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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Oct 24, 2021
Retiring greats get deserved curtain calls as NPB season wraps up
The tradition of giving Japanese veterans hanging up their gloves one last chance to stand in front of a cheering crowd is one that should be cherished.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 23, 2021
Jared Goff to face former teammates when Lions meet Rams
Goff will face his former team for the first time since the Rams engineered a trade last offseason for strong-armed quarterback Matthew Stafford
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 20, 2021
Daisuke Matsuzaka walks away from baseball with love for game
In his final appearance before retiring, 'Dice-K' took to the mound wearing No. 18, the 'ace number' he wore in 1999 when he turned pro straight out of Yokohama High School.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 18, 2021
Lions rookie Yutaro Watanabe outduels Eagles' Masahiro Tanaka
The 21-year-old Watanabe fanned five, allowing four hits and four walks.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2021
Lions win draft rights for top pitching prospect Chihiro Sumida
An ecstatic Seibu general manager Hisanobu Watanabe said Sumida can make an 'immediate impact' for the club.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Jul 7, 2021
Lions veteran Daisuke Matsuzaka to retire following injury struggles
The 40-year-old right-hander, whose name is synonymous with an entire generation of Japanese players, has 114 career wins in NPB and another 56 in the major leagues.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jul 5, 2021
Punishment does not always fit crime with NPB's dangerous pitch rule
There is intent and there is common sense.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 29, 2021
Wataru Matsumoto earns win, Kaima Taira ties NPB record for Lions
The Seibu reliever pitched his 38th game without giving up a run during Monday's outing against the Hawks.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jun 27, 2021
Brave Blossoms cherish historic Lions test despite defeat
Jamie Joseph's Brave Blossoms were able to take away a number of positives from the Edinburgh encounter ahead of their upcoming test against Ireland.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Jun 21, 2021
Justin Smoak's departure puts family issues in spotlight in NPB
Family was the dominant theme in NPB last week.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2021
Carp stop Lions to put Central League on top in interleague
The result ensured that the CL would beat the rival Pacific League in the annual interleague standings for the first time since 2009.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 6, 2021
Lions overpower Swallows in three-homer ninth inning
Takeya Nakamura, Hotaka Yamakawa and Wu Nien-ting went deep in the ninth inning to help the PL side to an interleague victory.
Japan Times
Rugby
May 24, 2021
Japan names squad for European rugby tour
Japan head coach Jamie Joseph on Monday named captain Michael Leitch, fullback/wing Kotaro Matsushima and No. 8 Kazuki Himeno among 36 players for a two-match European tour in June and July.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
May 23, 2021
Dominant Lions ace Kona Takahashi has no plans to visit barber
The 24-year-old, unbeaten in nine starts this season, has said he won't cut his hair until he suffers his first defeat on the mound.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 21, 2021
Lions' Zach Neal holds off Hawks
Zach Neal delivered a vintage performance, allowing one run over six innings.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 2, 2021
Fighters-Marines series called off due to COVID-19 infections
Nippon Professional Baseball announced the postponement Sunday of the three-game Pacific League series between the Chiba Lotte Marines and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, scheduled to start the following day at Chiba's Zozo Marine Stadium, after 10 Fighters players and staff tested positive for the coronavirus.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 25, 2021
Masahiro Tanaka earns 100th Japan win in Sendai homecoming
Returning to Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi for the first time since 2013, the former Yankee star allowed just three hits in a victory over the Lions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 23, 2021
Buffaloes edge Lions in ninth inning
Takahiro Okada and Yutaro Sugimoto delivered big hits to propel the Orix Buffaloes to a four-run ninth inning and a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the Seibu Lions in the Pacific League on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 10, 2021
Leonys Martin, Manabu Mima help Marines tame Lions
Martin homered in his first two at-bats and the Marines avoided a three-game losing streak.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB Preview
Mar 25, 2021
Hawks remain team to beat in Pacific League as new challengers emerge
The following is the second of a two-part NPB preview ending with the 2021 Pacific League.
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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