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HIDEAKI WAKUI

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Oct 15, 2020
Yudai Ono should be on track for Sawamura Award if committee keeps its word
The prize ostensibly honors the pitcher who most embodies the legacy of Eiji Sawamura in a given year. It's hard to argue Ono doesn't fit that bill.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Oct 5, 2020
Dragons trying to blaze path to A-Class finish in Central League
It's been a long time since there were Chunichi Dragons games worth getting excited about this late in a season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Aug 10, 2020
Stefen Romero flying high with Eagles
Romero signed with the Eagles as a free agent in January and he's been a hit in Sendai so far.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 16, 2020
Hideaki Wakui, Yuki Matsui key to Eagles' attack on mound
Hideaki Wakui gave himself a passing grade following his start against the Yomiuri Giants on Sunday, the final scheduled day of preseason games in Japanese baseball.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Dec 23, 2019
Kazuhisa Ishii making moves during busy offseason for Rakuten
Kazuhisa Ishii did not become the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' general manger in 2018 to just sit back and be idle.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 3, 2018
Yuki Yanagita bangs out three hits to propel Hawks past Marines on windswept afternoon
The wind never let up as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Chiba Lotte Marines played at Zozo Marine Stadium.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 16, 2016
Action-packed All-Star Series finale ends in 5-5 tie
There were home runs, some great plays, a few not-so-great plays and a host of other things in between.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Feb 22, 2016
Marathon bullpen sessions remain question of culture
Nagekomi is a term familiar to most Japanese baseball fans. Even in the normally taxing Japanese baseball spring training menu, nagekomi, used in baseball to refer to marathon bullpen sessions, stands out as one of the most strenuous.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 21, 2013
Patience runs out for struggling ace Wakui
Thirty-eight pitches. That's the number Hideaki Wakui of the Seibu Lions tossed in Tuesday night's game against the Chiba Lotte Marines.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.
Rare vintage shots and first-time shows at TOP’s 30th anniversary
The museum's curators selected a wide array of works from the archives for the milestone exhibitions. Among other photos, Nobuyoshi Araki's work from the series "Winter Journey" (1990) was included in the "Continuity and Change" exhibition that concluded in June.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
By Alex K.T. Martin

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