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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 11, 2022
Yuki Yanagita homers as Kodai Senga deals Hawks back to top of PL
The Hawks win at Kyocera Dome Osaka knocked the Buffaloes back to third place, where they started the series Saturday before earning a win behind ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 1, 2022
Yuma Tongu carries Buffaloes to win over Eagles with two home runs
The victory at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi moved the defending Pacific League champion Buffaloes to within one game of the second-place Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 29, 2022
Hotaka Yamakawa powers Lions in easy win over Buffaloes
The slugger had three singles and a two-run home run, and every hitter in the Lions' starting lineup had at least one hit.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 14, 2022
Ukyo Shuto homer lifts Hawks past pesky Buffaloes
The center fielder's walk-off home run came after SoftBank had blown a three-run lead in the eighth inning.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 21, 2022
Buffaloes rookie Ren Mukunoki falls one strike short of no-hitter
The 22-year-old Mukunoki (2-0), making the second start of his career, struck out 11 while walking three in his 116-pitch outing.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 14, 2022
Richard Sunagawa lifts Hawks with two home runs against Buffaloes
The Pacific League-leading Hawks snapped a five-game losing streak.
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 / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 20, 2022
NPB experiencing surge of no-hitters
With four no-hitters and a couple of near misses already this season, it's possible there is more misery on the horizon for NPB hitters.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 18, 2022
Olympic ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws season's fourth no-hitter
It is the first time four no-hitters have been thrown in a single Japanese season since 1943.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 9, 2022
Munetaka Murakami lifts Swallows to win over Buffaloes
Munetaka Murakami made up for a base-running mistake by singling in the tie-breaking run in the Central League-leading Tokyo Yakult Swallows' 6-3 interleague win over the Pacific League's Orix Buffaloes on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 29, 2022
Dragons' Taiki Mitsumata gets better of Orix ace in interleague win
The 30-year-old overcame last year's Sawamura Award winner in a long at-bat before breaking a 1-1 eighth-inning tie at Kyocera Dome Osaka.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 26, 2022
Kazuma Okamoto drives in five runs to lead Giants past Buffaloes
Kazuma Okamoto homered for the second straight night and drove in five runs as the Central League's Yomiuri Giants improved to 2-0 in interleague play with a 5-3 win over the defending Pacific League champion Orix Buffaloes on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 4, 2022
Yuki Yanagita homers for second day in row as Hawks beat Buffaloes
A day after lifting the Hawks to a 7-3 win with his grand slam, Yanagita was once again the hero for the home side at Fukuoka's PayPay Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 1, 2022
Masataka Yoshida blasts Buffaloes past Lions
Considered by some MLB scouts to be Japanese baseball's best pure hitter, Yoshida went 3-for-4 with a first-inning single and tie-breaking homers in the sixth and eighth innings.
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
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2022 NPB Preview
Mar 24, 2022
Pacific League set for wide-open pennant race in 2022
The Buffaloes enter the year as the reigning champions, but there are no guarantees in the PL this season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Japan Series
Nov 29, 2021
Yoshinobu Yamamoto shows the Buffaloes' potential
Yamamoto's Game 6 will be remembered as one of the most stirring performances in defeat in the Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 28, 2021
Steady MVP Yuhei Nakamura guides Swallows to Japan Series title
The team's longtime catcher expertly led his pitching staff across six neck-and-neck games against the Buffaloes to complete Yakult's reversal from cellar-dweller to champion.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 27, 2021
Swallows outlast Buffaloes to win Japan Series title
The Swallows are champions for the first time since 2001
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Japan concerned over U.S. officials' remarks on atomic bombings
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to reporters during a news conference in Washington on Thursday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Who’s toughest on China? Biden’s tariff tactic ups ante as election looms.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about new actions to protect American workers and businesses from China's "unfair" trade practices, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.

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