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SEIBU

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 7, 2013
Asamura's sayonara blast saves Seibu
Hideto Asamura, the Pacific League's player of the month for July, saved some magic for August, belting a three-run sayonara home run as the Seibu Lions pulled out a 7-6 victory over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 15, 2013
Yang leads way as Fighters punch out Lions
Taiwan international Yang Dai-kang blasted two home runs and drove in four runs to pace the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to a 14-3 clubbing of the Seibu Lions on Monday afternoon.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 12, 2013
Cerberus needs cooperation of Mizuho for next Seibu tack: Gomi
Cerberus Capital Management LP, the biggest shareholder of Seibu Holdings Inc., should approach Mizuho Financial Group Inc. to help it narrow its differences with the hotel operator, said Hirofumi Gomi, a former candidate for the Seibu board.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 30, 2013
Kisanuki tosses complete game; Fighters cruise to fifth straight win
Hiroshi Kisanuki went the distance on one-run ball, Keiji Obiki hit a bases-clearing triple in a five-run sixth inning and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters routed the Seibu Lions 9-1 to win their fifth game in a row on Saturday afternoon.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 28, 2013
Cerberus impasse with Seibu appears set to drag on
How the public battle between U.S. private equity fund Cerberus Capital Management L.P. and Seibu Holdings Inc. over management of the struggling railway and hotel operator remains unclear even after the Seibu shareholders' meeting Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2013
Seibu's shareholders nix Cerberus directors
Seibu shareholders vote down a slate of directors proposed by Cerberus Capital Management of the U.S.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 24, 2013
Lions' Kikuchi emerging as one of NPB's top pitchers
Yusei Kikuchi might be in the major leagues right now if he'd chosen differently.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 23, 2013
Igawa steady for Buffaloes in win over Lions
Orix lefty Kei Igawa turned back the clock on Saturday, looking like the Sawamura Award winner of 10 years ago as he struck out nine in 5-1/3 innings in the Buffaloes' 2-0 victory over the Seibu Lions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 22, 2013
Kikuchi shows poise as Lions hold off Buffaloes
Esteban German broke a scoreless deadlock with a two-run single in the sixth inning, Yusei Kikuchi threw seven gritty innings and the Seibu Lions beat the Orix Buffaloes 2-0 to resume league play with a victory on Friday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 21, 2013
Lefty starter Kikuchi thriving for Lions
Yusei Kikuchi is scheduled to toe the rubber for the Seibu Lions Friday night against the Orix Buffaloes as Japanese baseball gets back to intraleague competition this weekend.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2013
Morgan, BayStars trample over Lions
Nyjer Morgan knows his game. So he wasn't too hard on himself when he struggled early in the season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 3, 2013
Togame leads Lions past Giants
Ken Togame yielded one run and three hits over nine innings and got a boost from his teammates as the Seibu Lions romped 5-1 over the Yomiuri Giants in interleague play on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 21, 2013
Kikuchi shackles Tigers
Yusei Kikuchi was nearly untouchable with his heater over eight strong innings as the Seibu Lions defeated the Hanshin Tigers 5-1 in an interleague matchup on Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 20, 2013
Tigers outlast Lions in interleague slugfest
The Hanshin Tigers beat the Seibu Lions 10-5 on Sunday in a battle of pitching aces that saw precious little quality from the mound.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 19, 2013
Error sends Lions to loss against Giants
Shinnosuke Abe hit a game-tying homer to lead off the sixth inning, and the go-ahead run scored on an error by Hideto Asamura in the 10th inning as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Seibu Lions 2-1 in a walk-off in their interleague game on Saturday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 18, 2013
Abe powers Giants past Lions
It takes a lot to stop the Yomiuri Giants once they get on a roll.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 10, 2013
Wild pitch in 11th carries Marines to eighth straight win
Takashi Ogino had the chance to be the hero with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 11th inning. It would've been fitting too, with the Chiba Lotte Marines star playing in his second game of the season, after missing most of 2012 with a leg injury.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 7, 2013
Togame shuts out Fighters to secure Lions sweep
Ken Togame (4-1) throws a one-hitter for his second shutout of the season as the Pacific League-leading Seibu Lions defeated the Nippon Ham Fighters 1-0.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 3, 2013
Hawks relievers shine against Lions
Former National League All-Star Bryan LaHair drove in three runs, including two on a tie-breaking, sixth-inning single as the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks beat the Pacific League-leading Seibu Lions 7-5 on Thursday at Yafuoku Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Apr 30, 2013
Lions counting on Kikuchi to begin living up to potential
Everything was working for Yusei Kikuchi Sunday afternoon. With Golden Week having gotten under way, Kikuchi put on a show for the season-high crowd of 28,930 that filed into Seibu Dome and saw the Lions deliver a 15-1 mauling of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
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.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
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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