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YOSHIYUKI

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 29, 2017
Early runs, dominant Sugano guide Giants past BayStars
When you've got a pitcher as good as Tomoyuki Sugano on the mound, the game plan is usually pretty simple.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 15, 2017
Carp's Okada earns complete-game victory over Tigers
A day after Hiroshima suffered its second loss of the season, Akitake Okada went the distance in the Carp's 7-1 victory over the Hanshin Tigers on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 21, 2017
Okubo eager to ignite offense, make impact for FC Tokyo
New FC Tokyo striker Yoshito Okubo admits that he feels "anxious" unless he is scoring goals, but the capital city club will be hoping to see him unwind over the coming J. League season as it goes in search of its first title.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 14, 2017
Forged doctor's note gets yakuza out of jail, police say
Police raided a public hospital in the city of Kyoto Tuesday in relation to the alleged helping of a senior member of a crime syndicate stay out of prison by the forging of a certificate of illness.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 9, 2016
Giants prevail over Swallows, prevent idle Carp from clinching pennant
The Yomiuri Giants hit three homers for all their runs to defeat the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5-2 on Friday, making the Hiroshima Carp wait at least another day to claim the Central League title.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 8, 2016
Carp reduce magic number to one to clinch CL pennant
The Hiroshima Carp moved to the brink of their first Central League pennant since 1991 with a 7-4 win over the Chunichi Dragons.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 6, 2016
Triumphant Carp reduce magic number to three
Kris Johnson earned his 14th win as the Hiroshima Carp beat the Chunichi Dragons 4-1 on Tuesday to inch closer to their first Central League pennant in 25 years.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 26, 2016
FC Tokyo hands coaching reins to Shinoda
FC Tokyo has promoted coach Yoshiyuki Shinoda to the top spot to replace fired manager Hiroshi Jofuku, the J. League first-division team announced Tuesday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 23, 2016
Honda Formula One shakes up leadership
Honda Formula One has decided to end the tenure of motorsport chief Yasuhisa Arai at a Honda board meeting on Tuesday, motorsport.com reported.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 29, 2015
Hachimura lifts Meisei High to Winter Cup three-peat
High school phenom Rui Hachimura racked up 34 points, 19 rebounds and three blocks to lead Meisei High School to its third consecutive championship in the All-Japan High School Tournament with a 78-73 win over Tsuchiura Nihon University High School in the boys' final on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 26, 2015
Japan recognizes Cyberdyne's robotic suit as medical device, widespread use anticipated
Cyberdyne Inc. said Wednesday its powered exoskeleton has received government approval as a medical device. It said it is first robotics device ever to secure such status in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Jul 13, 2014
Cyberdyne's HAL suits give lift to mobility-challenged
Robotics engineer Yoshiyuki Sankai, 56, has been driven by his passion for innovative technology for about half a century.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 9, 2014
Osaka Culturarium at Tempoza gets suited up for 'Gundam'
If giant robots excite you, then you will know Gundam — a name that has become synonymous with the sci-fi mecha genre.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jun 30, 2014
Kamei breathes new life into Giants
Yoshiyuki Kamei was added to the Yomiuri Giants' roster on May 31 and he started his season with a bang. His first hit of the year came that night, and it was a tiebreaking home run in the 12th inning of a game in which the Kyojin had been held hitless for the first 10 frames. Yomiuri went on to win 1-0.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jun 21, 2014
Matsumoto: Aum's sarin guinea pig
It's been 20 years since mass murderers came to Toshie Koibuchi's tiny street. It was the night of June 27, 1994. She was then 50, a housewife living with her husband and mother in a slightly upmarket residential area of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jun 21, 2014
The man accused of poisoning Matsumoto's civilians
It is difficult to fathom that a religious group might be behind a poison gas attack on hundreds of civilians. More likely, logic suggests, it would either be the result of a terrible accident or the work of a deranged individual. When confronted with such a scenario in Matsumoto in 1994, the Nagano Police Department went with the lone-wolf theory.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2014
Manga makers tie with U.S. studio
A producers' group whose members include Yoshiyuki Tomino, director of the animated television series "Mobile Suit Gundam," says it has teamed up with major U.S. special effects studio Legacy Effects LLC.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 17, 2013
Surging Carp win seventh straight on sayonara homer
Right-hander Kan Otake went the distance and Yoshiyuki Ishihara belted a sayonara home run to lift the streaking Hiroshima Carp to a 2-1 victory over the Hanshin Tigers on Tuesday evening.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 5, 2013
Kamei belts two home runs as Giants hammer BayStars
Yoshiyuki Kamei homered twice, Shuichi Murata hit a grand slam and the Yomiuri Giants used a prolific long-ball attack to wallop the Yokohama BayStars in a 12-7 rout on Friday night.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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