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YAKULT SWALLOWS

BASEBALL
Dec 25, 2013
Swallows acquire lefty pitcher Narveson
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows announced Wednesday that they have signed 32-year-old pitcher Chris Narveson.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Nov 30, 2013
For once, MVP voters got things right
One thing that's always surprising when NPB voters get both the Pacific and Central League MVP winners right.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 4, 2013
Balentien blasts 60th home run in defeat
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows held a farewell game for outgoing star Shinya Miyamoto on Friday, with Wladimir Balentien providing the fireworks with his 60th home run.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 2, 2013
Matsuoka tosses shutout against Giants
Ninth-year right-hander Kenichi Matsuoka threw his first-career shutout, Tetsuto Yamada homered and the last-place Tokyo Yakult Swallows blanked the Central League-winning Yomiuri Giants 1-0 on Wednesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 15, 2013
Balentien sets new Japan single-season home run record
As soon as Wladimir Balentien's bat made contact with Daiki Enokida's fastball there was no doubt: Japan had just crowned a new home run king.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 14, 2013
Swallows snap losing streak in wild encounter with Tigers
A prized rookie pitcher went head-to-head with a slugger on a historical pace before a fight broke out and before and a player dove across home plate to successfully execute a suicide squeeze.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 13, 2013
Balentien still waiting as Tigers beat Swallows
Wladimir Balentien said getting to 55 was "the hard part" in his quest to set a new single-season home run record.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 12, 2013
Carp double up Swallows; Balentien remains at 55 homers
There were plenty of balls flying out of Jingu Stadium on Thursday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 11, 2013
Balentien ties single-season home run record
Before facing the Hiroshima Carp, Wladimir Balentien and teammate Ryoji Aikawa decided they were going to go with a high-sock look, or as Balentien put it, "old-school, Sadaharu Oh-style."
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 11, 2013
Balentien ties single-season home run record
Wladimir Balentien turned Japanese baseball's record-setting trio into a quartet.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 10, 2013
Balentien belts 54th home run in loss to Carp
Wladimir Balentien moved one step closer to history, and the Hiroshima Carp remained on track for a long-awaited trip to the postseason.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 5, 2013
Swallows first baseman Hatakeyama sidelined with torn oblique muscle
The injury-plagued Tokyo Yakult Swallows suffered another blow on Thursday, when first baseman Kazuhiro Hatakeyama was diagnosed with an injury that may cause him to miss the rest of the regular season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 31, 2013
Balentien maintains poise, perspective as he chases single-season HR record
Wladimir Balentien flips on the television and takes in a rare moment of relaxation. Instead of his Tokyo Yakult Swallows uniform, which will be worn later, he's clad simply in a red T-shirt commemorating his back-to-back home run titles and yellow shorts from a past NPB All-Star Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 30, 2013
Balentien belts 52nd home run, moves closer to single-season record
Wladimir Balentien took another step toward the single-season home run record, while the Tokyo Yakult Swallows dealt a blow to their opponents' Climax Series hopes.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 27, 2013
Balentien blasts 49th, 50th homers of season
Wladimir Balentien of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows hit his 49th and 50th home runs Tuesday to move within five of tying Japanese baseball's single-season record.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 22, 2013
Balentien smacks pair of homers as Swallows maul Giants
Wladimir Balentien had his second-straight two-homer game on Thursday as the last-place Tokyo Yakult Swallows hammered the Central League-leading Yomiuri Giants 8-3.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 15, 2013
Wada, Tanishige provide offensive spark for Dragons
Kazuhiro Wada hit a tying home run leading off the sixth inning and pinch hitter Motonobu Tanishige had a go-ahead RBI single as the Chunichi Dragons edged the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6-5 on Thursday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 10, 2013
Swallows send BayStars to ninth straight loss
The Yokohama BayStars had enough fight to force extra innings on Saturday, but could not halt their losing streak as Atori Ota (1-3) issued four 11th-inning walks, sealing a 3-2 walk-off defeat to the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 8, 2013
Kawabata delivers game-winning hit for Swallows
A night after sealing a victory with his glove, Shingo Kawabata broke a 2-2, ninth-inning tie with a two-run single on Thursday as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows beat the Chunichi Dragons 5-2 to complete a three-game sweep at Nagoya Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Aug 5, 2013
Balentien, Ogawa keep Swallows in spotlight
There normally wouldn't be many reasons to keep close tabs on a 35-57-1 team that's 22½ games out of first place.
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.
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.
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.

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