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LEE

BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 4, 2016
Mariners acquire ex-Hawks star Lee
The Seattle Mariners signed former Fukuoka Softbank Hawks first baseman Lee Dae-ho to a one-year minor league deal on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 17, 2015
Court finds two more guilty over North Korea mushrooms import
The Kyoto District Court gave suspended prison terms Thursday to two South Korean men for illegally importing mushrooms from North Korea, in a case that also involved the son of the head of Pyongyang's de facto embassy in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 16, 2015
Japan, South Korea remain apart on 'comfort women' issue despite talks
Japan and South Korea have concluded talks on the issue of "comfort women" procured for the Japanese military's wartime brothels without a breakthrough.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 21, 2015
Keys to success as a foreign ballplayer in Japan
The Hanshin Tigers are apparently going to sign a new foreign player who will be facing one of the most difficult adjustments in the pro baseball world. Japanese sports newspaper reports have indicated the Tigers are talking to Matt Hague, a third baseman with the Toronto Blue Jays organization.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 20, 2015
South Korea stuns Japan with ninth-inning rally to reach Premier 12 final
South Korea manager Kim In-sik said he only had one card left to play. The veteran skipper had been itching to use a pinch hitter, and the top of the ninth inning, with his team down three runs against rival Japan, seemed to be as good of a time as any.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 2, 2015
North Korean author of 'The Girl with Seven Names' memoir still feels hunted
The girl with seven names is finding it hard these days to contact relatives in Stalinist North Korea on the underground mobile phone link defectors like her have used for years.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2015
Hawks claim back-to-back Japan Series titles
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks only needed five games to win the Japan Series and show everyone they were the best team in NPB last season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2015
Hawks move to brink of Japan Series glory
For awhile it looked like the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks were going to run away with a win in the fourth game of this Japan Series.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 27, 2015
Japan-Korea dramas shine
Festival/Tokyo, which bills itself as "Japan's leading performing-arts event," is notable this year for its international collaborations — especially between Japanese and Korean dramatists, whose works comprise three of the 12 main programs in its Oct. 31-Dec. 6 span.
Japan Times
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.
Japan Times
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.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 7, 2015
Asia's most important film festival reasserts its independence
Celebrating its 20th year, the 2015 edition of the Busan International Film Festival, held in South Korea's southern port city from Oct. 1 to 10, has a lot to brag about, as it has definitely become the most important film festival in Asia in terms of the quality of its programming, the size and reach...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Aug 28, 2015
Honorary Oscars to go to Spike Lee, Gena Rowlands, Debbie Reynolds
Director Spike Lee and actresses Gena Rowlands and Debbie Reynolds will receive honorary Oscars for their filmmaking legacies, the organizers of the world's most coveted movie awards said Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 3, 2015
Taiwan president slams Lee for saying Senkakus belong to Japan
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said Monday that former President Lee Teng-hui should apologize to the Taiwanese public for claiming that Japan is the lawful owner of the Senkaku Islands.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 23, 2015
Ex-Taiwan President Lee backs Abe's security bills
Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui said Thursday he supports Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's security bills aimed at expanding the Self-Defense Forces' operations overseas, calling it a step toward ensuring peace in Asia and the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 23, 2015
Ex-Taiwan President Lee, 92, gives first speech on Diet premises, hits Taipei power grab
Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui gave his first speech on the Diet premises on Wednesday, conveying a message about Taiwan's democratization and criticizing the current government of Taiwan for becoming too powerful.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 15, 2015
Matsuda, Lee carry Hawks past Fighters
Nobuhiro Matsuda's three-run, seventh-inning home run broke up a tie game as the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka Softbank Hawks came from behind to beat the Nippon Ham Fighters 7-4 on Wednesday afternoon.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 10, 2015
Pre-orders of Harper Lee's new novel biggest since 'Harry Potter' on Amazon
"Go Set a Watchman," the much-anticipated second novel by "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee, is the most pre-ordered print title on Amazon.com since the last book in the "Harry Potter" series, Amazon said Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 5, 2015
Dickson collects first PL Pitcher of Month honor
Former St. Louis Cardinal Brandon Dickson, now with the Orix Bufaloes, won his first Pacific League Pitcher of the Month Award on Friday, when lefty Yudai Ono of the Central League's Chunichi Dragons and slugger Yoshitomo Tsutsugo of the CL's Yokohama BayStars also secured monthly honors for the first...
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
May 30, 2015
Lee urges Japan to come clean on WWII atrocities
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong calls on Japan to admit to its wartime misdeeds so it can play a more active role in the region.

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