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Dan Latham
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 3, 2004
Tigers hand Giants a mauling
The next time the Yomiuri Giants go shopping, they might want to consider a few good relief pitchers.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 1, 2004
Matsui rips homer as Yanks win
Now that's more like it. A day after dropping the season opener to A.L. East doormat Tampa Bay, Hideki Matsui and the Bronx Bombers came out with all guns blazing, bashing out 11 hits and four homers as the New York Yankees demolished the Devil Rays 12-1 Wednesday night at Tokyo Dome.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 31, 2004
Devil Rays sting Yankees
This wasn't in the script.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 28, 2004
Marines rock Matsuzaka on Opening Day
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Bobby Valentine has said over and over that he wants to have fun this season. Well, the fun has started.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 17, 2003
Tigers poised to pounce
The last time the Hanshin Tigers went to the Japan Series, they had to scratch and claw their way through seven games to win their first championship.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 17, 2003
Tigers dominate as CL tops PL
CHIBA -- With a little help from his new Hanshin Tigers teammates, Hideki Irabu made a triumphant return to his old stomping grounds.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 16, 2003
Arakaki sinks Marines for first professional win
CHIBA -- Nagisa Arakaki finally showed the form that made him the most coveted player in last November's amateur draft.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 5, 2003
Daiei spoils Hillman's home debut as Hawks beat up Fighters
Kazumi Saito went the distance, scattering six hits and notching eight strikeouts, as the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks spoiled Nippon Ham manager Trey Hillman's home debut with a 5-1 win Friday night before a crowd of 24,000 at Tokyo Dome.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 29, 2003
Giants fall in opener
Back to the old drawing board.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 16, 2002
Big, bad Wolf devours Japanese All-Star team
After giving up 29 runs in the last four games, the major league pitchers finally put on an All-Star display.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 10, 2002
'Godzilla' is just getting warmed up
Hideki Matsui may not have cleared the fences, but that doesn't mean he failed to impress.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 9, 2002
Gagne admires teammates Ishii, Nomo
There's one good thing about Kazuhisa Ishii not playing in the Japan-MLB All-Star Tour.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 6, 2002
Hillman takes Fighters' helm
Anyone hoping the Nippon Ham Fighters' new American manager will shake things up may be in for a disappointment.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 30, 2002
Giants move a step closer
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- The Yomiuri Giants put a third nail in the Seibu Lions' coffin Tuesday night with a 10-2 win in Game 3 of the Japan Series before a crowd of 30,933 at the Seibu Dome.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 29, 2002
Lions find that 'Ihara magic' is all smoke and mirrors
If the Seibu Lions lose the Japan Series, don't be surprised if the team hauls Haruki Ihara to court.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 28, 2002
Giants take 2-0 series lead
It took just two games for the Seibu Lions to evolve into another species: underdogs.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 16, 2002
Lions' Cabrera finishes on 55
CHIBA -- Alex Cabrera will have to wait another year for a chance to erase Sadaharu Oh and Tuffy Rhodes from the record books.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 14, 2002
Cabrera gets one last shot at home run record
Tuffy Rhodes has been there, done that. Well, almost.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 11, 2002
Fighters like American manager, but will he really be given chance?
It finally looks as if Japanese baseball is ready for a change.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 7, 2002
Time running short for Cabrera
Seibu Lions slugger Alex Cabrera got a hit in Sunday's game against the Nippon Ham Fighters, but not the one he wanted.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
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.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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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