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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 10, 2020
PL-champion Hawks wrap up regular season with win
The Pacific League champion Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks moved into the postseason on a high on Monday, wrapping up the regular season with a 6-2 thumping of the Saitama Seibu Lions, winners of the previous two PL pennants.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2020
Heat Bears officials stunned after Junichi Tazawa goes undrafted
The former Red Sox reliever was eligible for this year's draft after NPB abolished his namesake rule.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 26, 2020
Man arrested in Japan's first cycling road rage case under new law
Authorities collected dashcam footage from cars in the area that enabled them to serve the fresh warrant Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2020
Taiwan offers Japan endangered rhino to help save species
The animal, named Emma, will be sent to its new home in Saitama Prefecture in March.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 11, 2020
Life sentence to be finalized for Peruvian killer of six in Saitama
Vayron Jonathan Nakada Ludena broke into three houses and stabbed the occupants in 2015.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2020
World's first trial for self-driving amphibious Japanese bus to start in Gunma
A town in Gunma Prefecture will kick off trials for an autonomous amphibious tour bus this winter as part of a project to foster tourism and facilitate the transport of goods between islands.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 12, 2020
Lions' Daisuke Matsuzaka undergoes cervical spine surgery
Saitama Seibu Lions pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka underwent cervical spine surgery at a hospital in Ibaraki Prefecture on July 5, the Pacific League club said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2020
Tokyo reports 206 new COVID-19 cases, topping 200 for four straight days for first time
The capital also reported 206 cases on Saturday, accounting for more than half of the total of 383 new cases across Japan for the day.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 12, 2020
Marines overpower Lions
Tsuyoshi Sugano and Seiya Inoue both hit two-run first-inning home runs and right-hander Atsuki Taneichi allowed three runs over six innings to earn the win as the Chiba Lotte Marines held off the Saitama Seibu Lions 6-4 in the Pacific League on Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2020
Coronavirus cases surge in cities as Tokyo sets new record of 243
Policymakers are weighing public health concerns against business closure requests that could again damage the economy.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jul 9, 2020
Broncos owner Jun Ikeda has ambitious plans for basketball franchise
Ikeda is thrilled about his new challenge with the Broncos, perhaps more than ever before, because as owner he has the freedom to do things his way.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2020
Over 3,400 students and teachers suffer food poisoning near Tokyo
More than 3,400 elementary and junior high school students and teachers have contracted food poisoning at 15 schools near Tokyo due to school lunches, local authorities said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2020
Quokkas, dubbed 'happiest animal,' go on show to media at Japanese zoo
The quokkas will go on display starting Wednesday for a couple of hours a day.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 26, 2020
Hawks' Rick van den Hurk and Wladimir Balentien bag Lions
Rick van den Hurk took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and Wladimir Balentien homered twice to lead the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a 4-2 win over the defending Pacific League champion Saitama Seibu Lions on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2020
Freedom of travel restored across Japan as coronavirus fears ease
Friday's opening up of the prefectures paves the way for a recovery in tourism as the government seeks to revitalize the struggling sector.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 22, 2020
Honda to halt output at two domestic plants as virus affects parts supply
Honda Motor Co. will briefly halt production at two plants in Saitama Prefecture due to a disruption in the supply of parts amid the coronavirus outbreak, the automaker said earlier this week.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2020
Virus-hit areas of Japan enter first weekend under state of emergency
Sections of major cities normally packed with shoppers appeared semi-deserted with department stores and restaurants closed for business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 6, 2020
Japan maker of animal ventilators asked to up output for virus-hit humans
A medical equipment maker said it was recently approached by the government to mass produce veterinary ventilators to treat human coronavirus patients and that dozens of other countries have expressed interest as well.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 23, 2020
Coronavirus death toll rises to 49 in Japan
Five people are reported to have passed away from complications related to COVID-19.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 7, 2020
Boat racing: Endearingly rubbish and genuinely dramatic
Kyu014dtei (boat racing) is a kind of slow, aquatic NASCAR that also happens to be one of the few things that you can legally gamble on in Japan.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
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.

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Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
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