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SEIBU LIONS

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 4, 2015
Nakamura drives in five runs as Lions trample Marines
The Seibu Lions looked like an unstoppable force on Saturday afternoon. The Chiba Lotte Marines, on the other hand, were hardly an immovable object.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2015
Lions teenager Mori thriving on pro level
Tomoya Mori swings hard. Really, really hard. Sometimes, so hard he loses his balance for a moment.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 11, 2015
Lions' Mejia delivers walk-off single in ninth against Carp
Ernesto Mejia slammed a bat into the side of a batting cage before the Seibu Lions' game on Thursday. After the game, any frustration he might've been feeling melted away into elation, and a wet jersey.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 9, 2015
Lions' Akiyama delivers game-winning double against Carp
Shogo Akiyama got the best of one of the best pitchers in Japan.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 31, 2015
Lions' Seratelli hopes to make mark in Japan
Before a game at Tokyo Dome last week, the Seibu Lions' Anthony Seratelli took a quick glance around to see where his father, Russell, might have sat.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 28, 2015
Giants' Mikolas fans 10 in triumph over Lions
Miles Mikolas turned in a very good start for the Yomiuri Giants for the second consecutive week. This time, he even got something to show for it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 24, 2015
Lions' Akiyama staying grounded amid good start
Shogo Akiyama isn't quite ready to say he's better than he was last year. There's evidence Akiyama has taken his game up a level — the Seibu Lions outfielder is playing pretty well for a team that's also off to a decent start — but so far he's been content to look at his early results with little...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 22, 2015
Eagles southpaw Karashima triumphs in first appearance of season
It didn't take much time for Wataru Karashima to get his first win in 2015. The game wasn't too long either, which was probably icing on the cake for the weary Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 11, 2015
Lions cub Mori beginning to show tremendous potential
In his last nine games, Tomoya Mori, the Seibu Lions' 19-year old sensation, has 14 hits (and at least one in nine straight contests), four home runs and has driven in seven runs. For the young season, he's hitting .325 with seven home runs and 20 RBIs.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 8, 2015
Lions rout Marines, stretch winning streak to seven games
The Seibu Lions and Chiba Lotte Marines traded errors and three-run half innings in the opening frame of their matchup on Friday night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 5, 2015
Hawks closer Sarfate savors 100th save in Japan
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks closer Dennis Sarfate joined an impressive club with a strikeout of Ikuhiro Kiyota on Monday night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 21, 2015
Lions' Togame records first home victory since July 2013
Ken Togame waited a long time for another win at home. Actually, it'd been a while since he'd won anywhere else either.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 7, 2015
Mendoza tames Lions as Fighters stretch winning streak to six
Luis Mendoza had a hard time against the Seibu Lions in 2014. In their first meeting this year, it was Mendoza, who got a helping hand from Sho Nakata and Kensuke Tanaka, and left standing as the king of the Tokyo Jungle.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2015 JAPANESE BASEBALL PREVIEW
Mar 26, 2015
Buffaloes, Hawks best in PL
The second of a two-part NPB Preview.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jun 17, 2014
New Lions slugger Mejia relishes opportunity to play in NPB
Ernesto Mejia remembers the bus rides. Those long trips to games in rookie ball, Single-A and a notch up the ladder in Double-A. Some of those rides could last for seven, eight, nine hours.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 12, 2014
Kaneko capitalizes in clutch as Lions edge Carp
The Seibu Lions were late to the party, but they finally did what the other five Pacific League clubs had already accomplished.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 6, 2014
Yokogawa delivers game-winning single in 10th for Giants
The Yomiuri Giants and Seibu Lions played for almost four hours before Fuminori Yokogawa made his first appearance in the game.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 18, 2014
Hara delivers game-winning double in 10th against Lions
The Orix Buffaloes just keep finding ways to win games early in the season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 27, 2014
Giants, Hawks look like class of NPB as season begins
2014 NPB Preview
BASEBALL
Dec 2, 2013
Giants now banking on Kataoka to shore up second base
The Yomiuri Giants have, at long last, finally found their second baseman.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.

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