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HIGH SCHOOL 3

Japan Times
BASEBALL / In Pictures
Aug 19, 2018
Summer Koshien: From the inside
While living in Japan, I spent languid summers watching Koshien on television. I'd rise before the first game and pour cold mugicha (barley tea) as cicadas hummed outside my open windows.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 16, 2018
Florida school opens for class with new security after February massacre of 17 but worries remain
The Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people in February opened on Wednesday for a new school year with three armed guards and other new security measures that some parents and students worried would not be enough.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Aug 6, 2018
Koshien officials need to be mindful of heat
The temperature in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, got as high as 34 degrees Celsius (93 Fahrenheit) on Sunday, the opening day of this year's edition of Summer Koshien. According to AccuWeather RealFeel, which measures in things such as humidity, cloud cover, intensity of the sun and other factors, it felt like 39. It's not forecasted to be below 32 for at least the next week.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Aug 5, 2018
Using their noodles: Fukui school's soba club hopes to roll to national title
Noodle club members from a high school in the city of Fukui are hurriedly honing their soba-making skills to prepare themselves for the national high school championship in Tokyo later this month.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Aug 3, 2018
Remembering classic Koshien contests
Koshien, Japan's midsummer sporting tradition, has staged so many great, unforgettable battles in its one-century history. Quite impressively, they have stayed in the collective memory of the nation's baseball fans, partially thanks to its win-or-go-home format.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Aug 3, 2018
Koshien: Annual event has provided a century of thrills
Ah, Koshien.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jul 30, 2018
Nagoya school hires AC Milan coach to guide soccer team
A coach from AC Milan has been training members of the soccer team at Nagoya International Junior and Senior High School since April. Although the soccer club, which is part of the top Italian league Serie A, offers lessons to children in Japan and in 12 other countries, it is the first time for the club to provide coaching to a school soccer team.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 14, 2018
Negotiating global issues, Tokyo high schools awarded prizes at mock U.N. conference
Japanese high schools have won awards at the Global Classrooms International Model U.N. Conference in New York, where around 1,500 delegates discussed global issues in a simulation of real U.N. sessions, the organizer said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 11, 2017
Lawsuit over student's dyed hair confronts outdated thinking in Japan
A Japanese public high school has come under fire for its strict policy regarding the color of its students' hair.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2017
Teen sues Osaka Prefectural Government for being forced to dye hair black to attend school
An 18-year-old teen has filed a suit seeking ¥2.2 million ($19,000) in damages from the Osaka Prefectural Government, alleging her public high school demanded that she dye her naturally brown hair black to continue attending classes.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 26, 2017
Fighters land rights to prized slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya
The most celebrated high school slugger in recent memory will don the colors of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in 2018.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Sep 22, 2017
High school slugger Kiyomiya plans to turn pro
Kotaro Kiyomiya, who holds the unofficial high school baseball record of 111 home runs, on Friday expressed his intention to turn professional.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Aug 26, 2017
Waseda Jitsugyo star Kiyomiya extends high school home run record
Kotaro Kiyomiya hit his 109th home run as a high schooler on Saturday, extending his unofficial Japanese record.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Aug 23, 2017
Hanasaki Tokuharu captures first Summer Koshien title
Manaya Nishikawa went 3-for-6 with four RBIs to lead a 16-hit attack as Hanasaki Tokuharu beat Hiroshima's Koryo 14-4 at the National High School Baseball Championship final on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Aug 22, 2017
Koryo slugger Nakamura breaks single-tournament homer mark
Koryo catcher Shosei Nakamura hit two homers in the Hiroshima team's 12-9 semifinal victory over Nara's Tenri at the National High School Baseball Championship on Tuesday, rewriting the record of home runs hit by a player in a single tournament.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Apr 1, 2017
Osaka Toin rallies past Riseisha to capture national invitational title
Osaka Toin High School scored five nine-inning runs to see off Riseisha 8-3 to claim its second National High School Invitational Tournament on Saturday at Koshien Stadium.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2017
Newly learned skills helped save student mountaineers from deadly avalanche
Testimony from survivors of Monday's deadly avalanche suggests that many used newly learned mountaineering skills to survive the disaster before trying to save others.
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2017
Aichi teacher draws blame following student suicide over sports accident
A junior high school in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, announced Monday that one of its students killed himself after the teacher in charge of him "responded inappropriately" to injuries he sustained during a sports event.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 9, 2017
Aomori Yamada hammers Maebashi Ikuei to claim first high school title
Aomori Yamada High School won its first national high school championship on Monday after demolishing Maebashi Ikuei 5-0 at Saitama Stadium.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 30, 2016
Ministry slams national university-affiliated school's slow bullying response, urges quick action on cases
Well-known Tokyo high school taken to task over mishandling of incident that left one student severely injured.
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.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
The National Police Agency coined the term "tokuryū" to classify individuals involved in dark part time jobs and quasi-gangsters, using the words "tokumei" (anonymous) and "ryūdo" (fluid) to reflect their characteristics.
Is Modi’s party heading for a stunning election loss?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign tactics have escalated, including anti-Muslim rhetoric and fearmongering, reflecting his ruling party's desperation.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Japan’s tween skateboarders get head start on preparations for 2028 Olympics
Ibuki Matsumoto competes at an event in Osaka on April 21.
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.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
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.

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