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YOMIURI GIANTS

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 21, 2014
Hawks bring down Giants to take interleague lead
Fukuoka Softbank left-hander Kazuyuki Hoashi held the damage to one run over seven sharp innings in a pitching duel against Yomiuri right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano in the Hawks' 3-1 victory over the Giants on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 17, 2014
Giants wallop Buffaloes in showdown of NPB's winningest teams
The Yomiuri Giants found themselves without their starting pitcher in the early stages of an important game. In the end it didn't matter. The Kyojin just beat up on the opposing starter to make up for it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2014
Interleague title up for grabs as Giants, Buffaloes clash
Two teams in the hunt for the interleague championship will clash on Tuesday, when the Central League's Yomiuri Giants host the Pacific League's Orix Buffaloes.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 15, 2014
Sakamoto, Giants rally past Eagles in ninth
Hayato Sakamoto singled in two runs in the ninth inning as the Yomiuri Giants came from behind to beat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 3-2 in interleague play on Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 14, 2014
Sugano holds Eagles to three hits in stellar outing
Tomoyuki Sugano worked 7-1/3 scoreless innings to earn his eighth victory on Saturday as the Yomiuri Giants held on to beat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 3-1 in an interleague rematch of last year's Japan Series contestants.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 11, 2014
Giants overcome strong effort by Fighters star Otani
Yasuyuki Kataoka singled in the winning run in the top of the 10th inning as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2-1 in interleague action on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 6, 2014
Yokogawa delivers game-winning single in 10th for Giants
The Yomiuri Giants and Seibu Lions played for almost four hours before Fuminori Yokogawa made his first appearance in the game.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 1, 2014
Sugiuchi lifts Giants to third straight win
Yomiuri lefty Toshiya Sugiuchi allowed four hits and one run over 5⅔ innings and helped his own cause with an RBI infield single as the Giants beat the Orix Buffaloes 2-1 on Sunday afternoon for their third straight victory.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 29, 2014
Giants southpaw Utsumi records first victory of season
Tetsuya Utsumi threw his hands in the air as soon as the ball cleared the wall in left-center. Then he started clapping, and then he started grinning, and he capped his celebration by giving teammate Frederich Cepeda a high-five and a big slap on the backside for a job well done.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 28, 2014
Norimoto tosses shutout against Giants
Second-year right-hander Takahiro Norimoto sparkled in an interleague rematch of last year's Japan Series combatants, throwing a three-hitter as the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles defeated the Yomiuri Giants 4-0 on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 19, 2014
No time to rest as Cepeda hits ground running in Japan
Frederich Cepeda has had quite the week.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 18, 2014
Carp crush Giants to send interleague warning
If Brad Eldred and the Hiroshima Carp keep playing like this, the six Pacific League clubs aren't going to enjoy facing them any more than their Central League counterparts have so far this season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 17, 2014
Cepeda crushes first home run in NPB; Giants snap five-game slide
Frederich Cepeda, while playing for the Cuban national team, got a chance to watch Kenta Maeda pitch for Samurai Japan during the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 16, 2014
Carp hurler Osera improves to 5-1 as Giants drop fifth straight game
Rookie Daichi Osera tossed eight innings of two-run ball Friday, leading the Hiroshima Carp in a 7-2 rout over the Yomiuri Giants in the opener of a three-game series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 15, 2014
Swallows pound out 17 hits, throttle Giants
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows wrapped up a series that saw them play in three cities on three consecutive nights. The only constants were a barrage of hits and victories over the Yomiuri Giants at every stop.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 11, 2014
Messenger tosses four-hit shutout
Randy Messenger threw his second shutout of the season in a duel against Tomoyuki Sugano, leading the way as the Hanshin Tigers snapped a four-game losing streak in a 1-0 win over the Yomiuri Giants on Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 6, 2014
Ishikawa sparks BayStars with bat, glove in win over Giants
Takehiro Ishikawa used his bat to give the Yokohama BayStars the lead early and flashed a little glove to help protect it late.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 30, 2014
Swallows pound starter Seddon, Giants
Masato Furuno worked into the seventh en route to his first win of the season and his teammates gave Yomiuri starter Chris Seddon a beating as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows routed the Giants 9-1 on Wednesday evening.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 29, 2014
Murata delivers game-winning hit against Swallows
The Yomiuri Giants had victory snatched away with two outs in the top of the ninth inning.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 26, 2014
Giants' Anderson knocks in four runs in rout
Former Cuba international Leslie Anderson was penciled into the cleanup spot on Saturday and promptly drove in four runs for the Yomiuri Giants in an 11-5 clubbing of the Central League-leading Hiroshima Carp.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
The politicians moving Japan forward on climate
While not the most outspoken politician on the issue, digital minister Taro Kono has a track record of being serious in his commitment to addressing the climate crisis.
Seoul's eclectic Art OnO shines light on Japan's artists and galleries
Art OnO, which took place from April 19 to 21 in Seoul, featured a modest number of 36 participating galleries from 15 countries.
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