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TAKAHIRO AO

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 12, 2019
With Honda mired in crisis over quality lapses, CEO Takahiro Hachigo seizes the wheel
At a two-day gathering for Honda's suppliers in March, Chief Executive Takahiro Hachigo sounded the alarm.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 4, 2019
Two years after nine bodies found at suspect's home in Zama, still no trial
The first court hearing of a 29-year-old suspect in the alleged robbery-murders of nine people at his apartment in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, is still a long way off, two years after the victims' dismembered bodies were discovered.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 26, 2019
Eagles whip Lions in teams' final regular-season game
Takahiro Norimoto allowed one hit over five innings for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in a 7-1 thrashing of the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 4, 2019
Hawks rough up Takahiro Norimoto early in win over Eagles
Akira Nakamura opened the scoring with a two-run home run, and Alfredo Despaigne homered twice as the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks rocked the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 5-1 on Wednesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 16, 2019
Buffaloes starter Taisuke Yamaoka fans 10 in eight scoreless innings against Eagles
Taisuke Yamaoka threw eight shutout innings as the Orix Buffaloes outlasted the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 1-0 in the Pacific League on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 9, 2019
Eagles' Takahiro Norimoto triumphs in first start of season
Takahiro Norimoto pitched six scoreless innings to lead the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to a 6-1 victory over the Orix Buffaloes on Tuesday, winning his first start of the season.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2019
Interstellar Technologies to launch fourth rocket next week following success of Momo-3
A Hokkaido-based aerospace startup said Thursday it will launch its fourth privately developed small rocket next week, following the success of its predecessor in May.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 15, 2019
Swallows blow big lead, then rally past Lions
Takahiro Araki tied the game with a ninth-inning, pinch-hit RBI single, helping the Tokyo Yakult Swallows overturn a late deficit in their 6-5 interleague victory over the Seibu Lions on Saturday.
SOCCER
Apr 29, 2019
Takahiro Sekine scores first overseas goal to salvage draw for Sint-Truiden
On-loan midfielder Takahiro Sekine scored his first goal outside of Japan when he provided a late equalizer for Sint-Truiden in the team's 2-2 draw at home to KFCO Beerschot-Wilrijk on Sunday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 24, 2019
Kashima, Urawa fall in Asian Champions League action
Playmaker Takahiro Kunimoto scored the winner in the second half as South Korea's Gyeongnam FC beat Kashima Antlers 1-0 in the Asian Champions League on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 7, 2019
Daichi Kamada's brace saves Sint-Truiden in Europa League playoffs
Japan's Daichi Kamada netted a brace in Sint-Truiden's 2-2 away draw with Westerlo on Saturday in the Belgian first-division Europa League playoffs.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 8, 2019
Eagles hurler Takahiro Norimoto to undergo elbow cleanup procedure
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles right-hander Takahiro Norimoto will undergo a cleanup procedure on his pitching elbow next week, general manager Kazuhisa Ishii said Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Mar 4, 2019
Eagles' Takahiro Norimoto leads NPB group chasing Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano
Tomoyuki Sugano is the best pitcher in Japanese baseball.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Feb 10, 2019
Chihiro Kaneko draws attention from Yu Darvish, others, because of change-up
Chihiro Kaneko, as a 35-year-old veteran of 13 seasons, probably possesses a fair amount of wisdom he can impart on the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters pitchers younger than him.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 26, 2019
Calayer's curry slays with both flame and flavor
At Calayer, a curry restaurant that pays homage to thrash metal band Slayer, chef Takahiro Kubo prepares innovative, constantly changing curries for meat-lovers and vegans alike.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2019
Three novelists picked for Japan's Akutagawa and Naoki literary awards
Three novelists were selected Wednesday to receive the country's prestigious Akutagawa and Naoki literary awards for their works that covered a range of contemporary and historical topics.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2018
Suspect in Zama serial murders says the nine victims were 'objects of desire'
Takahiro Shiraishi, a 28-year-old man charged in September with murdering and robbing nine people in his apartment last year, said in recent interviews with Jiji Press that he committed the crimes for money and sex.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 18, 2018
Carp rally past Giants in eighth, move win away from trip to Japan Series
Pinch hitter Takahiro Arai tied the game in the bottom of the eighth before Ryosuke Kikuchi blasted a three-run homer as the Hiroshima Carp came back to beat the Yomiuri Giants 4-1 in Game 2 of the Central League Climax Series Final Stage on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 10, 2018
Suspect in Zama serial killings indicted over all nine murders
Prosecutors determine that the admitted killer is competent to stand trial.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 5, 2018
Hiroshima Carp star Takahiro Arai announces decision to retire
Hiroshima Carp infielder Takahiro Arai on Wednesday announced he will retire from baseball at the end of the 2018 season, drawing the curtain on his 20-year playing career.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
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.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
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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