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PACIFIC LEAGUE CLIMAX

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 15, 2020
Hawks rally past Marines, advance to Japan Series
SoftBank will aim to win its fourth straight national championship when they face the Central League champion Giants.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 13, 2019
Kenta Imamiya powers Hawks past Lions and into Japan Series
Kenta Imamiya's three home runs propelled the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a 9-3 win over the Seibu Lions in Game 4 of the Pacific League Climax Series Final Stage on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 9, 2019
Hawks victorious in see-saw opening clash with Lions
Five relievers combined to allow a run over five innings and Nobuhiro Matsuda drove in four runs as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won Game 1 of the Pacific League Climax Series' final stage 8-4 over the Saitama Seibu Lions on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2019
Hawks fly past Eagles into Climax Series' final stage
Seiichi Uchikawa drove in the tying and winning runs on Monday to lift the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a 2-1 win over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Game 3 of the first stage of the Pacific League Climax Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 5, 2019
Hideto Asamura powers Eagles past Hawks in opening game of Pacific League Climax Series
Hideto Asamura homered twice and had an RBI single for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, who maintained their Game 1 mastery of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks with a 5-3 win to open the Pacific League Climax Series' first stage on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 21, 2018
Hawks repeat PL dominance, defeat Lions to reach Japan Series
The 2018 NPB season didn't quite go the way the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks had planned. Even so, they're going to end it right where they expected to be all along.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 16, 2018
Hawks, Lions gear up for Climax Series showdown
Although the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks failed to repeat as Pacific League champions, they have what it takes to beat the new champs, the Seibu Lions, and reach the Japan Series for the fourth time in five years.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 20, 2017
Nakamura homer carries Hawks past Eagles as playoff series heats up
Akira Nakamura's two-run homer broke an eighth-inning tie in the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' 7-5 win over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Friday, evening the Pacific League Climax Series Final Stage at two wins apiece.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 16, 2017
Zelous Wheeler blasts Eagles into Pacific League Climax Series Final Stage
Zelous Wheeler hit the ball so hard it might've landed somewhere in Fukuoka. Which is convenient, since he'll be able to stop by and pick it up on his way to the final stage of the Pacific League Climax Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 15, 2017
Takayuki Kishi shines as Eagles beat Lions to force Game 3
It took a home run on the very first pitch of the game, a squeeze play and a lot from Takayuki Kishi, but the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles are still alive and kicking.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 13, 2017
Lions' Yusei Kikuchi brings dominating record against Eagles into opening stage of PL Climax Series
Seibu Lions lefty Yusei Kikuchi could be a key to which team the Pacific League sends to play in the Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 16, 2016
Never-say-die attitude takes Fighters to Japan Series
Hokkaido Nippon Ham slugger Sho Nakata knew what he had to do when the Pacific League champion was trailing four runs behind the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks after the first inning of a crucial postseason game Sunday to decide who will advance to the Japan Series — never give up.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 16, 2016
Fighters rally to down Hawks, punch ticket to Japan Series
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters overcame a first-inning four-run deficit to reach the Japan Series on Sunday, defeating the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 7-4 at Sapporo Dome in Game 5 of the Pacific League Climax Series Final Stage.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 14, 2016
Laird delivers three-run blast in first inning to lead Fighters past Hawks
Brandon Laird hit a three-run homer to power the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to a 4-1 win over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Game 3 of the Pacific League Climax Series Final Stage on Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 10, 2016
Hawks rule Wada out of Climax Series final stage
Deactivated Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks lefty Tsuyoshi Wada is set to miss the Pacific League Climax Series final stage from Wednesday against the league champion Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 9, 2016
Hawks rally past Marines to wrap up series
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks came from behind for the second straight day Sunday to defeat the Chiba Lotte Marines 4-1 and win the best-of-three first stage of the Pacific League Climax Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 8, 2016
Uchikawa sparks Hawks in Climax Series opener against Marines
Seiichi Uchikawa drove in two runs and scored the tiebreaking run as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 4-3 on Saturday in the opener of their best-of-three Pacific League Climax Series First Stage.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2016
Underdog Marines embrace challenge of dethroning Hawks as postseason gets underway
The Chiba Lotte Marines find themselves in a familiar position, in third place and staring at a best-of-three playoff challenge on the road.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 16, 2015
Reigning champion Hawks advance to Japan Series
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks completed a three-game sweep of the Chiba Lotte Marines in the Pacific League Climax Series final stage on Friday, winning 3-1 and advancing to the Japan Series, where they will pursue a second straight Japan title.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 15, 2015
Hawks rout Marines, move to brink of Japan Series
Seiichi Uchikawa played hero for the second straight night for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, who broke up a pitchers' duel en route to a 6-1 win over the Chiba Lotte Marines in Thursday's Game 2 of the Pacific League Climax Series final stage.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
Sex differences could be key to the successful treatment of long COVID
A new study has found that women with long COVID had significantly lower levels of testosterone compared to those who had recovered from their infection.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
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Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
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