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YOSHINOBU TAKAHASHI

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2018
Tatsunori Hara takes over as Giants manager for third time
The saga of Japan's most storied pro baseball team took a new twist on Tuesday, when former Tatsunori Hara rejoined the Yomiuri Giants as skipper for the third time.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 4, 2018
Giants to ask Tatsunori Hara to return as manager
The Yomiuri Giants are looking to bring back Tatsunori Hara for a third stint as manager after Yoshinobu Takahashi steps down at the end of the season, sources close to the matter said Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 4, 2018
Giants manager Yoshinobu Takahashi to step down over failure to bag pennants
Yoshinobu Takahashi on Wednesday confirmed he will step down as Yomiuri Giants manager after failing to win the Central League pennant during his three years in charge.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 23, 2018
Slugger Guerrero remains in limbo on Yomiuri's farm team
Sometimes the fake grass isn't always greener in the other dome.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 13, 2017
Giants owner wants to retain manager Takahashi
Yomiuri Giants owner Shoichi Oikawa indicated Wednesday that he wants manager Yoshinobu Takahashi to remain in his post next season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 8, 2017
Giants enduring historic losing streak
In their 83 years of existence, the Yomiuri Giants have never had a stretch quite this bad.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2017
Giants usher in new season with victory over rival Dragons
There's a stuffed Giabbit doll headed Lillianne Mikolas' way. If things go her father's way, there'll be whole lot more coming.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 29, 2016
Veteran mainstays guide Giants past Swallows
For one night, it almost felt like old times for the Yomiuri Giants. Shinnosuke Abe and Hayato Sakamoto were hitting home runs and Tetsuya Utsumi was making sure the other team didn't.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 26, 2016
Cruz, Chono carry Giants past Swallows
Luis Cruz thought he had a home run in his first game in a Yomiuri Giants uniform, but had to settle for a double following a replay review.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 25, 2016
Giants treat new skipper Takahashi to season-opening victory over Swallows
So far, so good for Yoshinobu Takahashi and the Yomiuri Giants.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 17, 2016
Time for fun and games about to end for new Giants skipper Takahashi
New Yomiuri Giants manager Yoshinobu Takahashi was all smiles at the Dome Kickoff party last week. He was introduced to a loud ovation, took part in a light-hearted talk show and got a kick out of seeing his batting form imitated by a couple of former NPB players. Current Giants star Shinnosuke Abe, currently training in Guam, even got in on the action, punctuating a video message with his own exaggerated take on Takahashi's batting style.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 7, 2015
New Giants skipper Takahashi faces major challenge replacing Hara
Not sure what to think about the Yomiuri Giants choosing Yoshinobu Takahashi as the team's new manager. He is just 40 and did not even get a chance to retire as an active player before being selected to lead the club as its field boss in 2016.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 26, 2015
New Giants skipper Takahashi aiming to make mark
New Yomiuri Giants manager Yoshinobu Takahashi appreciated the responsibility and the tasks that lie ahead as he was unveiled by the Central League club on Monday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2015
Longtime Dragons star Ibata retires at age 40
Hirokazu Ibata, the iconic former shortstop for Chunichi Dragons and a seven-time Golden Glove winner, announced his retirement on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2015
Takahashi named Giants manager
The Yomiuri Giants on Friday appointed Yoshinobu Takahashi as the Central League club's new manager.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 20, 2015
Takahashi confirms receiving offer to manage Giants
Yomiuri Giants player-coach Yoshinobu Takahashi said Monday he has been asked to manage the storied Central League club.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 29, 2014
Giants outfielder Takahashi to undergo hand surgery
The Yomiuri Giants announced Friday that veteran outfielder Yoshinobu Takahashi will have surgery on his right hand and will be out indefinitely.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 6, 2014
Takahashi lifts Giants to win over Dragons
Yoshinobu Takahashi hit a tiebreaking two-run single with two outs in the eighth inning Sunday to lift the Central League-leading Yomiuri Giants to a 3-1 win that completed a three-game sweep of the Chunichi Dragons.
'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.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.

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