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U S MARINES

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2013
Marines belt three homers in Game 1 rout over Lions
The Chiba Lotte Marines had trouble winning at Seibu Dome during the regular season, but the postseason gave them a chance to wipe the slate clean and start anew.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 11, 2013
Marines look to reverse trend against PL rival Lions at Seibu Dome
The Chiba Lotte Marines need to vanquish their season's worth of bad memories at Seibu Dome when they seek to overcome the Seibu Lions' home-field advantage during this weekend's Pacific League Climax Series' first stage as both leagues' postseasons get under way.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2013
Buffaloes knock Marines into third place
Orix lefty Yuji Maeda worked six innings and three relievers completed a three-hit shutout as the Buffaloes defeated the playoff-bound Chiba Lotte Marines 1-0 on Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 27, 2013
Marines rout new PL champion Eagles
A night after breaking out the bubbly to celebrate their first ever Pacific League title, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles were understandably in need of a collective pick-me-up during a sluggish performance against the second-place Chiba Lotte Marines.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 17, 2013
Okinawa Ospreys can be sent to islets claimed by China: U.S. general
The commanding general of the U.S. Marines in Okinawa tells Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima that MV-22 Osprey aircraft stationed at the Futenma air station could be dispatched to the disputed Senkaku Islands if needed.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 9, 2013
Furuya capitalizes on second chance to beat Lions
A night after having a dreadful start mercifully aborted by rain, Chiba Lotte lefty Takuya Furuya (7-1) allowed two runs in seven innings in the Marines' 4-3 win over the Seibu Lions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 23, 2013
Eagles ace Tanaka improves to 18-0
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles right-hander Masahiro Tanaka won his 22nd consecutive decision Friday, extending his own Japanese pro baseball record dating back to Aug. 26, 2012.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2013
Abe urges McCain to budget for U.S. Marine forces shift to Guam
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked U.S. Sen. John McCain on Wednesday to ensure Washington allocates budgetary funds to help cover the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps personnel to Guam from Okinawa, as agreed upon by the two countries.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 12, 2013
U.S. resumes Osprey transfers to Futenma base
The U.S. Marines resume transferring MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, to Okinawa, triggering criticism a week after a fatal U.S. Air Force chopper crash in the prefecture.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 31, 2013
Fighters end six-game slide with offensive outburst
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters rookie Shohei Otani wasn't very good on Tuesday night, and the Chiba Lotte Marines' Tomohisa Otani didn't fare much better.Neither of the dueling Otanis went home with a decision, but Shohei Otani's teammates made sure he left QVC Marine Field the happier of the two.Shogo Akada capped a four-run fifth inning with a tie breaking RBI double, Shota Ono and Daikan Yoh blew the game open with home runs in the ninth, and the Fighters added to Lotte's recent struggles with a 9-5 win in front of a crowd of 27,904 in Chiba.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 28, 2013
Eagles rally to sweep Marines
Shintaro Masuda singled in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Eagles came from behind to beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 5-4 on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 27, 2013
First-place Eagles clobber Marines
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles stretched their Pacific League lead to four games on Saturday as right-hander Kenji Tomura worked eight innings in an 8-1 victory over the second-place Chiba Lotte Marines.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 26, 2013
Shima delivers game-winning hit in ninth
Three outs from seeing their ace's winning streak snapped, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth on Friday to beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 3-2.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 17, 2013
Brazell smacks two HRs as Marines maul Hawks
New acquisition Craig Brazell hit a pair of impressive home runs and journeyman lefty Takuya Furuya had a solid outing as the Chiba Lotte Marines beat the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 7-3 on a rainy Wednesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 10, 2013
Buffaloes rally to beat Marines
The first half of the game belonged to the Chiba Lotte Marines, but that wasn't enough to get them out of the bog they're stuck in right now.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 4, 2013
Eagles soar past Marines, grab share of first place
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles moved into a tie for the Pacific League lead on Thursday following an 8-4 win over the Chiba Lotte Marines, who started the day with a one-game advantage.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 3, 2013
Eagles' Tanaka improves to 11-0
Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka flummoxed another would-be lineup, continuing his stunning run from the start of the season by winning his 11th consecutive decision in the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' 7-0 triumph over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 1, 2013
Marines' bats come alive to sink Hawks
Shunichi Nemoto homered and drove in four runs and Daichi Suzuki went 4-for-5 with three RBIs as the Chiba Lotte Marines walloped the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 11-3 on Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 27, 2013
Marines Furuya misses no-hitter with two outs in ninth
Chiba Lotte lefty Takuya Furuya fooled Orix Buffaloes batters for 8⅔ innings before losing his no-hitter, but held on to throw a one-hit shutout in his second career start.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 25, 2013
Marines need power bat to aid chase for Pa League crown
The Chiba Lotte Marines have done just fine without a real power hitter in their lineup for most of the season.
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The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
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.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Air China to buy 100 locally made C919 jets in $11 billion deal
A Comac C919 during an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore in February
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
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