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YO AKIYAMA

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 6, 2019
Tomoya Mori leads Lions' hit parade with 4-for-5 performance against Fighters
Opener, closer, middleman, it's all the same to the Seibu Lions' lineup.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 26, 2019
Japanese artisanship: As real as it can get
From perfect replicas of fruit to tiny articulated dragons, Japan's ceramic, metal, wood and other craft industries excel at making decorative items that are so detailed and realistic, they can fool the naked eye.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 10, 2018
Samurai Japan's Yuki Yanagita wields powerful bat in Game 2 victory over MLB All-Stars
There were stars from both MLB and NPB playing under the bright lights at Tokyo Dome on Saturday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 28, 2018
Lions rally past Hawks, move closer to Pacific League pennant
Shogo Akiyama provided the late-game heroics, blasting a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth, as the Seibu Lions came from behind to beat the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 7-5 and move another step closer to the Pacific League pennant.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 18, 2018
Shogo Akiyama, Hideto Asamura ignite Lions in triumph over Fighters
Shogo Akiyama scored three runs on three hits, including a first-inning solo home run, while Hideto Asamura added a homer and three RBIs as the Seibu Lions topped the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 7-4 on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 25, 2018
Ariel Miranda loses no-hit bid in ninth, improves to 2-0 with Hawks
Former Seattle Mariners lefty Ariel Miranda did not allow a hit until the ninth inning, and Nobuhiro Matsuda homered twice to lead the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a 5-1 victory over the Seibu Lions on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 20, 2018
Eagles' Takahiro Shiomi tosses first complete-game victory in six years
Takahiro Shiomi and the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles continued their strong runs on Friday in a 7-2 Pacific League win over the Seibu Lions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 8, 2018
Shogo Akiyama leads Lions to extra-innings victory over Eagles
Shogo Akiyama hit an 11th-inning, tie-breaking home run Sunday, lifting the Seibu Lions to a 4-3 extra-inning victory over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 28, 2018
Engineer of 15th Toyota Crown recalls challenge of bringing luxury flagship into networking age
When it came to developing a new, networkable version of the Crown, Toyota's domestic luxury car, the biggest problem was figuring out how to get younger drivers interested in a prestigious 63-year-old automobile popular mainly with 60-somethings.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 8, 2018
Lions ace Yusei Kikuchi outduels Giants star Tomoyuki Sugano
The pitching matchup between aces Yusei Kikuchi and Tomoyuki Sugano fizzled out early on Friday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 24, 2018
Shogo Akiyama powers Lions past Hawks
Shogo Akiyama's three-run home run brought the Pacific League-leading Seibu Lions from behind in a 12-5 win over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 8, 2018
Tigers starter Takumi Akiyama tosses first shutout since 2010
Takumi Akiyama homered, drove in two runs and threw a five-hit shutout as the Hanshin Tigers beat the Yomiuri Giants 9-0 on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 1, 2018
Tigers starter Takumi Akiyama in control in nine-strikeout performance against BayStars
Takumi Akiyama went the distance and Yoshio Itoi opened the scoring in the Hanshin Tigers' 7-1 victory over the Yokohama BayStars on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 5, 2018
Samurai Japan beats Australia again to sweep two-game series
Japan defeated Australia in an international friendly for the second straight night on Sunday, as Takahiro Norimoto and five other pitchers shut out the visitors in Samurai Japan's 6-0 victory.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 13, 2017
BayStars begin quest to reach Japan Series on the road against Tigers
The Yokohama BayStars finished third in the Central League for the second straight season, and seek to do better than they fared in last year's postseason.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 5, 2017
Reliever Daichi Takeyasu records first triumph of season as Tigers edge Dragons
Second-year pitcher Daichi Takeyasu picked up the win after tossing a perfect inning of relief in his first game with the Hanshin Tigers, who edged the Chunichi Dragons 2-1 on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 20, 2017
Sugano shuts out Tigers as Giants keep pace in race for playoffs
Tomoyuki Sugano threw a two-hit shutout on Wednesday as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Hanshin Tigers 2-0 and moved within a hair of third place in the Central League.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Aug 13, 2017
Leadoff home runs generate energy, excitement on diamond
Leadoff home runs are fun. Most can probably agree on that. A leadoff home run is a rush, an unexpected jolt of energy at the outset of a game.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 12, 2017
Injuries put Tigers in pinch
The Hanshin Tigers' pitchers need to step up.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 15, 2017
Despaigne, Akiyama, Suzuki supply big hits as PL tops CL in All-Star Series finale
For one night, it was just like old times for Alfredo Despaigne in Chiba. A monstrous home run, a celebration with Chiba Lotte Marines catcher Tatsuhiro Tamura, and a celebratory "Despa-iine" call-and-response with the fans in right field after the game.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Japan’s record-low children population weighs on growth
The number of children 14 years old or younger fell for the 43rd straight year to around 14.01 million as of April 1.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
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.

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