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SPRING KOSHIEN

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 2, 2023
Yamanashi Gakuin rides ace to spring high school title
Right-hander Kengo Hayashi started all six of his team's games at the first of two annual high school championships at the historic ballpark near Osaka.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 31, 2022
Osaka Toin wins Spring Koshien title for fourth time
Osaka Toin beat Shiga Prefecture's Omi High School 18-1 in the final of the 94th edition of the spring invitational at Koshien Stadium.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Apr 1, 2021
Tokaidai Sagami wins spring Koshien title amid pandemic
This year's spring tournament at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, near Osaka and Kobe, featured 32 schools and opened on March 19 with strict COVID-19 safety measures in place.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 5, 2021
Fans to be limited to 10,000 at Spring Koshien tournament
Up to 10,000 spectators will be admitted for games at this month's prestigious spring invitational high school baseball tournament, organizers announced Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Jun 11, 2020
Koshien Stadium to host games between teams selected for canceled tournament
The Japan High School Baseball Federation said Wednesday it will hold a series of games at Koshien Stadium in August between teams that had been selected for the canceled Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament, which had been scheduled to take place in the spring.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 11, 2020
Organizers cancel Spring Koshien due to COVID-19 crisis
For the first time in history, the Japan High School Baseball Federation has canceled the national invitational tournament, due to coronavirus fears.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 4, 2020
Spring Koshien to either be held without fans or canceled because of coronavirus
The Japan High School Baseball Federation said Wednesday it is preparing to hold the National High School Baseball Invitational tournament behind closed doors due to the spread of the new coronavirus, while also mulling possible cancellation of the tournament.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'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.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
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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