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YOSHINOBU YAMAMOTO

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 14, 2023
Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws 8-inning gem as Buffaloes blank Tigers
The two-time PL MVP allowed just two hits while walking one and hitting a batter in a 112-pitch outing at Koshien Stadium.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 30, 2023
Orix ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto picks up second win with 6 solid innings
Yoshihisa Hirano closed out the ninth for his sixth save.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 28, 2022
Pacific League MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto signs for ¥650 million
His annual pay jumped from this year's u00a5370 million after the 24-year-old right-hander won both the Pacific League MVP and Sawamura awards for the second consecutive year.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2022
Orix ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins second straight Sawamura Award
While Yamamoto saw a slight dip in stats from 2021, he posted a no-hitter in June and gave up no more than three runs in any of his starts since July 23 as he helped Orix win the PL pennant.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 19, 2022
Familiar faces set to highlight Yakult-Orix rematch at Japan Series
Most of last year's cast are set to play starring roles again on Japanese baseball's biggest stage, offering another treat to fans who enjoyed their tightly contested 2021 encounter.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 13, 2022
Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto stops Hawks' postseason winning streak
The victory at Kyocera Dome Osaka, combined with the Buffaloes' one-win advantage as league champions, gives them a 2-0 lead in the six-game series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 3, 2022
Buffaloes rise to occasion to claim Pacific League pennant
The way everything fell in place over the weekend felt miraculous, but do not let that obscure the fact the Buffaloes made this happen.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 25, 2022
Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Masataka Yoshida lift Orix over Rakuten
Yamamoto, who has led Japanese baseball in wins, ERA and strikeouts this year, held the Eagles to two singles while striking out seven and walking three on a drizzly afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 26, 2022
Orix's Yoshinobu Yamamoto follows no-hitter with 8 shutout innings
Yamamoto, who threw the season's fourth no-hitter last Saturday, retired the first three batters he faced at Zozo Marine Stadium and overcame a shaky second inning to earn his eighth win.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 20, 2022
NPB experiencing surge of no-hitters
With four no-hitters and a couple of near misses already this season, it's possible there is more misery on the horizon for NPB hitters.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 18, 2022
Olympic ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws season's fourth no-hitter
It is the first time four no-hitters have been thrown in a single Japanese season since 1943.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 29, 2022
Dragons' Taiki Mitsumata gets better of Orix ace in interleague win
The 30-year-old overcame last year's Sawamura Award winner in a long at-bat before breaking a 1-1 eighth-inning tie at Kyocera Dome Osaka.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 15, 2021
Rising stars Munetaka Murakami and Yoshinobu Yamamoto named MVPs of 2021 NPB season
Murakami, the Swallows' slugging third baseman, and Yamamoto, the Buffaloes' ace pitcher, were named the MVPs of the 2021 season during NPB's annual awards ceremony
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 2, 2021
Seiya Suzuki and Yoshinobu Yamamoto highlight Golden Glove winners
Carp outfielder Seiya Suzuki has won a Golden Glove Award in three straight seasons.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Japan Series
Nov 29, 2021
Yoshinobu Yamamoto shows the Buffaloes' potential
Yamamoto's Game 6 will be remembered as one of the most stirring performances in defeat in the Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Japan Series
Nov 22, 2021
Young guns: The Japan Series showcases young pitching talent
Throwing the first Japan Series shutout since Takayuki Kishi for the Seibu Lions in 2008, Takahashi became the 13th pitcher to win his debut without allowing a run.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Nov 13, 2021
Buffaloes and Swallows go from worst to first to set up improbable, intriguing Japan Series
The 2021 Japan Series will be the setting of the ultimate rags-to-riches story.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 11, 2021
Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto shines again on big stage in playoff debut
Yamamoto struck out 10 in a shutout of the Marines in Game 1.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 11, 2021
Young aces lead league champs in final stage openers
Yasunobu Okugawa and Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitch shutouts to open the second stage of the NPB playoffs.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2021
Buffaloes put past failures in rearview mirror with Pacific League title
After years of dwelling in the lower reaches of the league, the Buffaloes stepped back into the light with a stunning performance this season.
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The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
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.

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