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ORIX 2

Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 8, 2022
Buffaloes outfielder Masataka Yoshida reaches deal with Red Sox
Yoshida was quickly picked up by Boston after the 45-day negotiation window opened the same day for the 29-year-old, who was posted by the Japan Series champion Buffaloes.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 17, 2022
Buffaloes will make Masataka Yoshida available to MLB teams through posting system
The Buffaloes decided to post the 29-year-old two-time Pacific League batting champion at his request, after a season that saw the franchise win its first Japan Series title since 1996.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 14, 2022
Buffaloes and Swallows dominate 2022 Golden Glove selections
The pennant-winning Tokyo Yakult Swallows, who fell to the Buffaloes in the Japan Series, led the Central League with three selections.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 9, 2022
Buffaloes manager Satoshi Nakajima wins Shoriki Award
The award is given annually to the manager or player who makes the greatest contribution to Japanese professional baseball.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 3, 2022
Buffaloes may allow Masataka Yoshida to make MLB move via posting system under right conditions
Because Yoshida still needs to qualify to go to MLB as a free agent, any move would require Orix to approve a transfer via the posting system.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 31, 2022
Buffaloes' magic in Japan Series conjures memories of past glories
Orix Buffaloes defeat of Yakult Swallows in the series at the weekend came 26 years after predecessors Orix BlueWave took the title with a victory over Yomiuri Giants.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 30, 2022
Buffaloes end Japan Series title drought with victory over Swallows in Game 7
Orix won the final four games to win the franchise's first Japan Series since Ichiro Suzuki helped the BlueWave win the title in 1996.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2022
Buffaloes move to brink of Japan Series crown with victory in Game 6
Orix has won three straight games and can clinch the title with a victory in Game 7 at Jingu Stadium.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2022
Japan Series poised to go down to wire — and possibly beyond
This year's Japan Series is as tight as can be and on course for a finish that has only been seen once in NPB history.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2022
Masataka Yoshida connects on sayonara home run as Buffaloes get even in Japan Series
'Each and every one of us has been grinding, trying to win every time out, so to see them all rewarded for their efforts makes me really happy,' Yoshida said.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2022
Yutaro Sugimoto drives in only run as Buffaloes silence Swallows
Sugimoto, who struck out with two outs and the bases loaded in the first inning, singled home Keita Nakagawa from second with two outs in the third inning at Orix's Kyocera Dome Osaka.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2022
Swallows captain Tetsuto Yamada sparks rout with three-run blast in Game 3 of Japan Series
The Swallows are two wins away from their second straight Japan Series title.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2022
Orix ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins second straight Sawamura Award
While Yamamoto saw a slight dip in stats from 2021, he posted a no-hitter in June and gave up no more than three runs in any of his starts since July 23 as he helped Orix win the PL pennant.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2022
Neither thrill nor agony in second game of the Japan Series as scene shifts to Osaka
A 3-3 tie between the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Orix Buffaloes left both sides in a weird state of emotional purgatory.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2022
Buffaloes and Swallows play to tie in Game 2 of Japan Series
The Swallows' Soma Uchiyama tied the game with a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 22, 2022
Swallows connect on three home runs to top Buffaloes in Game 1 of Japan Series
The Swallows picked up where they left off in last year's Japan Series with a victory in Game 1.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 22, 2022
Swallows and Buffaloes assemble for Japan Series rematch
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Orix Buffaloes staged one of the most competitive series in recent memory last season, and this season promises much the same.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 19, 2022
Familiar faces set to highlight Yakult-Orix rematch at Japan Series
Most of last year's cast are set to play starring roles again on Japanese baseball's biggest stage, offering another treat to fans who enjoyed their tightly contested 2021 encounter.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Oct 17, 2022
Buffaloes and Swallows prove last season's success was no fluke
The Swallows and Buffaloes will meet in the Japan Series for the second straight season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 16, 2022
Keita Nakagawa's game-winner sends Buffaloes into Japan Series
The win sets up a Japan Series rematch with the Central League champion Yakult Swallows, who won last year's championship in seven games.
'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.
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.
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.

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