MLB Feb 27, 2022
MLB's Opening Day in jeopardy as labor negotiations falter again
Although time remains for a breakthrough in negotiations that would save the full 162-game season, all signs are pointing to a longer lockout.
Baseball / MLB Feb 4, 2022
Major League Baseball has asked for a federal mediator to help resolve a two-month contract dispute with the MLB Players Association, one which threatens to disrupt the start of preseason workouts. A report on the MLB website said Thursday that the league has turned to ...
Baseball / MLB Dec 2, 2021
MLB locks out players after sides fail to reach new labor agreement
The decision halts all player activity and is the first work stoppage since the players' strike of 1994-95.
Baseball / MLB Nov 2, 2017
The Major League Baseball Players Association is threatening to block a new posting agreement over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' posting fee, the New York Post reported on Wednesday. According to the report, the union is unwilling to sign off on a new posting agreement ...
Reader Mail Dec 18, 2011
Regarding the Dec. 14 editorial, "Glimpse of hope from Durban": I can understand The Japan Times' concern for the potential effects of global warming and the role Japan might play in helping mitigate the effects. The problem is, the jury is out on whether ...
Editorials Mar 25, 2009
For many young people, ordinary cell-phone ring tones and alarms are monotonous and boring. So they replace those tones with chaku-uta (literally "arriving music"), or musical ring tones downloaded from the Internet. But there is a problem: A large number of these ring tones ...