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U S MARINES

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 25, 2013
Nakata, Abreu double-punch sinks Marines
Masaru Takeda pitched three-run ball over five innings, and Sho Nakata and Michel Abreu each homered to power the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in a 5-3 win over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Monday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 24, 2013
Marines scrap for much-needed win over Fighters
The Marines didn't necessarily play their best game, but it didn't bother them. They were desperate for a "W" as the pennant race resumed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2013
U.S. Marines resume live-fire drill in Hokkaido amid local protests
The U.S. Marine Corps resumes a live firing drill in Hokkaido despite local protests, after suspending it because a misaligned 155mm howitzer shell landed outside the range.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 15, 2013
Marines beat BayStars to halt four-game skid
Right-hander Yuki Karakawa allowed a run in six innings to pitch the Pacific League-leading Chiba Lotte Marines to a 3-1 interleague victory over the Yokohama BayStars on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2013
Okinawa pitches Futenma 'dispersal'
Okinawa contacted the office of the U.S. secretary of defense earlier this week with proposals to relocate the contingent at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to other parts of Japan outside the prefecture, saying there are 35 commercial airports and military facilities, from Kyushu to Hokkaido, that could serve as candidate sites.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 9, 2013
Tigers' Nomi extends winning streak to five
Takahiro Arai hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the fourth inning, Atsushi Nomi went the distance on one-run ball, and the Hanshin Tigers held on for a 3-1 win over the Pacific League-leading Chiba Lotte Marines in interleague play on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 1, 2013
Marines benefiting from ace Naruse's poise, maturity
Yoshihisa Naruse was the new kid on the block back in 2006, a fresh face in his first season pitching for a Chiba Lotte Marines team that had won the Japan Series the year before.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 1, 2013
Karakawa helps Marines top Giants, become winningest team in NPB
Yuki Karakawa worked into the eighth inning to earn the victory as the Pacific League-leading Chiba Lotte Marines defeated the Yomiuri Giants 4-3 on Friday in an interleague battle between Japan's best two teams.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 24, 2013
Murton maintains torrid pace in Chiba
There's something about the Chiba Lotte Marines' home field that brings out the best in Matt Murton.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 16, 2013
Giants edge Marines on Chono's sayonara double
Hisayoshi Chono delivered a two-run, ninth-inning double to lift the Yomiuri Giants to 5-4 walk-off interleague win over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 10, 2013
Wild pitch in 11th carries Marines to eighth straight win
Takashi Ogino had the chance to be the hero with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 11th inning. It would've been fitting too, with the Chiba Lotte Marines star playing in his second game of the season, after missing most of 2012 with a leg injury.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 28, 2013
Imae delivers game-changing double for Marines
Toshiaki Imae threw one fist in the air as his face lit up with the smile Chiba Lotte Marines fans have come to love over the years, and everyone else at QVC Marine Field, with the exception of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, was probably smiling right along with him.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 26, 2013
Emergency meeting pays off for Marines
The Marines erased a four-run deficit over the final four innings, taking the lead on Josh Whitesell's tiebreaking solo home run in ninth, and got themselves back on track with a win over the Lions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 24, 2013
Lions' Makita tosses eight-hit shutout
Kazuhisa Makita, the Seibu's submarine right-hander, scattered eight hits over the distance for his first shutout of the season as the Pacific League-leading Lions beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 8-0 on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 21, 2013
Marines rally past Eagles
The Chiba Lotte Marines' pitchers were off to a good start, but the team's offense was having a little trouble getting things going against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 9, 2013
Marines' Whitesell bashes three home runs in rout
Josh Whitesell homered three times and Yuji Nishino won the first game of his career in his first start as the Chiba Lotte Marines defeated the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 11-2 to snap a three-game skid Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2013
2020 eyed for Okinawa marine shift
The U.S. military aims to complete the redeployment to Guam of marine elements now in Okinawa by 2020, according to recent congressional testimony by Adm. Samuel Locklear, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, and other sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2013
Nago mayor starts policy speech with antibase stand
The mayor of Nago, the proposed Okinawa site of an airbase to replace U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, reiterated his resolve Monday to block the project.

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