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Stephen Ellsesser
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2006
Fighters move ahead
SAPPORO -- Takeda and Takeda sounds like a law firm in Marunouchi, but up north, it's a crack pitching tandem.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2006
Morimoto's double mobbed at airport
SAPPORO -- Hichori Morimoto is always quick with a punchline, but the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters left fielder's latest joke was unscripted and accidental.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2006
Tasty Nagoya wrap before Sapporo feast
NAGOYA -- The Japan Series is knotted at ones after the opening leg of the Hinomaru-style Fall Classic, and Japan Times baseball writer Stephen Ellsesser is battling off the one-two punch of post-midnight Mexican food and the stuffy conditions at Nagoya Dome during Game 2.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2006
Woods carries big bat, winning attitude
SAPPORO -- Japan was just a place on a map for Tyrone Woods oh so many years ago.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2006
Hammies rally in pivotal 7th inning
NAGOYA -- Makoto Kaneko had found a new way to make an out in every Japan Series at-bat heading into the seventh inning of Game 2.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 22, 2006
Dragons grab Game 1
NAGOYA -- Once Kenshin Kawakami remembered how to be himself, the game was in the bag.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 21, 2006
Dragons, Fighters set to battle
NAGOYA -- The Japan Series will begin Saturday at Nagoya Dome, when the Central League champion Chunichi Dragons lock horns with the Pacific League-winning Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 21, 2006
Fighters skipper Hillman: It's time to enjoy thrill of competing in Japan Series
NAGOYA -- Elbow-deep in the biggest series of his managerial career, Trey Hillman is taking time to smile.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 21, 2006
Future is now for feel-good Fighters
NAGOYA -- In hindsight, bringing baseball to Hokkaido seems as much a no-brainer as bringing Trey Hillman in to manage the Nippon Ham Fighters.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 20, 2006
New skipper Collins determined to turn Buffaloes into winners
OSAKA -- An intense student of baseball, Terry Collins wears his heart on his sleeve. His expectations are emblazoned on his shirt.
SPORTS / E-LIST
Oct 17, 2006
Dragons win CL with 'Girl Power' formula
YOKOHAMA -- When no challenge exists, for some, the answer is to manufacture one. Call it the Teenage Girl Syndrome -- when there isn't enough drama in a given situation, never underestimate a moody 16-year-old girl's ability to create some, and fast.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 14, 2006
Baseball scribe breaks down exciting Pa League second stage
SAPPORO -- Here is a look back at the second-stage Pacific League playoffs, in which the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters swept the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in two games, winning the series 3-0 under the PL postseason's new format, which gives the No. 1 seed a one-game advantage before the series begins.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 13, 2006
Young Nippon Ham hurler Darvish tipped to be top for a long time
SAPPORO -- Yu Darvish showed he was ready for the big show Wednesday night, and at his age, he is going to be around for plenty more.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 13, 2006
Fighters win Pacific League
SAPPORO -- The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters needed only one chance to win their first Pacific League championship since 1981.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2006
Hammies relaxed as second stage starts
SAPPORO -- Enough standing around, say the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. Waiting for last weekend's first-stage Pacific League playoffs to take place may have been a bit unnerving for the PL's No. 1 seed, but if it was, the team's attitude did not reflect it in the practices leading up to Wednesday's...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2006
Darvish excels vs. Hawks
SAPPORO -- Messing this one up will be pretty tough.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 11, 2006
Oh inspired Hawks despite absence
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Here is a look back at the first-stage Pacific League playoffs, in which the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks beat the Seibu Lions 2-1.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 10, 2006
Comeback Hawks heading to Hokkaido
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Third place is feeling a whole lot better than first has the last couple years for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 9, 2006
Wounded Hawks lash out at Lions to level series
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- What a response.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 8, 2006
Masterful Matsuzaka
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Kazumi Saito was good enough to beat any pitcher in Japan on Saturday.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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