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ORIX 2

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 6, 2014
Buffaloes extend winning streak to six games
Yoshio Itoi broke open a scoreless game with a solo homer in a three-run fourth-inning and the Orix Buffaloes held on to beat the Seibu Lions 3-2 for their sixth straight win on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 5, 2014
Dickson pitches Buffaloes to fifth straight win
Brandon Dickson allowed a run in seven innings a week after his first shutout in Japan as the Pacific League-leading Orix Buffaloes won their fifth straight Saturday, beating the Seibu Lions 4-1.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 4, 2014
Buffaloes' Kaneko fans 14 batters in two-hit shutout
Orix ace Chihiro Kaneko threw a two-hit shutout as the Buffaloes won their home opener and their fourth straight game on Friday, beating the Seibu Lions 3-0.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 3, 2014
Pena belts fifth homer as Buffaloes sweep Eagles
Wily Mo Pena hit his fifth home run of the young season and Kei Igawa pitched five scoreless innings as the Orix Buffaloes beat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 3-1 on Thursday to complete a three-game road sweep.
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
Mar 27, 2014
Giants, Hawks look like class of NPB as season begins
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BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2014
Hartford Financial Services said close to selling its Japan unit to Orix Corp.
Finance and leasing firm Orix Corp. is in talks to buy Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.'s unit in Japan, according to sources.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 7, 2014
Buffaloes' Pena damages bullpen roof with 150-meter blast during batting practice
Wily Mo Pena, who signed with the Orix Buffaloes over the winter, put on a ferocious power display at the team's spring training camp on Friday.
BASEBALL
Jan 29, 2014
Buffaloes acquire MLB veteran Betancourt
The Orix Buffaloes have acquired infielder Yuniesky Betancourt on a one-year deal worth ¥100 million, the Pacific League club announced Wednesday.
BASEBALL
Dec 10, 2013
Outfielder Tani to play for Buffaloes
Veteran outfielder Yoshitomo Tani, who has been released by the Yomiuri Giants, will join the Orix Buffaloes in 2014, the Pacific League club said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 29, 2013
Buffaloes target German to replace Baldiris
The Orix Buffaloes expressed an interest in acquiring versatile Esteban German on Friday as it became increasingly likely that they will not re-sign productive third baseman Aarom Baldiris.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2013
Buffaloes knock Marines into third place
Orix lefty Yuji Maeda worked six innings and three relievers completed a three-hit shutout as the Buffaloes defeated the playoff-bound Chiba Lotte Marines 1-0 on Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Oct 5, 2013
Kaneko's fine season lost in 'Ma-kun' mania
When the "Year of Ma-kun" comes to an end and Masahiro Tanaka collects the hardware likely headed his way as NPB's best pitcher, there should be at least a little praise left over for Orix Buffaloes pitcher Chihiro Kaneko.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 7, 2013
Buffaloes lose Okada, Kishida for season
The Pacific League's Orix Buffaloes will likely be without 2010 home run champion Takahiro Okada for the remainder of the season, sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 25, 2013
Yoshikawa leads Fighters past Buffaloes
Lefty Mitsuo Yoshikawa pitched into the eighth inning and struck out nine en route to winning his first decision since June 28 in the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' 3-0 win over the Orix Buffaloes on Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 21, 2013
Buffaloes’ Kaneko one-hits Hawks
Chihiro Kaneko (10-7) lost his bid for a no-hitter in the eighth inning, but held on to throw a one-hitter on Wednesday as the Orix Buffaloes defeated the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 2-0.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 21, 2013
Buffaloes acquire pitcher Mills, infielder Fernandez
The Orix Bufafloes signed Texas Rangers minor league pitcher Brad Mills and former Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles infielder Jose Fernandez, the Pacific League club announced Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 16, 2013
Eagles hurler Tanaka runs record to 13-0 to start season
Masahiro Tanaka saw his scoreless-inning streak snapped at 42, but held on to improve to 13-0 this season as the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles beat the Orix Buffaloes 4-1 on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 10, 2013
Buffaloes rally to beat Marines
The first half of the game belonged to the Chiba Lotte Marines, but that wasn't enough to get them out of the bog they're stuck in right now.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 23, 2013
Igawa steady for Buffaloes in win over Lions
Orix lefty Kei Igawa turned back the clock on Saturday, looking like the Sawamura Award winner of 10 years ago as he struck out nine in 5-1/3 innings in the Buffaloes' 2-0 victory over the Seibu Lions.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Golden Week crowds greeted with high temperatures as holiday period kicks off
The departure lobby for domestic flights is crowded with travelers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of this year's Golden Week holidays.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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