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Hawks pitcher Kohei Arihara celebrates his win over the Buffaloes in Osaka on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 26, 2023
Kohei Arihara throws shutout to snap Hawks' losing streak
In the Central League, the league-leading Hanshin Tigers and their nearest pursuers, the Hiroshima Carp, both came from behind.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 20, 2023
Hawks slugger Yuki Yanagita leads Pacific League to victory in All-Star Game 1
Chiba Lotte Marines right-hander Roki Sasaki worked a scoreless first inning to earn the win for the Pacific League.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 18, 2023
Leandro Cedeno and Shumpeita Yamashita lift Orix as Hawks lose 9th straight
Yamashita and two relievers combined on a four-hit shutout, with the 21-year-old starter allowing just two singles and striking out eight over seven innings of work.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 17, 2023
Leandro Cedeno and Shumpeita Yamashita help Buffaloes send Hawks to ninth straight loss
Leandro Cedeno homered for the second straight game to back a strong pitching performance by Shumpeita Yamashita as the Orix Buffaloes completed a three-game sweep of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks with a 3-0 win Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 14, 2023
Rakuten is hanging on. It should consider hanging up
Rakuten is selling whatever it can to plug a hole in its finances caused by a misadventure into mobile.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 10, 2023
Masaru Fujii and Hideto Asamura boost Eagles to fifth straight win
Asamura is now tied for the PL home run lead with young Fighters slugger Chusei Mannami.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2023
SoftBank’s Son goes back on offense to cement his tech legacy
The billionaire is ending years of relative dormancy after his Vision Fund, the world’s largest pool of tech capital, racked up billions of dollars of losses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 24, 2023
S&P 'unreasonable,' says SoftBank, after tech giant's rating downgraded
SoftBank criticized the decision and argued that selling off assets like Alibaba in exchange for cash was clearly better for its balance sheet stability.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 23, 2023
SoftBank sells Fortress stake to Mubadala and management team
Mubadala will own 70% of the equity in Fortress, while Fortress management will hold a 30% equity interest and a class of equity entitling it to appoint a majority of seats on the board.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 18, 2023
SoftBank unit bringing Estonian self-driving buses to Japan
Tokyo-based Boldly plans to have self-driving buses operating in eight new areas in Japan this fiscal year to cater to rapidly aging communities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 11, 2023
SoftBank Vision Fund loses ¥4.3 trillion on weak startup values
Many of the privately held companies that SoftBank’s invested in are not yet profitable, while the IPO market remains lackluster.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 28, 2023
Ryoya Kurihara hits grand slam to power Hawks to victory over Eagles
'We had the best outcome,' Kurihara said. 'Mori-san was pitching really well, so everyone on the team wanted to get him a win.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2023
Xi pivot fails to stop exodus by big investors in China tech
Two pioneering financiers of China’s private sector — including SoftBank — have signaled in recent days their intentions to continue pulling back from marquee investments in the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 13, 2023
SoftBank aims to sell majority of its stake in Alibaba, report says
SoftBank has sold more than $7 billion (¥931.6 billion) in Alibaba shares this year through prepaid forward contracts, after selling $29 billion last year, according to the Financial Times.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 9, 2023
Lions' MLB hopeful Kona Takahashi fans 11 in first win
The 26-year-old has allowed one run over 16 innings.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 5, 2023
Ryoya Kurihara powers Hawks to fourth straight win
Kensuke Kondo, a key member of Japan's World Baseball Classic-winning team, also went deep for SoftBank at Kyocera Dome in Osaka.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2023
Network service disruption hits NTT phone and internet services
NTT Docomo and SoftBank, which both use NTT's optical line services, also experienced connection issues following the disruptions at NTT.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 2, 2023
Ryoya Kurihara powers Hawks to second straight win
The Hawks, who lost ace pitcher Kodai Senga to MLB via free agency, posted their second straight shutout thanks to seven innings from Koya Fujii.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 30, 2023
Alibaba outlines plan for company split to 'unleash productivity'
Each unit will function as an independently operating company that could go to the market to seek financing or launch an initial public offering.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 29, 2023
Hawks load up to chase Buffaloes for 2023 Pacific League pennant
Orix retained most of the squad that helped it defend its PL title, but the Kyocera Dome residents will have to fend off plenty of challenges.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Don’t worry about global population collapse
Most projections show the world will hit peak humanity in the 21st century as people choose to have smaller families and women gain power over their own reproduction.
Japan pharma startup developing world-first drug to grow new teeth
A new tooth is seen in a ferret's mouth after it was administered a drug to stimulate the growth of tooth buds.
'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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