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Swallows make themselves at home at Tokyo Dome

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Nov 24, 2021

Swallows make themselves at home at Tokyo Dome

by Jason Coskrey

Unable to chase their first Japan Series since 2001 at Jingu Stadium due to a scheduling conflict, the team and their fans are making the most of the Big Egg experience.

Tokyo Dome considered as coronavirus vaccination venue

National May 24, 2021

Tokyo Dome considered as coronavirus vaccination venue

Yomiuri Giants owner Toshikazu Yamaguchi proposed the plan to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who appeared to support it.

Mitsui Fudosan successfully acquires Tokyo Dome via tender offer

Business / Corporate Jan 20, 2021

Mitsui Fudosan successfully acquires Tokyo Dome via tender offer

Tokyo Dome is projecting a net loss of ¥18 billion for the business year through Jan. 31.

Mitsui Fudosan set to bid for Tokyo Dome to ward off Oasis

Business / Corporate Nov 27, 2020

Mitsui Fudosan set to bid for Tokyo Dome to ward off Oasis

by Takako Taniguchi and Takashi Nakamichi

The real estate company is preparing to make a tender offer of about ¥100 billion ($960 million), sources say.

Swallows' Alcides Escobar gets unexpected silent treatment in return to Japan

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Mar 1, 2020

Swallows' Alcides Escobar gets unexpected silent treatment in return to Japan

by Jim Allen

The lively atmosphere Alcides Escobar expected for his Tokyo Dome return was silenced by Japan's efforts to counter the spread of the new coronavirus known as COVID-19. In November 2014, the longtime defensive wiz with the Milwaukee Brewers and Kansas City Royals got a taste ...

Giants and Swallows compete without familiar sights and sounds at ballpark

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Feb 29, 2020

Giants and Swallows compete without familiar sights and sounds at ballpark

by Jason Coskrey

The return of pro baseball to Tokyo Dome on Saturday night was greeted by a jarring silence. There were no songs or chants to welcome the players to the plate nor the blaring of trumpets to provide the familiar soundtrack to the NPB experience. Instead, it ...

COVID-19 fears hit live music in Japan

Music | Sound Off Feb 26, 2020

COVID-19 fears hit live music in Japan

by Patrick St. Michel

With fears over the COVID-19 outbreak increasing, a slew of overseas artists have cancelled live shows in Japan, while others are determined that the show must go on.

Seattle left-hander Marco Gonzales maintains normal focus for first Opening Day start

Baseball / MLB Mar 19, 2019

Seattle left-hander Marco Gonzales maintains normal focus for first Opening Day start

by Jason Coskrey

Opening Day is a celebratory time for baseball fans. It's when a long winter gives way to spring and the familiar crack of balls ricocheting off wooden bats. The atmosphere promises to be even more jubilant than usual for Seattle Mariners fans, for whom the ...

Ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. excited about return to Japan

More Sports / Boxing Apr 14, 2018

Ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. excited about return to Japan

by Kaz Nagatsuka

World-renowned boxing and mixed martial arts ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. has introduced fighters in 35 countries in his long career. And he calls Japan one of "my favorite" nations to work in. The 59-year-old Lennon, the ring announcer when Ryota Murata captured the WBA middleweight ...

Baseball community, friends reflect on Graczyk's life

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | HIT AND RUN Apr 21, 2017

Baseball community, friends reflect on Graczyk's life

by Jason Coskrey

Whenever the Yomiuri Giants were scheduled to play at home, I knew my phone would ring. "Are you going to Tokyo Dome?" Wayne Graczyk would ask. He wanted to know how many seats to keep free in the press box and how many doughnuts he ...

Future high-rise building could provide free views of Jingu Stadium games

Baseball | BASEBALL BULLET-IN Apr 8, 2017

Future high-rise building could provide free views of Jingu Stadium games

by Wayne Graczyk

It appears some apartment dwellers in Tokyo will soon have a great view of Yakult Swallows games at Meiji Jingu Stadium. A high-rise building is under construction right across the street from the ballpark. It's on the road that runs from the future site ...

MLB Network’s Martinez, Waltz inform and entertain during WBC telecasts

Baseball | BASEBALL BULLET-IN Mar 25, 2017

MLB Network’s Martinez, Waltz inform and entertain during WBC telecasts

by Wayne Graczyk

Good show put on by Major League Baseball and the organizers of the 2017 World Baseball Classic Asia rounds held in Seoul and Tokyo earlier this month. With the new Gocheok Sky Dome in South Korea, MLB was able to hold its first sanctioned event ...

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