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WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 5, 2009
Japan hungry for second WBC title
Ichiro Suzuki expects Asian baseball to once again show the world its might on the international stage over the next two weeks.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 5, 2009
Relaxed ace Darvish gets to grips with ball
When Yu Darvish was surrounded by hordes of reporters and asked whether his condition was developing favorably, the sole answer he gave them was: "I think so."
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 4, 2009
Japan gets in final WBC workouts
The upcoming World Baseball Classic has generated excitement throughout Japan.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 4, 2009
Players devote extra time to WBC preparations
With two days remaining until the start of the World Baseball Classic, Team Japan held a light two-hour workout in the indoor facility of Jingu Gaien in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Tuesday afternoon. Due to cold weather, the team practiced there instead of holding its workout outside at Jingu Stadium.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 3, 2009
Vexing slump has Ichiro searching for answers
There is no argument that Ichiro Suzuki will again be the star attraction for the Japanese team in its hunt for consecutive championships in the World Baseball Classic, but right now he isn't even a supporting cast member.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 1, 2009
Lions rout Samurai Japan
The World Baseball Classic finally made its return to Tokyo. Unfortunately for Samurai Japan, so did the Seibu Lions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 28, 2009
Iwakuma, Sugiuchi pick up slack for stars
After facing Australia in a pair of exhibitions, Samurai Japan is in Tokyo with two big wins and two nagging questions before the start of the WBC.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 26, 2009
Woeful Australia helps Japan win
Japan overcame a shaky start by Daisuke Matsuzaka with quality at-bats en route to an 11-2 victory over Australia in a World Baseball Classic exhibition game Wednesday at Kyocera Dome in Osaka.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 25, 2009
Japan trounces Australia in WBC tuneup game
Akinori Iwamura hit a pair of sacrifice flies and Hisashi Iwakuma threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of a wild Yu Darvish, leading Japan to an 8-2 rout of Australia in a World Baseball Classic exhibition game Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 23, 2009
Japan's final roster
Pitchers — Takahiro Mahara (Softbank Hawks), Toshiya Sugiuchi (Softbank Hawks), Yu Darvish (Nippon Ham Fighters), Satoshi Komatsu (Orix Buffaloes), Masahiro Tanaka (Rakuten Eagles), Hisashi Iwakuma (Rakuten Eagles), Hideaki Wakui (Seibu Lions), Shunsuke Watanabe (Lotte Marines), Minoru Iwata (Hanshin Tigers), Kyuji Fujikawa (Hanshin Tigers), Tetsuya Utsumi (Yomiuri Giants), Tetsuya Yamaguchi (Yomiuri Giants), Daisuke Matsuzaka (Boston Red Sox)
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 23, 2009
Schiller not letting steroid issue damage fight to get baseball in Games
As bad as the steroid issue has been over the past several years, International Baseball Federation president Harvey Schiller thinks he can see the light.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 23, 2009
Japan finalizes WBC roster
Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki and Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka are among the five major leaguers who were named to Japan's final 28-man roster Sunday for the upcoming World Baseball Classic.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 22, 2009
Samurai Japan routs Yomiuri
MIYAZAKI (Kyodo) Atsunori Inaba drove in four runs to put Japan on the way to a 10-0 win over the Yomiuri Giants on Saturday in its first warm-up for the upcoming World Baseball Classic.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 20, 2009
Schiller works to keep baseball on world stage
As Major League Baseball struggles to decide how to punish players who take performance-enhancing drugs, International Baseball Federation president Harvey Schiller made his opinion on the matter loud and clear as it pertains to the upcoming World Baseball Classic.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 19, 2009
Japanese pitching trio impresses
Daisuke Matsuzaka, Yu Darvish and Hisashi Iwakuma are hoping to set the bar for the caliber of starting pitching to be expected as Japan takes aim to defend its title at the second World Baseball Classic next month.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 18, 2009
Lions' Zhu earns spot on China's WBC team
Seibu Lions right-hander Zhu Dawei has been selected to China's final roster for the second World Baseball Classic getting under way next month, the Pacific League club said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 17, 2009
WBC champion Japan opens star-filled camp
Ichiro Suzuki showed off his arm in right field and Daisuke Matsuzaka threw a bullpen session as 33 Japanese players started a weeklong camp Monday in preparation for the second World Baseball Classic.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 4, 2009
Closer to skip WBC
Newly acquired Yomiuri Giants right-hander Micheal Nakamura has decided not to play for the Australian national team at the World Baseball Classic in March, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Jan 24, 2009
Slugger Seguignol to skip WBC
SENDAI (Kyodo) Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles first baseman-designated hitter Fernando Seguignol has turned down an invitation to play for Panama in the World Baseball Classic in March, the club said Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Jan 16, 2009
Hara disappointed by Saito pullout
Japan manager Tatsunori Hara expressed his disappointment Thursday in Takashi Saito's decision to sit out the World Baseball Classic but understands the pitcher's situation.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'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.
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.
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.
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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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