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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 16, 2013
Ace Tanaka leads Eagles quest to reach Japan Series for first time
Masahiro Tanaka's record-setting regular season is over and starting Thursday, he and his Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles teammates will set their sights on making more history in the final stage of the Pacific League Climax Series against the Chiba Lotte Marines.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2013
Straitjacket Japan could use more brawling billionaires to lead the way
Japan is being treated to a juicy spectacle as two of its richest and most innovative entrepreneurs brawl in public over Internet market share and visions for the future. But what's most important about the fight between Masayoshi Son and Hiroshi Mikitani is the example it's setting.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 8, 2013
Eagles' Tanaka runs record to 24-0 in storybook season
Masahiro Tanaka (24-0) allowed two runs in seven innings on Tuesday to win his 28th consecutive decision as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles came from behind to beat the Orix Buffaloes 7-3.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 5, 2013
Nakamura carries Lions to sixth straight triumph, into PL Climax Series
Takeya Nakamura hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the ninth inning Saturday, lifting the Seibu Lions to a 2-1 win over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to send his team into the Pacific League Climax Series for the fourth year in a row.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Oct 5, 2013
Kaneko's fine season lost in 'Ma-kun' mania
When the "Year of Ma-kun" comes to an end and Masahiro Tanaka collects the hardware likely headed his way as NPB's best pitcher, there should be at least a little praise left over for Orix Buffaloes pitcher Chihiro Kaneko.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 5, 2013
Top seed del Potro, Raonic advance to Rakuten Open final
Top seed Juan Martin del Potro will try to hold off the red-hot Milos Raonic for the Rakuten Open title after edging Nicolas Almagro in the semifinals on Saturday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 4, 2013
Eagles skipper Hoshino accepts new multiyear deal
Senichi Hoshino, who last week clinched his fourth league pennant as a manager and the first for the nine-year-old Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, has accepted a new multiyear contract, the Pacific League champs revealed Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 4, 2013
Eagles' Tanaka receives PL pitching honor for fifth consecutive month
Masahiro Tanaka continued to rule Nippon Professional Baseball's monthly awards for the fifth straight month, when the winners of the Central and Pacific leagues' pitchers and players of the month were announced on Friday.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 4, 2013
Nishikori falls to Almagro in Rakuten Open quarters
Kei Nishikori's hopes of defending his Rakuten Open title were wrecked Friday as the ace was beaten in three sets by sixth-seeded Spaniard Nicolas Almagro in the quarterfinals.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 1, 2013
Eagles' Tanaka improves to 23-0 in magical season
As if on cue, the Pacific League pennant winner Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles came through for right-hander Masahiro Tanaka — and big.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 1, 2013
Nishikori stages impressive comeback against Melzer
Defending champion Kei Nishikori was two points from defeat in his first-round match at the Rakuten Japan Open on Tuesday, but stormed back to beat unseeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 6-2 with a huge show of will.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Sep 30, 2013
Another challenge awaits Rakuten
Clinching the Pacific League pennant a little early gave the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles a chance to really enjoy the moment.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 27, 2013
Marines rout new PL champion Eagles
A night after breaking out the bubbly to celebrate their first ever Pacific League title, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles were understandably in need of a collective pick-me-up during a sluggish performance against the second-place Chiba Lotte Marines.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 26, 2013
Eagles clinch first Pacific League title
In a game of high drama, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles clinched their first Pacific League pennant on Thursday night in a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over the Seibu Lions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 24, 2013
Lions rally past Eagles
Shogo Akiyama and Takeya Nakamura hit back-to-back RBI singles as the Seibu Lions came from two runs down to beat rookie right-hander Takahiro Norimoto and the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 23, 2013
Eagles move closer to Pacific League pennant
Rookie Sho Miyagawa allowed just one hit in seven innings Monday as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 5-0 and Japan's newest franchise moved closer to its first Pacific League pennant.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 18, 2013
Egawa helps power Hawks comeback
Tomoaki Egawa hit a two-run homer in the eighth and drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth as the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks overcame a six-run deficit on Wednesday to defeat the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 11-10.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 6, 2013
Tanaka tosses complete-game victory, raises record to 20-0
Masahiro Tanaka equaled the mark for Japan's longest winning streak within a single season as he improved to 20-0 on Friday in the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' 3-2 win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 3, 2013
First-place Eagles rally past Lions
A trio of former big leaguers led the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to a come-from-behind, 4-3 victory over the Seibu Lions on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2013
Rakuten to buy video streaming provider
Rakuten Inc., controlled by billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani, said it has agreed to buy streaming video service provider Viki Inc. as the Internet retailer seeks to expand into new digital offerings.
China's military kicks off large-scale 'punishment' drills around Taiwan
A Chinese military ship northwest of Pengjia Island, off the coast of northern Taiwan, on Thursday
Woman and three children found dead with stab wounds after Tokyo house fire
Reporters gather near a house in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward where a fire broke out on Thursday and four people were found dead with stab wounds.
Kim Jong Un’s portrait elevated to big three in personality cult
A portrait of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un is displayed at a national meeting to commemorate Kim's 10-year anniversary as head of the country's ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang on April 10, 2022.
Japanese researchers confirm blood test predicts risk of Alzheimer's
The latest findings by University of Tokyo researchers raise hopes that the disease may be treated if doctors can identify people who will develop Alzheimer’s before its onset.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Shiba inu of dogecoin fame dies at 18
A sticker advertising dogecoin in Hong Kong in 2022. Kabosu, the shiba inu rescue dog who became the face of the cryptocurrency, has died.
Japanese break dancer on cusp of fulfilling Olympic dream
Japan's Ayumi Fukushima competes in the women's Breaking B-Girls semifinal during an Olympic Qualifier Series ahead of the 2024 Paris Games, in Shanghai on Sunday.
Japan panel sets out plans to accelerate drug discovery efforts
A tourist shops at a drug store in the Asakusa district of Tokyo on April 30.
New Japan study on germ cells may help advance infertility treatments
Kyoto University researchers have found a way to create “near-indefinite” volumes of early-stage sperm and egg cells from iPS cells — a milestone that could potentially lead to new infertility treatments.
As new Taiwan leader takes office, a fragile status quo and power struggle at home await
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te (left) and Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim wave to a crowd following his swearing-in at the Presidential Office in Taipei on Monday.

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