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MATSUI

JAPAN / Politics
Dec 23, 2014
Hashimoto to resign as co-leader of Ishin no To
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto reportedly plans to resign as co-leader of Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party) to focus on local elections in the spring, a move likely to further weaken the party's clout at the national level.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 18, 2014
'Chie Matsui: A story'
Chie Matsui's silk-screen installations, which have been made to reflect Gallery Nomart's history as a printing company, were created exclusively for this exhibition in a collaboration with the Nomart Editions publishing team.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 17, 2014
Jeter, Matsui coming together to aid Tohoku children
Retired New York Yankees greats Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui are teaming up once again, this time in support of children in the Tohoku region.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 29, 2014
Matsui signs two-year deal
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles infielder Kazuo Matsui re-signed Saturday with the Pacific League team on a fresh, two-year contract for an estimated annual salary of ¥160 million, plus performance-based incentives.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 24, 2014
DPJ election platform seeks changes to 'Abenomics'
The Democratic Party of Japan calls a turnaround in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies and promises to revive a 'wealthy middle class.'
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Sep 20, 2014
Importance of China trade not lost on Kansai leaders
Judging by the frequent overheated rhetoric coming out of parts of the Japanese media, you'd think Japan and China were heading toward war.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 24, 2014
Milestone man Matsui powers Eagles past Buffaloes
Kazuo Matsui scored two runs and drove in four from the leadoff spot and reached a career milestone to boot on Sunday as he sparked the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to an 8-4 win over the Orix Buffaloes.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 13, 2014
Eagles' Matsui records career-best nine strikeouts in victory over Hawks
Marquee rookie Yuki Matsui overcame a shaky first inning and a seventh-inning crisis to earn his first win as a starter on Wednesday as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles beat the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 7-4 and snapped the Pacific League leaders' win streak at nine games.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2014
Hiroshima marks 69th anniversary of atomic bombing
Hiroshima marked the 69th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing Wednesday, as survivors of the attack and others gathered at the city's Peace Memorial Park early in the morning to pay their respects and to attend an annual ceremony commemorating the event.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 28, 2014
Struggles common for H.S. hurlers
Five teams chose left-hander Yuki Matsui in the first round of the 2013 draft.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 2, 2014
Eagles rookie Matsui shelled in debut
Marquee Tohoku Rakuten rookie Yuki Matsui got a rude welcome in his first official game Wednesday, allowing three runs in six innings as the Eagles took a 7-1 thumping against the Orix Buffaloes.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Mar 31, 2014
Eagles would be wise to bring Matsui along slowly
Yuki Matsui is going to make his debut for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles during the team's first home series of the season this week, and he'd pretty much have to toss a shutout to match the hype.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 28, 2014
Giants trounce Tigers in opener as storied franchise celebrates 80th anniversary
More than 300 former Yomiuri Giants players, including Hideki Matsui and Shigeo "Mr. Giants" Nagashima, were at Tokyo Dome on Opening Night to participate in a ceremony celebrating the franchise's 80th anniversary.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 23, 2014
Hashimoto wins snap mayoral election amid record low 23.6% turnout
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto cruises to re-election in a highly criticized snap contest that drew a weak voter turnout rate of just 23.59 percent — the city's lowest ever.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 13, 2014
Matsui to be in Eagles' season-opening rotation
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles manager Senichi Hoshino announced Thursday that his team's first draft pick last season, 18-year-old pitcher Yuki Matsui, will be in the starting rotation from opening day.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 19, 2014
Encouragement, advice helped steer Watanabe to GWU
The recent decision by promising basketball prospect Yuta Watanabe to attend George Washington University next season came as bright news for his home country.
BASEBALL
Jan 28, 2014
Kubota, a master bat maker, announces retirement
The craftsman whose bats have launched thousands of big league hits for Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui is calling it quits after half a century at his craft.
Japan Times
SPORTS / YEAR IN REVIEW 2013
Dec 25, 2013
A look back at the year's top 10 Japan sports stories
Japan Times editors selected these domestic sports stories as the most important of 2013.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 17, 2013
Ishin loses control of Osaka Prefectural Assembly
Osaka Ishin no Kai (One Osaka), a local political group that is part of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), has lost its majority in the Osaka Prefectural Assembly after four members were expelled Monday for voting against the group's proposal to privatize a local railway.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2013
Eagles win rights to coveted lefty Matsui
Tohoku Rakuten club president Yozo Tachibana had no choice but to take the last ticket from the lottery box, because the representatives from the other four teams had already chosen by the time his turn arrived.

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