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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 14, 2021
Lotte's Ayumu Ishikawa hands Rakuten first back-to-back defeats
Ayumu Ishikawa held the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to a run over seven innings in his first start of the season as the Chiba Lotte Marines won 6-2 on Tuesday, handing the first back-to-back loss of the season to the Pacific League-leading club.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Apr 12, 2021
Tigers hit ground running as Teruaki Sato continues to excite
Let’s all stand back for a minute and marvel at Teruaki Sato.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 10, 2021
Leonys Martin, Manabu Mima help Marines tame Lions
Martin homered in his first two at-bats and the Marines avoided a three-game losing streak.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Apr 5, 2021
BayStars' Daisuke Miura learns wins do not come easily in NPB
On Sunday, he finally won his first game as the team's manager after coming up short eight times.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 1, 2021
Fumiya Motomae notches first win as Marines blow out Eagles
Motomae worked five innings in his pro debut to earn the win.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB Preview
Mar 25, 2021
Hawks remain team to beat in Pacific League as new challengers emerge
The following is the second of a two-part NPB preview ending with the 2021 Pacific League.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 17, 2021
Red Sox announce signing of Hirokazu Sawamura
The Red Sox, who are overhauling their roster after finishing last in the AL East in the shortened 2020 season, view Sawamura as a potential key piece of their bullpen.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 16, 2021
Marines suspend Ikuhiro Kiyota indefinitely over violation of COVID-19 rules
The Chiba Lotte Marines on Friday suspended outfielder Ikuhiro Kiyota indefinitely after he breached the Pacific League club's rules regarding the coronavirus to dine with an outsider and then made a false report.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 24, 2020
BayStars sign former Twins pitcher Fernando Romero
The DeNA BayStars have acquired former Minnesota Twins right-hander Fernando Romero on a one-year deal worth a reported ¥75 million ($724,000), with a team option for a second year, the Central League club said Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 30, 2020
Marines pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura to seek deal with MLB club
The Marines have said they will try to re-sign the right-hander, who is represented by Ichiro Suzuki's agent, John Boggs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 16, 2020
Remembering the Okinawa rape incident that changed Japan-U.S. military relations
It was twenty-five years ago nearly to the day, following the tragic early September 1995 rape of an Okinawan school girl in Kin Village, Okinawa Prefecture, by three U.S. servicemen — two Marines and a Navy medic — that the Commander-in-Chief U.S. Pacific Command made an inexcusable remark during a trip to Washington, D.C. that cost him his career.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 15, 2020
Hawks rally past Marines, advance to Japan Series
SoftBank will aim to win its fourth straight national championship when they face the Central League champion Giants.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 14, 2020
Hawks pounce on Marines' mistakes to move to brink of Japan Series
A win or a tie in Sunday's Game 2 will send SoftBank to its fourth straight Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Nov 9, 2020
Marines punch NPB's final postseason ticket
The Chiba Lotte Marines are in, the Seibu Lions are out and the NPB postseason is set.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Nov 2, 2020
Three-team race for final spot in Pacific League Climax Series down to wire
There is only one race of real consequence remaining in this NPB season and it's still too close to call.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Oct 12, 2020
Marines soldier on after virus outbreak
What a week it was for the Chiba Lotte Marines.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 6, 2020
Eleven Lotte Marines players and staff infected with coronavirus
The news came just a day after the NPB-J. League COVID-19 task force said the two leagues would explore the possibility allowing more fans to attend games.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Sep 28, 2020
Virus-hit Tigers endure tough, eventful week in Central League
The difference between playing a mostly representative NPB season — as opposed to 50 or 60 games — or having it all fall apart was always as tenuous as some dinner plans.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 12, 2020
Marines overpower Lions
Tsuyoshi Sugano and Seiya Inoue both hit two-run first-inning home runs and right-hander Atsuki Taneichi allowed three runs over six innings to earn the win as the Chiba Lotte Marines held off the Saitama Seibu Lions 6-4 in the Pacific League on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 10, 2020
Fans welcomed back into NPB stadiums as COVID-19 precautions eased
Masks, physical distancing and refrained celebrations were the order of the day as teams played in front of crowds for the first time this year.
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.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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