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BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 5, 2005

MLB Japan tries to reassure NPB on World Baseball Classic

Disturbed by repeated media reports saying Nippon Professional Baseball is dissatisfied with the organization and conditions of next year's proposed World Baseball Classic, Major League Baseball's Managing Director in Japan Jim Small invited the media to a coffee session in his Tokyo office on May 30...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 26, 2005

Baseball luminaries give Eagles GM Kuehnert big send off

More than 200 people attended the "Marty Kuehnert-Shi Iwai GM Shunin to Saranaru Nippon Yakyu Kai no Hatten o Negau Kai" (Party to Congratulate Mr. Marty Kuehnert on His Appointment as General Manager and Praying for the Success of Japanese Baseball) at a Tokyo hotel on Friday, Jan. 21, in honor of the...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2022

Japan must find better ways to nurture its future superstars

Japanese baseball star Roki Sasaki threw a perfect game, but the old ways of doing things could have ruined him before he started.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2021

Atsunori Inaba finishes job as Japan claims long-awaited baseball gold

Japan manager Atsunori Inaba doesn't officially get a medal from the Tokyo Games, but one hung around his neck anyway as Japan celebrated its first Olympic baseball gold.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Heisei Icons,HEISEI ICONS
Apr 23, 2019

Ichiro Suzuki: A virtuoso on the diamond

Ichiro Suzuki would become one of the most important players of the Heisei Era, which is slated to end at the end of this month, in Japan as well as in the United States.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Dec 17, 2017

Japanese players stay in swing of things even during winter

While it might be the time of year when temperatures are a little cooler and the regular season for almost every major baseball league is weeks in the rearview mirror, that doesn't mean there aren't a host of players still darting around a diamond somewhere.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 25, 2017

MLB Network’s Martinez, Waltz inform and entertain during WBC telecasts

Good show put on by Major League Baseball and the organizers of the 2017 World Baseball Classic Asia rounds held in Seoul and Tokyo earlier this month.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 21, 2017

Players encouraged by growing interest in WBC

Adam Jones on Saturday night in San Diego made the catch heard 'round the World Baseball Classic when he leapt against the wall to rob Manny Machado of a home run.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 9, 2017

Panamanian-born Chen returns to mound to honor Chinese ancestors

This isn't the first time that ex-major league pitcher Bruce Chen has donned a national team jersey to play in the World Baseball Classic. The left-hander competed for his native Panama in the first two tournaments in 2006 and 2009.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 27, 2015

Japan-Korea dramas shine

Festival/Tokyo, which bills itself as "Japan's leading performing-arts event," is notable this year for its international collaborations — especially between Japanese and Korean dramatists, whose works comprise three of the 12 main programs in its Oct. 31-Dec. 6 span.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 1, 2014

Million Dollar Arm: 'Even Disney can't completely botch a baseball tale'

There's something about baseball that truly gels with movies. My secret conviction is that it's impossible to make a really terrible baseball movie. Even Disney can't botch it up completely, which is why their new true-to-life baseball tale "Million Dollar Arm" will wind up making you cry and glad to...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 21, 2013

Cromartie hungry to bring baseball back to Montreal

Warren Cromartie's energy can be infectious. When the former Montreal Expos and Yomiuri Giants star gets going on a topic, his voice rises, his words drip with conviction and even over the phone, you can imagine him flashing that familiar, toothy, megawatt smile.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Apr 15, 2013

Baseball, softball join forces in hopes of returning to Olympics

The international federations that govern baseball and softball stood united Sunday afternoon with one goal in mind: getting their sports back on the Olympic program.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 29, 2012

Matsui praised for impact on baseball

Kyodo, AFP-Jiji Fans in Japan were saddened Friday by the news of power-hitter Hideki Matsui's retirement from baseball at the age of 38, many wishing he would resume his career in the country.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 1, 2009

Baseball expert lines up new book on mobsters in Japan

Robert Whiting is best known as an expert on baseball. But he's much more than that. He's also an expert on mobsters in Japan and the sound a radar site makes when it is "spotted" by a U2 spy plane.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 23, 2009

Schiller not letting steroid issue damage fight to get baseball in Games

As bad as the steroid issue has been over the past several years, International Baseball Federation president Harvey Schiller thinks he can see the light.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 20, 2009

Schiller works to keep baseball on world stage

As Major League Baseball struggles to decide how to punish players who take performance-enhancing drugs, International Baseball Federation president Harvey Schiller made his opinion on the matter loud and clear as it pertains to the upcoming World Baseball Classic.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Feb 8, 2009

World Baseball Classic's controversial 13th-inning rule problematic

The Steering Committee of World Baseball Classic, Inc., has approved a controversial rule to help break a potential tie in a long extra-inning game during next month's WBC tournament, and it does not sit well with at least one Italian fan.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2006

Japanese baseball circles rejoice at WBC triumph

Japanese baseball circles on Tuesday celebrated the county's triumph at the World Baseball Classic with a victory over Cuba in the championship final.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Oct 17, 2005

Murakami, baseball and the pitfalls of Japanese managers

Financier Yoshiaki Murakami's bid to influence the Hanshin Tigers after recently becoming their parent firm's top shareholder has drawn public attention not only to his acquisitions, but also to the way that Japan's professional baseball teams are being run.
OLYMPICS
Jul 12, 2005

IOC decision to drop baseball not welcome news in Japan

Japan did its best to keep baseball in the Olympic program. That made the decision by the International Olympic Committee to drop the sport from the 2012 London Games that much harder to take.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 29, 2005

MLB official rejects NPB's claims

Calling the World Baseball Classic a no-risk proposition for Japan, a senior representative of Major League Baseball rejected claims by Japanese baseball officials that revenue distribution for the proposed tournament would be unfair.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 8, 2001

Baseball hits cricket for a home run

"Baseball is better than cricket."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 21, 2001

Swallowed up by a passion for baseball

"Spurred on by energetic cheerleaders and the pounding rhythm of taiko drums, horns, whistles and other noisemakers, (the typical Japanese fan) becomes a veritable wildman, yelling and screaming nonstop for nine solid innings." -- Robert Whiting, "You Gotta Have Wa"
JAPAN / MUSEUM MUSINGS
Sep 24, 2001

Baseball still the stuff of boys' dreams

The eyes of the boys from Okachimachi Junior High School in Tokyo light up as they grip the bats of professional Japanese baseball stars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 15, 2023

Australia skipper Dave Nilsson would welcome chance to manage in NPB

Baseball continues to bring the former Dragon back to Japan, and each trip has only reinforced the idea that the challenge of leading an NPB team is one he would gladly take on.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 4, 2022

With Vin Scully in the booth, baseball took root in California

On soft evenings in Chavez Ravine, the common denominator was not crowd noise or public-address announcements but the play-by-play narration of Scully and his sidekicks.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 14, 2022

Safety advocate continues to call for protective measures at baseball games

The issue of foul balls rocketing into the stands and causing injury is hardly a new one. A 14-year-old boy died after being struck by a foul ball while attending a game in 1970.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Sac Bunts
Jun 29, 2020

Filmmaker excited about chance to present Koshien to U.S. audience

Ema Ryan Yamazaki hopes to provide a new perspective of Japan's famous high school tournament when her documentary airs on ESPN.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu

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