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YAKULT SWALLOWS

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 14, 2022
Munetaka Murakami chases history after matching Sadaharu Oh's mark
The 22-year-old Swallows slugger is the first Japanese player to match the Giants legend in home runs and has 13 games to reach Wladimir Balentien's NPB record of 60.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 8, 2022
Tigers' Masashi Ito shuts down league-leading Swallows
Ito (9-5) struck out six batters and walked none while allowing one run over the distance.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Sep 5, 2022
Munetaka Murakami left with no equal among Central League hitters this season
It's over — stop the race, stop the fight.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Aug 29, 2022
First-place Swallows and Munetaka Murakami make statement by sweeping away BayStars
The Swallows strengthened their bid to defend the Central League pennant by beating the second-place BayStars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 20, 2022
Swallows slugger Murakami has eyes on history after launching two more homers
Murakami has already set a pair of records this season, including becoming the first player to hit home runs in five consecutive plate appearances.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 19, 2022
Mel Rojas Jr. home run helps Tigers snap losing streak
The Tigers piled on the runs and snapped an eight-game losing streak.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 17, 2022
Hirotoshi Takanashi sets tone as Swallows hold off Tigers
After snapping a seven-game losing skid on Sunday, the Swallows scored four runs by the third inning at Jingu Stadium off Hanshin ace Koyo Aoyagi.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 3, 2022
Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami conjures historic home run streak
Shortly after becoming just the 14th player to hit four consecutive home runs in NPB on Tuesday, the reigning Central League MVP broke new ground with a fifth straight at Jingu Stadum.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 1, 2022
Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami hits three homers in win over Tigers
Munetaka Murakami's home run hat-trick rescued the Central League-leading Tokyo Yakult Swallows in a 4-2, 11-inning win over the Hanshin Tigers on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 6, 2022
Giants and Shosei Togo put brakes on runaway Swallows
The win at Tokyo Dome moved the second-place Giants to within 12u00bd games of the Swallows in the Central League pennant race.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jul 4, 2022
Swallows' Munetaka Murakami may use red-hot June as springboard to bigger things
The Swallows' Munetaka Murakami was one of the hottest players in baseball last month.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 1, 2022
Swallows sink Carp in 12 innings
Rookie Kazuya Maruyama broke a 12th-inning tie with a two-run double to lift the first-place Swallows to the win.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 30, 2022
Munetaka Murakami powers Swallows to win over Carp
Munetaka Murakami blasted back-to-back two-run homers and went deep for the third straight game.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 22, 2022
Dragons end Yakult's eight-game winning run in walk-off
A pitcher's duel saw the game knotted up at 1-1 in the tenth inning before pinch hitter Taiki Mitsumata drove in the winning run with a bases-loaded single.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 13, 2022
Swallows finish interleague in style with win over Hawks
The Swallows' Keiji Takahashi struck out 10 in his first regular season shutout.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 12, 2022
Munetaka Murakami bombs Hawks as Swallows clinch interleague title
The Swallows improved to 13-4 in the annual interleague session, when each team plays six three-game series against the rival league.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 9, 2022
Munetaka Murakami lifts Swallows to win over Buffaloes
Munetaka Murakami made up for a base-running mistake by singling in the tie-breaking run in the Central League-leading Tokyo Yakult Swallows' 6-3 interleague win over the Pacific League's Orix Buffaloes on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 5, 2022
Munetaka Murakami blasts CL-leading Swallows past Lions
Before a crowd of 29,538 at historic Jingu Stadium, Murakami capped Yakult's comeback with his 16th home run as the Swallows overcame a two-run deficit.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 20, 2022
Swallows beat Tigers to remain in first place
The win preserved the Swallows' slim lead over the Yomiuri Giants, who edged the Hiroshima Carp 2-1.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 19, 2022
Junya Nishi leads Tigers at plate and from mound in win over Swallows
Junya Nishi returned to his slugging past as he belted his first home run while throwing his first complete game as a pro in the Hanshin Tigers' 8-1 Central League win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Wednesday.
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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.
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Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
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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
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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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