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YO OGAWA

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2014
Expert pushes plan he says can quickly solve Futenma issue
Military analyst Kazuhisa Ogawa says that he has a plan that could solve the Futenma base mess in just two days.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 21, 2014
Swallows' Ogawa sidelined with broken pitching hand
Tokyho Yakult Swallows right-hander Yasuhiro Ogawa is not optimistic about returning before the All-Star break after tests Monday showed he had broken his throwing hand.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Apr 14, 2014
Early troubles on mound could prove costly for Swallows
Every team faces some type of adversity, be it large or small, over the course of the season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 4, 2014
Swallows' Ogawa begins preparations for season
Tokyo Yakult Swallows hurler Yasuhiro "Ryan" Ogawa, the Central League's 2013 Rookie of the Year, kick-started training for the upcoming season with some sprints and a game of catch on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 25, 2013
Ogawa, Norimoto win Rookie of the Year awards
Right-handers Yasuhiro Ogawa of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Takahiro Norimoto of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles were named Rookie of the Year on Monday in the Central and Pacific Leagues, respectively.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 20, 2013
Director Ogawa sublimely cracks Mamet's code
First impressions can, of course, be deceiving, but mine of 65-year-old David Mamet's play "The Cryptogram," whose world premiere was at the Ambassadors Theatre in London in 1994, was simply how unhelpful and knotty a work it was.
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.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 6, 2013
Ogawa tosses eight-hit shutout with parents in attendance
Rookie right-hander Yasuhiro Ogawa threw his second shutout of the season and won his Central League-leading ninth decision in the Tokyo Yakult Swallows' 4-0 whitewash of the Chunichi Dragons on Saturday afternoon.
CULTURE / Music / JAZZ NOTES
Apr 11, 2013
Newbies to Japanese jazz get a soundtrack to a primer
For a music fan wanting to explore jazz for the first time, an ideal starting point may be the current chart-toppers, which includes Robert Glasper, Esperanza Spalding and Jose James. Alternatively, he or she may choose to start with the classics, diving into the extensive back catalogs of the Blue Note or Impulse labels.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2012
Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa says he has no qualms about executions
The three executions Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa approved March 29 ended a 20-month spell during which no death-row inmates were hanged.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2012
Three hanged in first executions in Japan since 2010
Three inmates were hanged Thursday, in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Fukuoka, in the country's first executions since July 2010.
'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.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
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.
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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