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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 25, 2022
Lotte pitching sensation Roki Sasaki gets pay raise
The right-hander, who turned 21 on Nov. 3, posted a 9-4 win-loss record with a 2.02 ERA and 173 strikeouts.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Longform
Nov 14, 2022
Could Roki Sasaki become the future face of Japanese baseball?
Chiba Lotte Marines starting pitcher reflects on the highs and lows of his breakout season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 11, 2022
Hall of Fame pitcher Choji Murata dies after fire at his home
The hard-throwing right-hander retired from professional baseball in 1990 with 215 wins, all of them for the then Lotte Orions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2022
Pitching sensation Roki Sasaki preparing for Australia game
The Marines ace is expected to pitch in Samurai Japan's second game against the Australians at Sapporo Dome next week as the team prepares for the World Baseball Classic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 26, 2022
Lotte made its name in candy. Now it’s moving into drugmaking.
The new direction comes after a number of prominent South Korean family-run businesses turned to the highly profitable $1.3 trillion global biopharma business.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 27, 2022
Hawks book ticket to postseason with win over Marines
The victory at PayPay Dome ensures SoftBank will feature in the PL Climax Series with no worse than a third-place finish, while trimming their magic number for the league pennant to four.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 4, 2022
Marines star Roki Sasaki loses in return to mound
A month after leaving his July 1 start when he broke a blister on his right middle finger, Sasaki was unable to locate his pitches.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 22, 2022
Marines rally past Lions in ninth
Akito Takabe's RBI single capped a three-run ninth-inning rally that lifted the Chiba Lotte Marines to a 5-4 win over the Seibu Lions on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 15, 2022
Lions beat Marines to move closer to first place
Tatsuya Imai worked six innings, as he and four relievers walked a tightrope in the Seibu Lions' 2-1 win over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Thursday, pulling them into a virtual tie with the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 26, 2022
Orix's Yoshinobu Yamamoto follows no-hitter with 8 shutout innings
Yamamoto, who threw the season's fourth no-hitter last Saturday, retired the first three batters he faced at Zozo Marine Stadium and overcame a shaky second inning to earn his eighth win.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 13, 2022
Marines' Roki Sasaki claims monthly pitcher award after perfect start
'I'm really happy,' Sasaki said. 'It was positive to get wins after giving all I have.'
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 13, 2022
Marines hand Eagles first losing streak of season
Hiromi Oka hit a two-run second-inning home run that helped power the Chiba Lotte Marines to a 5-2 win over the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 11, 2022
Masahiro Tanaka hurls four-hitter as Eagles win 11 straight
The former New York Yankee needed just 107 pitches to earn the win at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi, going the distance for the first time this season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 6, 2022
Takeya Nakamura and Hotaka Yamakawa power Lions in rout of Marines
Floundering at the plate since the start of the season, Nakamura finally cleared the Belluna Dome fence for his first blast of the year.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 3, 2022
Lotte ace Roki Sasaki set to start Friday after rest
The 20-year-old, who is 3-0 in five starts including his famous perfect game, was dropped from the active roster on April 25 to allow him to rest.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 25, 2022
Imperfect Roki Sasaki gets win as Marines battle past Buffaloes
Roki Sasaki allowed his first base runner and runs in three weeks, and worked just five innings, but the Chiba Lotte Marines held on to get him the win in Sunday's 6-3 Pacific League victory over the Orix Buffaloes.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 23, 2022
Are there limits to pitching perfection? Roki Sasaki will find out.
After 17 perfect innings, the baseball world is eagerly anticipating the next start by the Marines' phenom.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 19, 2022
In praise of sporting perfection in baseball — and then some
Roki Sasaki's April 10 showing earned him a place in the history books. But even more astounding is this: In his very next start, he threw another eight perfect innings
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 17, 2022
Roki Sasaki's second straight gem can't prevent Marines' defeat
After 102 pitches at Chiba's Zozo Marine Stadium outside Tokyo, and striking out 14 of the 24 batters he faced and retired, Sasaki did not go out to the mound for another shot at history.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 17, 2022
Hinako Shibuno finishes second at Lotte Championship
Shibuno, the 2019 Women's British Open champion, finished the day two shots off winner Kim Hyo-joo of South Korea.
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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