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JAPHET AMADOR

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 21, 2018
NPB hands Eagles' Japhet Amador a six-month doping ban after investigation
NPB announced Friday it has finalized Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles infielder Japhet Amador's six month doping suspension after investigating the issue following his appeal.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 22, 2018
Rakuten slugger Japhet Amador files appeal over doping suspension
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' first baseman Japhet Amador has filed an appeal with Nippon Professional Baseball over his six-month doping suspension, a team executive said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 9, 2018
Eagles' Japhet Amador banned six months for doping
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles infielder Japhet Amador has been suspended for six months after testing positive for banned substances, Nippon Professional Baseball announced Thursday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 1, 2017
Hawks capitalize on sole scoring opportunity against Kishi to defeat Eagles
Fukuoka SoftBank had one scoring opportunity against Takayuki Kishi, but that was enough as Akira Nakamura singled in a run, Nobuhiro Matsuda homered and the Hawks beat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 2-0 on Friday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 24, 2017
Amador, Lopez, Mathieson catch fire in NPB
Over the past weekend in Japan, the only thing hotter than the weather, was the play of a trio of foreign NPB stars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 23, 2017
Eagles slugger Amador hits sayonara shot to sink Buffaloes
Japhet Amador followed up a three-homer game with his first walk-off blast in Japan to give the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles a come-from-behind 3-2 win against the Orix Buffaloes on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 10, 2017
Norimoto, Amador lift Eagles to win over Marines
Takahiro Norimoto threw a five-hit shutout and Japhet Amador hit a first-inning grand slam as the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles defeated the Chiba Lotte Marines 5-0 on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 24, 2015
Mexican League MVP Amador joins Eagles
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles have signed 28-year-old first baseman-designated hitter Japhet Amador, this year's Mexican League MVP, the Pacific League club announced Thursday.
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Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
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Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan's former PM Aso meets Trump for talks on security and economy
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in New York on Tuesday. The Japanese government’s top spokesman on Wednesday played down the meeting as one conducted "in the capacity of one lawmaker" and “without the government’s involvement.”
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.

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