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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 2, 2015
Buffaloes can't end slide in new skipper Fukura's debut
Hard luck continued for the Orix Buffaloes despite a change in managers as they lost 2-1 to the Yomiuri Giants for their fourth straight defeat on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 28, 2015
Giants' Mikolas fans 10 in triumph over Lions
Miles Mikolas turned in a very good start for the Yomiuri Giants for the second consecutive week. This time, he even got something to show for it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 16, 2015
Giants' Sugiuchi helps own cause at plate
The Yomiuri Giants lost a two-run lead on Toshiya Sugiuchi's watch. So it was only natural that the left-hander be the one to put the Kyojin back on top.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 12, 2015
Triumphant Giants stage seventh-inning comeback against Carp
The Yomiuri Giants beat Kenta Maeda in a close game again, and this time he helped them do it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 4, 2015
Giants still looking for more power from cleanup hitters
Hall of Famer Shigeo Nagashima was the 25th player in the history of the Yomiuri Giants to hit fourth in the Kyojin's starting lineup, according to the team's records. Sadaharu Oh was the 28th, and Hideki Matsui the 62nd. Taishi Ota, in the cleanup role for the past four games, is the 81st.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 30, 2015
Murata stays hot at plate as Giants defeat Dragons
The Yomiuri Giants may have a new power-hitting third baseman on the way, but Shuichi Murata wants to show everyone the old model is still working just fine.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami