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YOMIURI

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 23, 2022
Yokohama's relievers keep BayStars' slim hopes alive in CL race
The win at Yokohama Stadium moved second-place DeNA to within six games of the league-leading Yakult Swallows on the eve of a three-game series between the two.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 20, 2022
Giants keep up pressure in race for third with victory over Swallows
Home run leader Munetaka Murakami remained stuck on 55 after going 0-for-3.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 17, 2022
Giants turn up heat in race for playoff spot with win over Tigers
The Giants gained ground on the Tigers in the race for third place in the Central League
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 20, 2022
Shintaro Fujinami pitches Tigers past Giants
The last couple of weeks showed Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shintaro Fujinami just how hard it can be to get a win.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 5, 2022
Rookie pitcher Iori Yamasaki leads Giants to win over Tigers
Rookie Iori Yamasaki pitched eight innings and singled in a run as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Hanshin Tigers 7-0 in the Central League to snap a four-game losing streak on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jul 25, 2022
Specter of COVID-19 will hang over remainder of NPB season
Despite NPB's efforts, COVID-19 is wreaking havoc — and the impact will resonate for the rest of the season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 17, 2022
Shota Dobayashi hits grand slam to help Carp complete sweep of Giants
The Carp hit a grand slam in all three games of the series.
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Jul 17, 2022
Olympic legend Kosuke Kitajima spearheads Tokyo pro sports movement
The four-time gold-medalist swimmer hopes his new initiative, Tokyo Unite, will boost the capital's international profile and enable its members to tackle pressing social issues.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 13, 2022
Shosei Togo's first pro shutout ends Giants skid
The 22-year-old had some scares but went the distance, allowing eight hits, two walks and a hit batsman while striking out six at Koshien Stadium.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 9, 2022
Haruhiro Hamaguchi gives credit to BayStars after earning first win since May
Hamaguchi threw 7u2154u00a0innings, finishing with four strikeouts and allowing five hits and walking four batters.
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
Jul 3, 2022
Ryan McBroom puts Carp on verge of series sweep against Giants
The win pulled the third-place Carp to within a half-game of Yomiuri after a pitchers' duel between Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano and Hiroshima's Masato Morishita left both without a decision.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 22, 2022
Adam Walker powers Giants to victory with tiebreaking home run
Walker is having a strong debut season in Japan, batting .297 with 15 home runs and 34 RBIs.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jun 6, 2022
Adam Walker among group of imports getting off to fast start in Japan
The Giants' brass must feel like it hit the jackpot in 2022, given that the last Yomiuri hitter to make a splash in his first season in Japan was Garrett Jones, who hit 24 home runs in 2016.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 3, 2022
Giants hold off Hawks in interleague action
Yomiuri Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano threw eight innings and rookie Taisei Ota finished up a 3-0 interleague win over the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 2, 2022
Hawks beat Giants for franchise's 5,500th victory
SoftBank became Japan's second pro franchise to reach 5,500 wins.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 1, 2022
Hawks get past Giants bullpen to seize first place in PL
The Hawks' fourth straight win moved them to the top of the standings after the CL's Chunichi Dragons beat Masahiro Tanaka and the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 26, 2022
Kazuma Okamoto drives in five runs to lead Giants past Buffaloes
Kazuma Okamoto homered for the second straight night and drove in five runs as the Central League's Yomiuri Giants improved to 2-0 in interleague play with a 5-3 win over the defending Pacific League champion Orix Buffaloes on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 22, 2022
Aaron Wilkerson pitches Tigers past Giants
The American import threw seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and a walk while striking out five to push Yomiuri out of the top spot in the Central League.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 18, 2022
Giants score three ninth-inning runs in walk-off over Carp
Hiroyuki Nakajima drove in the decisive two runs at Utsunomiya Kiyohara Stadium in Tochigi prefecture after Carp starter Atsushi Endo ran out of gas early in the final frame.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
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.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
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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