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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 7, 2022
Tsuyoshi Wada wins second straight start as Hawks preserve PL lead
The 41-year-old allowed just three hits and no walks while striking out four in just 63 pitches.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 21, 2022
Tsuyoshi Wada pitches Hawks past Fighters to series sweep
The win at PayPay Dome completed a three-game sweep for the Hawks, who began the day a half-game back of the first-place Saitama Seibu Lions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 20, 2022
NPB experiencing surge of no-hitters
With four no-hitters and a couple of near misses already this season, it's possible there is more misery on the horizon for NPB hitters.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 21, 2021
Oscar-winning Japanese costume designer Emi Wada dies at 84
A Kyoto native, Wada won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design in 1986 for her work on Akira Kurosawa's film 'Ran.'
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 31, 2021
Japan's Shinya Wada wins silver in men's T11 1,500 meters
The 44-year-old Wada won in 4 minutes and 5.27 seconds. Yeltsin Jacques of Brazil won gold in a world record time of 3:57.60.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 27, 2021
Japan's Kenya Karasawa and Shinya Wada take Paralympic silver and bronze in men's T11 5,000m
In his Paralympics debut, Kenya Karasawa surged forward with a lap to go and scorched past most of the field to finish second in the men's T11 5,000-meter event.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 20, 2021
'A Madder Red': Yuya Ishii's pandemic drama is scattershot but soulful
Social realism rubs up against melodrama in the film 'A Madder Red,' which focuses on a single mother dealing with economic challenges during the pandemic.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 5, 2020
Hawks veteran Tsuyoshi Wada gets first win
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks southpaw Tsuyoshi Wada held the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters hitless through the sixth inning in an 8-3 Pacific League victory on Saturday.
Japan Times
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Mar 30, 2020
Wrestler So Sakabe shares tale of struggle to get doping ban overturned
If anyone knows about the complexities of anti-doping rule violations, it's Greco-Roman wrestler So Sakabe.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 27, 2020
Japan Inc. urged to change entrenched views of paternity leave
As one of the country's most high-profile politicians breaks new ground for a Cabinet minister by taking paternity leave, some lawmakers and businesses are aiming to change the way corporate Japan views time off for new dads.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2020
As quarantine nears end, clearing coronavirus-hit ship is daunting task for Japan
With thousands to be tested before the quarantine ends on Wednesday, the outgunned health ministry is mum about the idea of an extension.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 30, 2020
Japan hopefully has time to build virus defenses before Olympics, professor says
Vaccines against a coronavirus that has killed 170 people in China probably won't be ready by the start of the Tokyo Summer Olympics, a professor who looked at health risks ahead of the games said, adding that he hoped that there was enough time to build defenses.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 27, 2019
Russia confirms it will appeal four-year Olympic doping ban
Russia has confirmed that it will appeal against its four-year Olympic ban for manipulating doping data.
OLYMPICS
Dec 19, 2019
Russia appeals four-year doping ban
Russia's anti-doping agency RUSADA will appeal the four-year ban from major sporting events, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics handed to the country over allegations of state-sponsored doping and repeated cover-up attempts, Tass news agency reported Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2019
Hawks sweep Giants to win third straight Japan Series
The end of the NPB season in 2019 looks a lot like it did last year... and in 2017, 2015 and 2014 too.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2019
Kazuo Wada, former chairman of collapsed retailer Yaohan, dies at 90
Kazuo Wada, the former chairman of retail group Yaohan, which fell into bankruptcy in 1997, died of natural causes on Aug. 19, sources close to him said Thursday. He was 90.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 22, 2019
Solid pitching from Tsuyoshi Wada, big hits from veterans carry Hawks past Buffaloes
Pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada worked six innings, Seiichi Uchikawa doubled in two runs, and Yuki Yanagita homered in his second game back from rehab to lead the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a 5-1 come-from-behind win over the Orix Buffaloes on Thursday in the Pacific League.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 12, 2019
Hawks win as Alfredo Despaigne's homers decide Wada-Kaneko classic
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks slugger Alfredo Despaigne stole the spotlight from a duel of big-name pitchers on Monday, homering twice to lead the Pacific League-leading SoftBank Hawks to a 6-3 win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 23, 2019
Tsuyoshi Wada, Shuhei Fukuda lead Hawks past Giants to interleague title
Tsuyoshi Wada threw five masterful innings, and Shuhei Fukuda homered twice as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks clinched their eighth interleague championship with a 5-1 win over the Yomiuri Giants on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 5, 2019
Alfredo Despaigne homer helps Hawks put away Dragons
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks made the most of having former ace Tsuyoshi Wada on the mound for the first time since 2017 in a 5-2 interleague win over the Chunichi Dragons on Wednesday.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
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.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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