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RAKUTEN GOLDEN EAGLES

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 22, 2013
Eagles owner asks skipper Hoshino to return in 2014
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles owner Hiroshi Mikitani on Thursday revealed that he asked manager Senichi Hoshino to stay on for next season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 18, 2013
Lions pull off great escape to sink Eagles
The Seibu Lions overturned a three-run, ninth-inning deficit to beat the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 12-11 on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 16, 2013
Eagles' Tanaka sets NPB record by winning 21st straight decision
Masahiro Tanaka's winning streak has come a long way since his loss to the Seibu Lions last season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 12, 2013
Eagles to ask Tanaka to stay for 2014
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles will ask their ace Masahiro Tanaka to put off a likely move to the major leagues and stay for another season, team president Yozo Tachibana said Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Aug 12, 2013
MLB chatter sure to increase as Tanaka dominates in NPB
It was Friday morning in Japan when Detroit Tigers pitcher Max Scherzer earned his 17th win of the MLB season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 9, 2013
Tanaka extends winning streak to record-tying 20 decisions
Masahiro Tanaka improved to 16-0, a Nippon Professional Baseball record, with seven shutout innings on Friday in the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' 5-0 win over the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 6, 2013
Baseball: Rakuten's Tanaka wins 3rd straight monthly MVP
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles right-hander Masahiro Tanaka became the first player to win the Pacific League's monthly MVP award for the third straight month Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 3, 2013
Tanaka stretches winning streak to 19 decisions
Tohoku Rakuten ace Masahiro Tanaka tied the Japan pro baseball record with his 15th consecutive win to start a season in a 12-strikeout effort as the Pacific League-leading Eagles rallied to beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 4-1 on Friday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 28, 2013
Eagles rally to sweep Marines
Shintaro Masuda singled in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Eagles came from behind to beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 5-4 on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 27, 2013
First-place Eagles clobber Marines
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles stretched their Pacific League lead to four games on Saturday as right-hander Kenji Tomura worked eight innings in an 8-1 victory over the second-place Chiba Lotte Marines.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 26, 2013
Shima delivers game-winning hit in ninth
Three outs from seeing their ace's winning streak snapped, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth on Friday to beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 3-2.
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 15, 2013
Rakuten ace Tanaka turning heads
Although Masahiro Tanaka didn't get to showcase his wares in the World Baseball Classic final, interest from major league clubs should be intense if he is posted this autumn by the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 13, 2013
Slugger Jones carries Eagles past Lions
Veteran Andruw Jones drove in two runs to propel the Pacific League-leading Rakuten Eagles to a 3-1 victory over the Seibu Lions on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 12, 2013
Kawai, Akaminai provide heroics against Fighters
Lefty Takashi Kawai (3-0) threw seven scoreless innings and Ginji Akaminai opened the scoring with a two-run triple on Thursday as the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles defeated the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3-0.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 9, 2013
Tanaka blanks Fighters, improves to 12-0
Eagles hurler Masahiro Tanaka scattered four hits, all singles, in another brilliant outing en route to winning his 12th consecutive decision since the beginning of the season and recorded his second shutout this year.Tohoku Rakuten defeated the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 5-0 on Tuesday night at Tokyo Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jul 8, 2013
Tanaka hitting his stride as season progresses
The next time Masahiro Tanaka takes the mound for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles he'll be trying to win his 12th consecutive decision since opening day.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 4, 2013
Eagles soar past Marines, grab share of first place
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles moved into a tie for the Pacific League lead on Thursday following an 8-4 win over the Chiba Lotte Marines, who started the day with a one-game advantage.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 3, 2013
Eagles' Tanaka improves to 11-0
Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka flummoxed another would-be lineup, continuing his stunning run from the start of the season by winning his 11th consecutive decision in the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' 7-0 triumph over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 4, 2013
Fighters' Nakata smacks three home runs in rout over Eagles
Sho Nakata's three home runs propel the Fighters to a lopsided win over the Eagles.
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.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
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.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
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.
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.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday

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