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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Apr 21, 2015

Lions' Togame records first home victory since July 2013

By Jason Coskrey

Ken Togame waited a long time for another win at home. Actually, it'd been a while since he'd won anywhere else either.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Apr 20, 2015

Saito stumbles again in quest to find success as pro

By Jason Coskrey

Yuki Saito has spent most of the past two seasons off the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' ichi-gun roster and with the farm team. His poor showing so far this year makes one wonder just how many days he'll spend with the top team going forward.

BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN

Apr 18, 2015

Spring chills pose challenges for baseball players, fans

By Wayne Graczyk

The weather throughout Japan may be warming now that we have passed the middle of April, but there were some cold, wet days at the end of March and the beginning of this month that made it uncomfortable to play — and watch — baseball.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Apr 13, 2015

Swallows pitchers off to hot start on mound this year

By Jason Coskrey

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows' pitchers were unlikely candidates to flirt with history, the good kind at least, when the season began March 27. Not when they were coming off a 2014 in which they posted the worst ERA in Japan among starters, relievers, and, unsurprisingly, overall as a team.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Apr 11, 2015

Taguchi passes debut test with flying colors as Giants down Swallows

By Jason Coskrey

If the pressure of making his NPB debut at Tokyo Dome in front of 42,870 fans got to Yomiuri Giants left-hander Kazuto Taguchi, the 19-year-old didn't let it show — on the mound or at the plate.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Apr 10, 2015

Hatakeyama's 11th-inning homer carries Swallows past Giants

By Jason Coskrey

There were funky uniforms on both sides, and a slew of great plays in the outfield. In the end, it was Kazuhiro Hatakeyama and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows who put their stamp on the first round of a colorful battle for Tokyo supremacy.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Apr 7, 2015

Mendoza tames Lions as Fighters stretch winning streak to six

By Jason Coskrey

Luis Mendoza had a hard time against the Seibu Lions in 2014. In their first meeting this year, it was Mendoza, who got a helping hand from Sho Nakata and Kensuke Tanaka, and left standing as the king of the Tokyo Jungle.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Apr 6, 2015

Abe serves as security blanket after Giants' slow start

By Jason Coskrey

It seemed, on the surface at least, to be with a palpable sense of early-season panic that Shinnosuke Abe was back behind the plate for the Yomiuri Giants during their series against the Hanshin Tigers over the weekend.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Apr 5, 2015

Tigers' Gomez out for encore after good opening act

By Jason Coskrey

When Mauro Gomez was done hitting in the cage during batting practice on both Friday and Saturday at Tokyo Dome, where the Hanshin Tigers were taking on the rival Yomiuri Giants in a weekend series, instead of heading back to the clubhouse, he went behind the cage for a little more soft toss.

BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN

Apr 4, 2015

Trio of homers lauched Hanshin to title

By Wayne Graczyk

As part of the celebration commemorating the 80 years of the Hanshin Tigers franchise, the ballclub will later this month remember the 30th anniversary of one of the most exciting moments in Japanese baseball home run history.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Apr 3, 2015

Tigers battery provides spark against struggling Giants

By Jason Coskrey

Ryutaro Umeno did most of the damage early, Randy Messenger did the heavy lifting late, and the Hanshin Tigers batterymates helped make sure their team's fans were the ones still cheering after the final out.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Apr 3, 2015

Releasing stubborn Gourriel best move for BayStars

By Jason Coskrey

The lasting image of Yulieski Gourriel's 62-game tenure with the Yokohama BayStars may have come after the Cuban star's very first ichi-gun game in the team's pinstriped uniform.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.

Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go

By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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