Neuse of the Hanshin Tigers doubles in a run against the Chunichi Dragons in their Central League game at Vantelin Dome Nagoya on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Baseball
Sep 6, 2023
CL-leading Tigers look unstoppable in win over Dragons
The Tigers remained 7½ games ahead of the second-place Hiroshima Carp.
A schoolgirl wears a padded hood for protection from falling debris during an earthquake simulation exercise at an elementary school in Tokyo. The government estimates a 70% chance of a magnitude 7 event striking directly underneath the capital in the next 30 years.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 4, 2023
Tokyo has lived on the brink of the ‘Big One’ — for a century
The Great Kanto Earthquake demolished the nascent Japanese capital, killing more than 100,000 people — some 3% of the city’s population at the time.
Hanshin has a seven-game lead in the CL pennant race.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Aug 21, 2023
Tigers full of life during this season's 'Road Trip of Death'
The team has gone 14-4 through the first 18 contests of a 23-game trip away from their primary ballpark.
Tigers closer Suguru Iwazaki pitches in the 11th inning at Tokyo Dome on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 10, 2023
Streaking Tigers beat Giants for sixth straight win
Ryutaro Umeno drove in tie-breaking runs twice as the Central League leaders Tigers won in extra innings
The Tigers' Shota Morishita acknowledges the fans after the team's win over the Giants at Tokyo Dome on Tuesday.
BASEBALL
Aug 8, 2023
First-place Tigers hold off Giants for fifth straight win
Hanshin held on for the win on despite Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto adding to his recent display power at the plate.
Marines pitcher Atsuki Taneichi will try to help full the void left behind by Roki Sasaki.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 28, 2023
Atsuki Taneichi set to step into spotlight in Roki Sasaki's absence
Taneichi is often overlooked because he pitches in the same rotation as Roki Sasaki, but the 24-year-old righty is a solid pitcher in his own right.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 2, 2023
Masashi Ito outduels Tomoyuki Sugano to lead Tigers past Giants
Elsewhere, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows dropped two-time league MVP Munetaka Murakami from the starting lineup.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 28, 2023
Fans vote Tigers players to 10 of 11 CL All-Star spots
Tigers center fielder and leadoff man Koji Chikamoto received an NPB-high 769,587 votes.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 25, 2023
DeNA closes on first place as Katsuki Azuma shuts out CL-leading Tigers
Azuma struck out nine without a walk to outduel fellow lefty Masashi Ito, who took the loss despite seven solid innings.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2023
Yuma Tongu and Yutaro Sugimoto power Buffaloes to win over Tigers
The two-time defending Pacific League champions came from behind to beat the Tigers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 14, 2023
Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws 8-inning gem as Buffaloes blank Tigers
The two-time PL MVP allowed just two hits while walking one and hitting a batter in a 112-pitch outing at Koshien Stadium.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 8, 2023
Hanshin's Kotaro Otake and Chunichi's Seiya Hosokawa earn monthly honors with new clubs
NPB announced its monthly MVPs for May in the Central and Pacific Leagues on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 31, 2023
Shoki Murakami pitches Tigers past Lions as interleague opens
Murakami allowed a run on four hits and no walks while striking out nine at Belluna Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
May 29, 2023
Red-hot Tigers riding wave of momentum into interleague season
Regular-season contests between Central and Pacific League clubs in NPB happen during a fixed period on the calendar, allowing the format to avoid becoming too stale.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 14, 2023
Kotaro Otake solid again as Tigers join BayStars at top of CL
The 27-year-old allowed four hits while striking out four and walking one at Koshien Stadium.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
May 8, 2023
Signs of healing grow in Japanese baseball's attendance figures
The relaxation of COVID-19 rules and the excitement of the World Baseball Classic created the perfect storm to help NPB step back into the light after a few dark years at the ticket gates.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 22, 2023
Hanshin Tigers rookie Shoki Murakami nearly perfect again in win over Dragons
Hanshin Tigers rookie Shoki Murakami dominated for the second straight game, going the distance for his first career win Saturday, 2-0 over the Central League rival Chunichi Dragons.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
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.

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