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JAPAN SERIES

Hawks pitcher Joe Stanka (left) and Tigers pitcher Gene Bacque meet at the Kobe Oriental Hotel on Oct. 7,1964.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Oct 26, 2023
All-Kansai Japan Series offers new chance to remember foreign aces
The 1964 Japan Series featured two of the best foreign pitchers in Japanese baseball history.
Orix Buffaloes players celebrate after the team clinched its third straight trip to the Japan Series on Saturday in Osaka.
BASEBALL
Oct 21, 2023
Buffaloes down Marines to set up all-Kansai Japan Series
The win booked the Buffaloes' third straight trip to the Japan Series.
Hanshin Tigers celebrate after the team booked a spot in the Japan Series with a 4-2 win over the Hiroshima Carp on Friday at Koshien Stadium.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 20, 2023
Tigers sweep past Carp on way to first Japan Series in nine years
The win in front of their frenzied fans at historic Koshien Stadium near Osaka earned the Tigers their first Japan Series berth since 2014.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 31, 2022
Buffaloes' magic in Japan Series conjures memories of past glories
Orix Buffaloes defeat of Yakult Swallows in the series at the weekend came 26 years after predecessors Orix BlueWave took the title with a victory over Yomiuri Giants.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 30, 2022
Buffaloes end Japan Series title drought with victory over Swallows in Game 7
Orix won the final four games to win the franchise's first Japan Series since Ichiro Suzuki helped the BlueWave win the title in 1996.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2022
Buffaloes move to brink of Japan Series crown with victory in Game 6
Orix has won three straight games and can clinch the title with a victory in Game 7 at Jingu Stadium.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2022
Japan Series poised to go down to wire — and possibly beyond
This year's Japan Series is as tight as can be and on course for a finish that has only been seen once in NPB history.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2022
Masataka Yoshida connects on sayonara home run as Buffaloes get even in Japan Series
'Each and every one of us has been grinding, trying to win every time out, so to see them all rewarded for their efforts makes me really happy,' Yoshida said.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2022
Yutaro Sugimoto drives in only run as Buffaloes silence Swallows
Sugimoto, who struck out with two outs and the bases loaded in the first inning, singled home Keita Nakagawa from second with two outs in the third inning at Orix's Kyocera Dome Osaka.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2022
Swallows captain Tetsuto Yamada sparks rout with three-run blast in Game 3 of Japan Series
The Swallows are two wins away from their second straight Japan Series title.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2022
Neither thrill nor agony in second game of the Japan Series as scene shifts to Osaka
A 3-3 tie between the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Orix Buffaloes left both sides in a weird state of emotional purgatory.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2022
Swallows slugger Jose Osuna carries hot streak into Japan Series
The Venezuelan slugger did not waste any time putting his mark on the 2022 Japan Series, connecting on a two-run double and a no-doubt solo homer in Saturday's Game 1.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 22, 2022
Swallows connect on three home runs to top Buffaloes in Game 1 of Japan Series
The Swallows picked up where they left off in last year's Japan Series with a victory in Game 1.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 22, 2022
Swallows and Buffaloes assemble for Japan Series rematch
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Orix Buffaloes staged one of the most competitive series in recent memory last season, and this season promises much the same.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 19, 2022
Familiar faces set to highlight Yakult-Orix rematch at Japan Series
Most of last year's cast are set to play starring roles again on Japanese baseball's biggest stage, offering another treat to fans who enjoyed their tightly contested 2021 encounter.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 16, 2022
Keita Nakagawa's game-winner sends Buffaloes into Japan Series
The win sets up a Japan Series rematch with the Central League champion Yakult Swallows, who won last year's championship in seven games.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Japan Series
Nov 29, 2021
Yoshinobu Yamamoto shows the Buffaloes' potential
Yamamoto's Game 6 will be remembered as one of the most stirring performances in defeat in the Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 28, 2021
Steady MVP Yuhei Nakamura guides Swallows to Japan Series title
The team's longtime catcher expertly led his pitching staff across six neck-and-neck games against the Buffaloes to complete Yakult's reversal from cellar-dweller to champion.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 27, 2021
Swallows outlast Buffaloes to win Japan Series title
The Swallows are champions for the first time since 2001
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 25, 2021
Adam Jones homers in ninth to keep Buffaloes alive in Japan Series
The Buffaloes won an exciting battle in Game 5 to avoid elimination.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
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.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
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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