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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jan 17, 2022
Foreign players facing another lonely NPB season
The signs of baseball spring are popping up all across Japan this month. Veteran players are emerging from winter vacations and ramping up their individual workouts for the upcoming season. Rookies are stirring too, with some with their teams taking part in voluntary individual training that is actually...
Japan Times
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Dec 23, 2021
Improving Lions hoping to continue recent progress
'Things are coming together the way you want them to and now we've got to keep getting better,' Detroit coach Dan Campbell said. 'You'd like to think we can continue down this road.'
Japan Times
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Dec 6, 2021
Lions end weeks of agony with last-second triumph over Vikings
The Detroit Lions are winless no more after beating the Minnesota Vikings 29-27 on Sunday to end weeks of agony and ridicule.
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
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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Japan brings forward deadline for electronic travel authorization system
Japan is planning to implement by March 2029 a new online screening system in which foreign visitors who don’t need a visa apply for a certification before entering the country.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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