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Stephen Ellsesser
Japan Times
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Feb 19, 2007
Goals remain the same, but Hammies have changed
Success hasn't changed Trey Hillman, or his Japan Series championship team.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 2, 2007
Cashman, Levine take show from China to Japan
The New York Yankees were global even before Kei Igawa, Wang Chien-ming and Hideki Matsui donned the pinstripes, but diversifying the roster is only the beginning for the well-known club.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 31, 2007
Hillman accepts FSAJ Sportsman of Year Award
It's a little early in the year to be receiving hardware, but Trey Hillman's cup overflowed in 2006.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 20, 2006
No. 1 Buckeyes hold off No. 2 Wolverines
One more time, Troy Smith was a Wolverine killer.
SPORTS / E-LIST
Nov 14, 2006
La New 'Bears' it all as yakyu season ends
Online Nichibei Yakyu and even the Konami Cup Asia Series are in the books, and now, the E-List is heading into that baseball-less period we lovers of cowhide and horsehide alike prefer to think of as hibernation.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 14, 2006
Unique team spirit of Hillman's Fighters brought about success
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters may not have been beautiful every waking moment on the way to winning the Pacific League, Japan Series and Asia Series championships, but they were oh so pretty in getting it done.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 12, 2006
Hammies victorious again
Facing the China Stars on Saturday, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters charged into Sunday's championship game with their perfect Konami Cup Asia Series record intact.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 11, 2006
Inada, Fighters rally in 8th
The little things can kill you.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 10, 2006
Fighters off to flyer in Asia Series
Two times were enough for Atsunori Inaba and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 9, 2006
Reyes leads MLB to sweep
FUKUOKA -- Jose Reyes rolled into Japan a week ago unable to speak a word of Japanese.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 8, 2006
Howard's blast sparks MLB
OSAKA -- Ryan Howard ignited the MLB All-Stars, and the visitors are a game away from sweeping Nichibei Yakyu.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 3, 2006
Unheralded Giants big in tie
Meeting the Yomiuri Giants wasn't much fun for the San Diego giant.
SPORTS / E-LIST
Nov 2, 2006
'Babe Factor' puts butts in Sapporo seats
SAPPORO -- The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters have already won the first two Japan Series games played on the northern island, and they are about to win its first championship.More than 41,000 people have come out for each postseason game at Sapporo Dome, and the main reason for that is the "Babe Factor."...
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 2, 2006
WBC, Nichibei on collision course?
Cannibalism, baby. It's all the rage in baseball this year.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 1, 2006
MLB stars hope to prove themselves during Nichibei
The plane has landed, and the first battle has begun.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2006
Morimoto caught up in moment
SAPPORO -- Hichori Morimoto is no Doug Mientkiewicz.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2006
Seguignol Shimmy, Shinjo's tears . . . and more
SAPPORO -- The Japan Series wrapped up Thursday in Hokkaido, and Japan Times baseball writer Stephen Ellsesser is taking the first train out of here, before hopping a plane for Tokyo.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2006
Kanemura hurt groin in Game 4: Brown
SAPPORO -- Satoru Kanemura left after the fifth inning of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' Game 4 victory, and health apparently was a factor.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2006
Fighters clinch Japan Series championship
SAPPORO -- Hokkaido didn't have to wait long for its first Japan Series championship.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 26, 2006
Hammies 1 win away
SAPPORO -- The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters are a game away from Japan Series glory.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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