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PACIFIC LEAGUE CLIMAX

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 14, 2015
Uchikawa pours cold water on Marines
Seiichi Uchikawa ended the Chiba Lotte Marines' hopes of an opening game upset on Wednesday, when he singled home the winning run in the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks' 3-2, 10th-inning win in the Pacific League Climax Series Final Stage.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2015
Fighters want Kuriyama back as manager despite playoff loss to Marines
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters have decided to ask Hideki Kuriyama to continue on as manager for next year for his fifth season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 11, 2015
Marines pounce on Fighters' Otani in Game 1 rout
The Chiba Lotte Marines rocked Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters ace Shohei Otani for five runs in 2-2/3 innings, winning 9-3 in Game 1 of the Pacific League Climax Series first stage on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 20, 2014
Hawks beat Fighters to book spot in Japan Series
Kenji Otonari threw seven scoreless innings and Toru Hosokawa homered as the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks defeated the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 4-1 in Game 6 of the Pacific League Climax Series Final Stage on Monday night to book a spot in the Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 19, 2014
Fighters edge Hawks to force decisive Game 6
Sho Nakata hit a game-tying solo homer in the eighth inning and Takuya Nakashima broke the balance with a two-run single in the top of the 11th as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters beat the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 6-4 in Game 5 of the Pacific League Climax Series Final Stage on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 18, 2014
Hawks storm past Fighters in Game 5
Kenichi Nakata threw five innings of two-run ball, Nobuhiro Matsuda delivered a two-run single in a 4-for-4 outing, and the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 5-2 to win Game 4 of the Pacific League Climax Series Final Stage on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 17, 2014
Fighters hammer Hawks in Game 3
Daikan Yoh broke out with a pair of homers, Eiichi Koyano hit a three-run blast, and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters stomped the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 12-4 in Game 3 of the final stage of the Pacific League Climax Series on Friday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 16, 2014
Nakata ignites Fighters during game-changing rally
Sho Nakata hit a two-run homer to key a four-run sixth inning, Hokkaido Nippon Ham's defense got the team back in the ballgame, and the Fighters rallied to beat the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 5-1 in Game 2 of the final stage of the Pacific League Climax Series on Thursday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 16, 2014
Yoshimura heroics carry Hawks to Game 1 triumph
Yuki Yoshimura saved the day with a dramatic two-run game-winning double in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks to a 3-2 win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Game 1 of the Pacific League Climax Series Final Stage on Wednesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 14, 2014
Nakata homers in 10th inning to send Fighters into final stage of PL Climax Series
Sho Nakata landed a punch to the gut, blasting a tiebreaking leadoff homer in the 10th inning to lift the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters past the Orix Buffaloes in Osaka on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 13, 2014
Climax Series postponed with typhoon approaching
Game 3 of the first stage of the Climax Series scheduled between the Orix Buffaloes and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters was postponed on Monday due the approach of Typhoon Vongfong, which made landfall on Kyushu the same day.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Oct 14, 2013
Marines cage Lions to reach final stage of PL Climax Series
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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2013
Marines belt three homers in Game 1 rout over Lions
The Chiba Lotte Marines had trouble winning at Seibu Dome during the regular season, but the postseason gave them a chance to wipe the slate clean and start anew.
'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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