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TAKAHIRO AO

Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 28, 2017
Organ donations and transplants still face obstacles in Japan
It has been 20 years since the government legalized organ transplants from brain-dead donors, and seven years since the law was revised to allow children to donate organs and families to approve organ donations of loved ones unilaterally.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 20, 2017
Nakamura homer carries Hawks past Eagles as playoff series heats up
Akira Nakamura's two-run homer broke an eighth-inning tie in the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' 7-5 win over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Friday, evening the Pacific League Climax Series Final Stage at two wins apiece.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 14, 2017
Lions devour Eagles in Game 1
The NPB postseason began with the promise of a pitcher's duel, with a pair of aces on the mound on a chilly Saturday afternoon in Saitama Prefecture.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 13, 2017
Lions' Yusei Kikuchi brings dominating record against Eagles into opening stage of PL Climax Series
Seibu Lions lefty Yusei Kikuchi could be a key to which team the Pacific League sends to play in the Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 6, 2017
Yuki Yoshimura hammers solo blast in 12th to carry Hawks past Buffaloes
Pinch hitter Yuki Yoshimura hit a walk-off solo shot in the bottom of the 12th inning as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks rallied to beat the Orix Buffaloes 4-3 on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 3, 2017
Eagles rally past Lions
Takahiro Norimoto allowed a run over six innings and Zelous Wheeler's home run brought the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles from behind in a crucial 2-1 win over the Seibu Lions on Monday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 16, 2017
Cristiano's late strike gives Reysol draw against Marinos
Kashiwa Reysol striker Cristiano scored an 88th-minute equalizer to salvage a 1-1 draw against Yokohama F. Marinos on Saturday in a result that did little for either side's J. League title ambitions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 12, 2017
How Honda lost its mojo, and the mission to get it back
The driver punched the air as his red and white McLaren-Honda roared over the finish line. It was in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, 1988, and Ayrton Senna had just become Formula One world champion for the first time. The McLaren racing team and its engine maker, Honda Motor, were unstoppable that year, their drivers winning all but one of the 16 grand prix races.
SOCCER
Aug 12, 2017
German club Ingolstadt gives midfielder Sekine four-year deal
German second-division team Ingolstadt on Friday announced the signing of former Urawa Reds midfielder Takahiro Sekine to a four-year contract.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 6, 2017
Sekine leaving Urawa for German second division
Midfielder Takahiro Sekine will soon be plying his trade in Germany, his J. League first-division team Urawa Reds announced Sunday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 5, 2017
Umbilical: Linking friends with fine food and wine
Tokyo is a tough place to open any business, especially your first restaurant. Along with kitchen skills and front-of-house nous, you need the right location, good connections and a strong underlying raison d'etre. A catchy name and some funky background music can't hurt either, as the folks at Umbilical have clearly realized.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 26, 2017
Eagles prevail in duel between Pacific League's top teams
Takahiro Norimoto won a scintillating pitchers' duel with Rick van den Hurk, before the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles added on a few more runs against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' bullpen during a 4-1 win on Wednesday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 24, 2017
Saito takes foil silver at world championships; Shikine earns bronze
Toshiya Saito and Takahiro Shikine won silver and bronze, respectively, in the men's individual foil at the World Fencing Championships on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 7, 2017
Carp sink Swallows on Arai's three-run blast in ninth inning
Everything was set up for the Hiroshima Carp to lose.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 3, 2017
In a first, Okayama hospital combines healthy parts of donor's lungs to make one for transplant
The recipient is in stable condition and should be discharged from the hospital in about three months.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 1, 2017
Reds' Sekine sinks Sanfrecce in injury time to cap J. League thriller
Takahiro Sekine scored an injury-time wonder goal as Urawa Reds beat Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4-3 in a wild J. League encounter on Saturday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 29, 2017
Eagles' Norimoto, seven other players selected by peers as All-Stars
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles hurler Takahiro Norimoto was among eight players added Thursday to the Central and Pacific League All-Star teams following votes from NPB players.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 27, 2017
Arai provides winning spark for Carp in triumph over BayStars
Takahiro Arai, the Central League's 2016 MVP, provided the off-the-bench heroics on Tuesday in the Hiroshima Carp's 4-3 win over the Yokohama BayStars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 15, 2017
Hara tosses first career complete game to outduel Norimoto
Second-year right-hander Juri Hara outpitched Takahiro Norimoto to lead the Tokyo Yakult Swallows to a 6-2 interleague win over the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jun 12, 2017
Eagles show mettle during series with Carp
While you never want to get too caught up in a series in early June, the results from Sendai over the weekend are well worth remembering as the season stretches onward.
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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