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WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC

BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 16, 2013
Japan begins preparations for WBC
Samurai Japan hopefuls got under way with a training camp in Miyazaki on Friday as they aim to be named for the squad for the upcoming World Baseball Classic.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 14, 2013
Samurai Japan hopefuls set to report to WBC training camp
With the third World Baseball Classic less than three weeks away, the 33 invitees to manager Koji Yamamoto's Samurai Japan training camp will gather Thursday in Miyazaki and begin training the following day.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 14, 2013
Giants pitcher Utsumi focused on World Baseball Classic
Yomiuri Giants ace Tetsuya Utsumi and his teammates started spring training on Feb. 1 in the pursuit of a second straight Japan Series championship.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 12, 2013
Lions' Makita makes progress with slippery WBC ball
Seibu Lions right-hander Kazuhisa Makita threw two hitless innings Monday as he appears to have adapted his grip to the ball to be used in the upcoming World Baseball Classic.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 12, 2013
WBC manager Yamamoto sees seven Japan candidates in intrasquad game
Japan World Baseball Classic manager Koji Yamamoto got to see seven of the 33 players invited to the national team training camp in action on Monday in a Yomiuri Giants intrasquad game.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 8, 2013
Outfielder Oshima gets elbow treatment
Chunichi Dragons outfielder Yohei Oshima remains in the hunt for one of the spots on Japan's 28-man World Baseball Classic roster on Friday after receiving treatment on his left elbow.
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 8, 2013
Baseball legend Oh to toss first pitch at WBC
Sadaharu Oh, who managed Japan to victory in the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Japan kicks off its 2013 tournament, organizers announced Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 2, 2013
Training camps commence for Japanese baseball teams
Spring training for the 12 Japanese pro baseball teams got under way in earnest on Friday in Miyazaki and Okinawa prefectures ahead of the season openers on March 29.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 1, 2013
Warmup games, rules set for WBC
A set of special rules for the 2013 World Baseball Classic has been announced by tournament organizers, along with a busy schedule of warmup games for those countries who will play in Pool A in Fukuoka from March 2.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Jan 17, 2013
New WBC rules to limit pitch counts
The rules will be more stringent at the upcoming World Baseball Classic tournament in consideration of the workload on pitchers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Dec 5, 2012
Brazil in Japan's group for World Baseball Classic
Brazil will join defending champion Japan, China and Cuba in Pool A as organizers on Monday announced the final pool compositions and the full tournament schedule for the 2013 World Baseball Classic beginning in March.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Dec 2, 2012
Samurai Japan to open defense of WBC title on March 2
Kyodo
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Nov 20, 2012
Ichiro, Kuroda decline WBC invite
Ichiro Suzuki and Hiroki Kuroda confirmed Monday what had already been brewing in the rumor mill: they will not play for two-time defending champion Japan in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Jan 1, 2010
Japan searches for WBC manager
Nippon Professional Baseball is planning to select the Japan national team manager for the 2013 World Baseball Classic as early as July, it was learned Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Apr 7, 2009
Venezuela's Chavez vows WBC win
Visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, known as a baseball enthusiast, said Monday during talks with Prime Minister Taro Aso that his country will win the next World Baseball Classic tournament.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 30, 2009
Steady, reliable Iwakuma played big role in Japan's WBC title defense
The Japanese baseball national team has accomplished another great feat in the just-wrapped-up World Baseball Classic, and made a triumphant return to its homeland on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 26, 2009
Samurai Japan receives heroes' welcome
Japan returned home to a heroes' welcome Wednesday after successfully defending its World Baseball Classic title. The team was greeted with loud cheers from around 1,200 fans as Japan manager Tatsunori Hara led his team through a packed arrivals lobby at Narita airport.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 25, 2009
Heavens align for leading man Ichiro
LOS ANGELES — A star actor always draws the spotlight in the end.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 25, 2009
Japan rules baseball world again
LOS ANGELES — Ichiro Suzuki was having the worst World Baseball Classic imaginable leading up to the WBC final.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 25, 2009
Familiarity breeds respect
LOS ANGELES — On a cool night in Chavez Ravine, the World Baseball Classic lived up to its name.
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.
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.
'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.
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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