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TOKYO YAKULT SWALLOWS

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.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 17, 2017
Sato ends epic winless drought against Giants
Haunted to some extent by a poor showing in his last outing, Yoshinori Sato took the mound determined to set things right.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 4, 2017
Fukudome's hot bat sends Tigers past Swallows again
There were fireworks the last time the Hanshin Tigers' Shintaro Fujinami pitched against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 8, 2017
Future high-rise building could provide free views of Jingu Stadium games
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 of the new National Stadium to the T intersection...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Apr 3, 2017
First NPB weekend provides excitement but few real answers
Nippon Professional Baseball finally made its return over the weekend, as fans streamed into ballparks around Japan to support their favorite teams. The camaraderie forged by the common goal of the World Baseball Classic was replaced by loyalty to different teams and players as the pennant races officially...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2017 NPB PREVIEW
Mar 30, 2017
Carp set sights on repeat performance in Central League
The following is the second of a two-part NPB preview beginning with the 2016 Central League champions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 11, 2017
Talented, youthful Dutch squad no longer a secret
Wladimir Balentien, the affable slugging outfielder for the Netherlands and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, said he knew the young group of players darting around the infield for the Dutch during the World Baseball Classic four years ago were going to be special.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 29, 2016
BayStars, fans give Miura emotional send-off in final start of 25-year career
Daisuke Miura didn't get a fairy tale ending. Instead, Hama no Bancho (Boss of Yokohama) went out fighting; grinding for every last out in a blaze of guts and glory as he tried to summon every last ounce of baseball left in his 42-year-old body and leave it all on the field.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 4, 2016
Swallows' Sato cools off potent Carp offense
Yoshinori Sato held back NPB's top offense for as long as he could. It turned out to be just long enough for one of Japan's top offensive players to put the game away.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 4, 2016
Swallows slugger Balentien maintains desire to play in 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Wladimir Balentien suited up for the Netherlands at the Olympics in Athens in 2004, a point in his career before he'd made his MLB debut or even given the first thought to playing in Japan. Balentien might be in the process of winding things down four years from now, but the Tokyo Yakult Swallows slugger...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 29, 2016
Veteran mainstays guide Giants past Swallows
For one night, it almost felt like old times for the Yomiuri Giants. Shinnosuke Abe and Hayato Sakamoto were hitting home runs and Tetsuya Utsumi was making sure the other team didn't.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 24, 2016
Swallows' Yamada pounces on Dragons in series opener
Japanese baseball's interleague interlude gave Central League pitchers a brief respite from having their ERAs ruined by Tetsuto Yamada. But on a somewhat wet Friday night at Jingu Stadium, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows star declared school was back in session.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 13, 2016
Sakamoto lifts Giants to dramatic 12th-inning triumph over rival Swallows
Two mistakes were about to cost the Yomiuri Giants a win, until one key hit sent the Kyojin, and one of the biggest crowds of the season, home happy.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 23, 2016
Will Swallows become a 'gypsy' team in 2020?
A recent news item indicates Tokyo's Jingu Stadium may be closed from May to October in 2020 because of the Olympic Games. I am not certain why it has to be closed for five months but can understand.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 26, 2016
Cruz, Chono carry Giants past Swallows
Luis Cruz thought he had a home run in his first game in a Yomiuri Giants uniform, but had to settle for a double following a replay review.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 25, 2016
Giants treat new skipper Takahashi to season-opening victory over Swallows
So far, so good for Yoshinobu Takahashi and the Yomiuri Giants.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2016 JAPANESE BASEBALL PREVIEW
Mar 23, 2016
Giants lead pack trying to dethrone Swallows
The following is the first of a two-part NPB preview beginning with the 2016 Central League:
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Feb 29, 2016
Healthy Balentien ready to make up for lost time
Wladimir Balentien laughed his familiar laugh as he held court in the visitor's dugout at Tokyo Dome, making rapid-fire transitions between a number of topics, from the yakiniku he ate in Okinawa, to teammate Tetsuto Yamada or whatever else popped into his head at the time.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 4, 2016
Lucchino says MLB not an easy move for Japanese players
Larry Lucchino is very comfortable in Japan and it's no wonder why. Lucchino presided over one of the most successful periods in the history of the Boston Red Sox franchise, as the team's president and CEO from 2002-2015, and many of the Japanese players he helped bring on board played a role during...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 30, 2015
Fortuitous move to bullpen led Barnette to majors
The last game pitcher Tony Barnette ever started for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows came against the Chunichi Dragons on March 8, 2011, during spring training. Barnette had already had one life-altering moment that spring — he'd proposed to now-wife Hillary before leaving Arizona for Japan — and, though...
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic champion in wrestling, dies at 44
Hitomi Obara competes at the London Olympics in August 2012.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
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