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TAKEDA

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 25, 2015
Hawks blank Buffaloes, extend winning streak to five
Kenta Imamiya broke up a scoreless game and Shota Takeda won a tough pitchers' duel as the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka Softbank Hawks won their fifth straight, downing the Orix Buffaloes 2-0 on Saturday afternoon.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 7, 2015
Lions' Akiyama nabs monthly accolade
Seibu Lions leadoff hitter Shogo Akiyama, who is in pursuit of Japan's single-season hits record, won his second Player of the Month Award on Tuesday, when the monthly honor roll was announced.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jul 4, 2015
Design that sounds good and looks even better on paper
Folding Tokyo's icons
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 17, 2015
Kyoto University and Takeda join hands on iPS cell venture
Kyoto University's iPS cell research institute and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. said Friday they will launch a 10-year, ¥20 billion joint program to focus on regenerative medicine and drug discovery using iPS cells.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 27, 2014
Takeda comes of age with Tigers-taming performance
Shota Takeda stood at the center of a maelstrom during the sixth inning in Game 2 of the Japan Series. The Hanshin Tigers were rallying, and their fans, who in their home ballpark might be Japan's loudest on a normal day, were practically roaring at the prospect of their team, which had a runner on second, turning a one-run deficit into a tie game or, even better, an outright lead.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 26, 2014
Takeda delivers stellar outing in Game 2 for victorious Hawks
Shota Takeda left Fukuoka Softbank Hawks fans singing in the rain in his Japan Series debut.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 17, 2014
Takeda wins pitching duel as Hawks hold off Buffaloes
Shota Takeda won a scintillating pitcher's duel on Sunday to help the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks beat the Orix Buffaloes 1-0 and avoid a three-game sweep at the hands of their nearest rivals for the Pacific League pennant.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2014
GSDF to station unit on Amami-Oshima for island defense
The Defense Ministry asked local authorities on Tuesday for their cooperation in establishing a Ground Self-Defense Force unit on Amami-Oshima Island as part of efforts to boost the defense of remote islands in the region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / EXECUTIVE DECISIONS
Aug 11, 2014
Takeda Pharmaceutical to stay Japan-based while growing on global basis, new French leader vows
The inauguration in June of Christophe Weber as president of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. invited opposition from a group of its former executives and members of its founding family, but the Frenchman says Takeda will remain "Japanese-based" under his leadership.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 2, 2014
New COO pledges to take Takeda to the top
Christophe Weber, the new chief operating officer of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., said Wednesday he aims to make the company the world's leading drugmaker by drawing on his more than two decades of business experience at GlaxoSmithKline.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 2, 2014
The limitations of a medium can also be its artistic freedom
New work by the young photographer Yusuke Takeda shows how a mechanical limitation of digital cameras can be turned into a positive feature.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2013
IOC unworried by Fukushima water leaks, JOC says
The International Olympic Committee is completely unfazed by the continued radioactive water leaks at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2013
Tokyo's bid team gears up to make final push for 2020 Summer Games
Tokyo prepares to make its last pitch to the International Olympic Committee before Saturday's vote on the host of the 2020 Summer Olympics.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 10, 2013
Takeda tops Takanashi for ski jump gold
Women's World Cup champion Sara Takanashi was cut down to size by Ayuka Takeda as she finished second at the Ski Jumping National Championships on Saturday.
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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