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SPORTS SCOPE

SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Apr 1, 2007
Most fans frozen out of skating worlds
It was a great show, but it could have been better.
Japan Times
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Feb 19, 2007
Goals remain the same, but Hammies have changed
Success hasn't changed Trey Hillman, or his Japan Series championship team.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Feb 4, 2007
Barbaro's incredible will to live provided lesson for all
"Animals and children are the only pure things in life."
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jan 26, 2007
Signing of big name like Beckham long overdue by MLS
Here we go again.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Dec 1, 2006
Time for Wie to take a break from playing against men
I was afraid this was going to happen.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 14, 2006
Unique team spirit of Hillman's Fighters brought about success
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters may not have been beautiful every waking moment on the way to winning the Pacific League, Japan Series and Asia Series championships, but they were oh so pretty in getting it done.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 2, 2006
WBC, Nichibei on collision course?
Cannibalism, baby. It's all the rage in baseball this year.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 1, 2006
NFL owners showing ignorance by nixing Japan for regular-season games
The oversight was about as subtle as a cockroach on a white rug.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 22, 2006
Top scout Poitevint gives Matsuzaka's game a once over
The sweat on the uniform from his final game had hardly dried and already speculation was running rampant about whom he would be pitching for in the major leagues next season.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 21, 2006
Future is now for feel-good Fighters
NAGOYA -- In hindsight, bringing baseball to Hokkaido seems as much a no-brainer as bringing Trey Hillman in to manage the Nippon Ham Fighters.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 14, 2006
Baseball scribe breaks down exciting Pa League second stage
SAPPORO -- Here is a look back at the second-stage Pacific League playoffs, in which the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters swept the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in two games, winning the series 3-0 under the PL postseason's new format, which gives the No. 1 seed a one-game advantage before the series begins.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 11, 2006
Oh inspired Hawks despite absence
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Here is a look back at the first-stage Pacific League playoffs, in which the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks beat the Seibu Lions 2-1.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 7, 2006
PL playoffs offer many questions
This time last year, a heck of a brew was being whipped up east of Tokyo.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 4, 2006
Hillman masterful in dealing with Kanemura incident
It has been said that life can be stranger than fiction.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Sep 17, 2006
Japan's bid to host 2016 Olympic Games a pipe dream
"Yes means maybe. Maybe means difficult. Difficult means impossible."
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Sep 10, 2006
FIBA's Baumann encouraged about future of hoops in Japan
SAITAMA -- As time wound down on the final hours of the recently concluded World Championship, FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann took time out of his busy schedule to speak with The Japan Times.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 24, 2006
Kyushu showers let up long enough for All-Stars to play ball
MIYAZAKI -- Kyushu, what a boulevard of broken sweat.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 20, 2006
Ex-Japan coach Troussier dances around the issue of Zico's performance
Heck with soccer. Philippe Troussier should have been a dancer.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
May 10, 2006
Kawachi has bj-league heading in right direction
You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Apr 26, 2006
Media's vilification of Bonds shows lack of objectivity
It's a question that has to be asked.
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.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Japan’s record-low children population weighs on growth
The number of children 14 years old or younger fell for the 43rd straight year to around 14.01 million as of April 1.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
'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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