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JAPAN

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 26, 2015
Hawks' pitcher van den Hurk continues his winning ways
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks pitcher Rick van den Hurk and Tokyo Yakult Swallows third baseman Shingo Kawabata had a consistent rhythm going in the top of the first inning in Game 2 of the Japan Series on Sunday night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2015
Hawks silence Swallows, take 2-0 lead in Japan Series
The second game of the Japan Series played out almost like a carbon copy of the first. Right down to the part where the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks were celebrating another victory.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2015
Yafuoku Dome's shortened fences help Hawks, foes
Shota Takeda might've opened the Japan Series with a three-hit shutout had the game been played in 2014. It wasn't, so instead of a shutout, the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks pitcher gave up a two-out two-run home run to Tokyo Yakult Swallows slugger Kazuhiro Hatakeyama in the ninth inning of a 4-2 victory...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2015
Matsuda, Takeda spark Hawks to victory in Game 1
Nobuhiro Matsuda bounced on one leg across the batter's box after missing a pitch, something he's become known for doing, during the fourth inning. He made a name for himself as a home run hitter this season, and unfortunately for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, that's something else he did in the fourth...
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 25, 2015
Taiwan leader honors good deeds Japan did while ruling island
President Ma Ying-jeou says it is important to remember the good things Japan did for the island while it was its colonial power.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 24, 2015
Tokyo fashion week: womenswear gets a welcome jolt of energy
The 2016 spring/summer womenswear lineup certainly threw up its fair share of surprises at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo earlier this month. The biggest talking point of the shows, however, was an edgy tribute to one of the country's traditional garbs — the luxurious kimono.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Oct 24, 2015
Naoto Hirooka: 'I say sprint while you can'
Fashion designer on Jackie Chan, shocking pink and feeling nervous the day before a big match
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2015
Hawks' Igarashi relishes chance to face former team in Japanese Fall Classic
Before Ryota Igarashi was a star reliever for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, and even prior to his time in the major leagues, he was very good arm out of the bullpen for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Oct 24, 2015
Onaga Vs Goliath
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2015
Easygoing Swallows skipper Manaka guides club's climb from worst to first
Mitsuru Manaka is still playing it cool. Nothing, not even a banner season in which he's already won two titles and stands four wins away from a third, can shake the Tokyo Yakult Swallows manager's calm, cool demeanor it seems.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2015
Led by first-year managers, Hawks, Swallows chasing Japan Series title
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and Tokyo Yakult Swallows have already proven themselves to be the top teams in the Pacific and Central Leagues.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Oct 23, 2015
Postal IPO hype said sign of public shift to equities
Appetite for the world's biggest equity listing this year shows the interest of a group that could swallow it more than 600 times over: stock-averse Japanese households.
Haneda Airport security staff arrested over theft
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport after he allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
White House threatens broad crackdown on liberal groups
FBI Director Kash Patel (right) listens to senior White House adviser Stephen Miller speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.

Podcast

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

Longform

Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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