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Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
May 17, 2021
Shohei Ohtani lifts Angels with two-run homer in ninth against Red Sox
He called it the most significant homer of his major league career so far.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 17, 2021
Red Sox announce signing of Hirokazu Sawamura
The Red Sox, who are overhauling their roster after finishing last in the AL East in the shortened 2020 season, view Sawamura as a potential key piece of their bullpen.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 16, 2021
Red Sox to sign Hirokazu Sawamura on two-year, $3 million deal
Sawamura is set to become the latest Japanese pitcher to sign with Boston, following such big names as Daisuke Matsuzaka and Koji Uehara.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 25, 2019
Koji Uehara faces future after long career in baseball
Life after baseball has already begun for Koji Uehara, and the former major league pitcher is relishing the calm after his abrupt midseason retirement earlier this year and subsequent media tour.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 26, 2019
Red Sox hire Rays' Chaim Bloom as top baseball executive: source
The Boston Red Sox have hired Tampa Bay Rays executive Chaim Bloom as their new chief baseball officer, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 29, 2019
Yankees hurler Masahiro Tanaka says he's 'honored' to start first MLB game in Europe
Masahiro Tanaka said Friday he is "honored" to start the first MLB game held in Europe, when the New York Yankees face the Boston Red Sox in London this weekend.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 13, 2019
David Ortiz 'making good progress' in Boston ICU as $8,000 murder plot is revealed
Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz remained in the intensive care unit at Massachusetts General Hospital on Wednesday as he continues to recover from surgery to repair gunshot wounds, the result of what authorities say was an orchestrated plot to kill him.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 11, 2019
Suspect in custody in ambush shooting of retired Red Sox slugger David Ortiz
Police in the Dominican Republic were investigating on Monday why a man shot and wounded former Boston Red Sox slugger David "Big Papi" Ortiz as he sat in a nightclub late on Sunday, according to police and the team.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 20, 2019
Star pitcher Koji Uehara retires after long career in MLB, NPB
Yomiuri Giants pitcher and former major leaguer Koji Uehara, who won the World Series with the Boston Red Sox in 2013, announced Monday that his career is over.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 13, 2018
Red Sox pitcher Hector Velazquez issues apology for inappropriate video about Hiroshima
Boston Red Sox pitcher Hector Velazquez apologized Tuesday over video footage posted on his Instagram account that showed images of a building that has become symbolic of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima along with a graphic of a bomb and subtitles that read "Atomic bomb!"
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2018
Giants may release former Red Sox closer Koji Uehara
Days after former big leaguer Koji Uehara announced he was eager to continue playing next season, the Yomiuri Giants are considering releasing the 43-year-old reliever, an official source said Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 28, 2018
Kenta Maeda flops in ninth as BoSox seize Game 4
Kenta Maeda was tasked with getting one out, but four ninth-inning runs scored before he could do so and it cost the Los Angeles Dodgers dearly in a 9-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox in World Series Game 4 on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 7, 2018
Masahiro Tanaka pushes pride aside for greater good in Yankees’ victory over Red Sox in Game 2 of ALDS
Masahiro Tanaka pushed his starting pitcher's pride to one side on Saturday, when he was pulled after five innings despite having allowed just one run.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 6, 2018
Tanaka's run ends as BoSox edge Yankees
Masahiro Tanaka missed out on his 10th win and saw his career-high 21⅓-inning scoreless streak end Sunday when he allowed a home run as the New York Yankees blew a three-run lead in a 5-4 extra-innings loss to the Boston Red Sox.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2018
Koji Uehara delights Giants fans in season debut after nine years in MLB
Koji Uehara returned to Japan in a flurry of energy, splitters and high-fives.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 8, 2017
Orix fireballer Yoshihisa Hirano plans move to MLB
Orix Buffaloes pitcher Yoshihisa Hirano is eyeing a move to the major leagues as an international free agent, a senior official with the Pacific League club said Sunday.
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Aug 8, 2017
Patience with young players yielding returns for Red Sox
Patience is a virtue, they say. But it is one rarely exhibited in MLB, especially when it comes to rookies.
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Mar 21, 2017
Tough to root against Tebow in attempt to make MLB
Tim Tebow sat alone in a corner of the New York Mets clubhouse, quietly working his iPhone.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 7, 2017
Manny Ramirez receives warm welcome upon arrival in Japan
Former major league slugger Manny Ramirez was greeted with hysteria as he arrived in Japan on Tuesday to play independent baseball with the Kochi Fighting Dogs in the Shikoku Island League Plus.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 9, 2016
Cubs hammer out deal with free-agent pitcher Uehara: reports
Boston Red Sox free agent Koji Uehara is close to signing with the Chicago Cubs, according to U.S. media reports on Thursday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
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.

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