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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 26, 2017

Mogi, Peguero hit it off for high-flying Eagles

Eigoro Mogi and Carlos Peguero have been one of the most dynamic duos in Japanese baseball so far this season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Apr 18, 2017

Rays need pitching prowess to make run at postseason

After two seasons of fruitless straying, Tampa Bay is once again returning to "The Ray Way" this season.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Apr 18, 2017

Angelic Mao's legacy will be part of skating forever

The news hit Japan and the skating world like a thunderbolt last Monday night when Mao Asada announced she was retiring from the sport.
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OLYMPICS
Apr 17, 2017

Japan softball team excited to take first steps toward Tokyo 2020

There may still be three years to go until the Tokyo Olympics, but Japan women's softball national team head coach Reika Utsugi and players Yukiko Ueno and Eri Yamada are already psyched up.
Reader Mail
Apr 14, 2017

Making a case against ban on public smoking

So, the World Health Organization "tells Japan to ban public smoking" (April 9). Is this the same WHO that repressed a 1998 study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer on environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) which found "weak evidence of a dose-response relationship between risk of lung cancer...
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BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 9, 2017

Sacre helps Sunrockers stay in hunt for playoff spot

It wasn't a masterpiece, but it was a win. And at this stage of the season, every win is critical for the playoff-chasing Sunrockers Shibuya.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 1, 2017

Abe smacks game-ending homer as Giants overcome Dragons

The Yomiuri Giants trailed the Chunichi Dragons for 8 2/3 innings on Saturday afternoon. When Shinnosuke Abe finally gave them the lead, it was for keeps.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2017 NPB PREVIEW
Mar 29, 2017

Hawks looking to redress balance of Pacific League power

The following is the first of a two-part NPB preview beginning with the 2016 Pacific League.
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 21, 2017

Flawed system cost Honda second world junior title

Marin Honda saved her best for last.
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CULTURE / Film
Mar 15, 2017

'Kong: Skull Island': King Kong swats away the story line

From the bizarrely "localized" titles to the media events featuring random TV personalities who aren't even in the film, Japanese distributors use some peculiar strategies to promote Hollywood movies to an increasingly indifferent public.
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JAPAN
Mar 13, 2017

Huge number of articles on DeNA info websites found to have plagiarism, copyright issues

A three-month probe uncovers problems with around 20,000 articles uploaded on 10 health and lifestyle information websites run by DeNA Co.
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BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 11, 2017

Measuring the economics behind a shift to streaming

An article in the Feb. 17 issue of the Asahi Shimbun describes a restaurant in Osaka where diners can watch J. League soccer games. The restaurant has three TV monitors hooked up to Sky PerfecTV, one of Japan's satellite broadcast services. At the end of January, however, the J. League shifted its exclusive...
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LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Mar 11, 2017

Inspiration can come from anywhere

Q-Pot dishes out more sweet stuff
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BASEBALL
Mar 9, 2017

Senga impresses in WBC debut

Just when Australia thought it was safe to get back in the batter's box, with Japan ace Tomoyuki Sugano on the bench and out of pitches, it ran into the buzz saw that is Kodai Senga.
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CULTURE / Film
Mar 8, 2017

'Bring on the Melody': The heroic way to strike up the band

Zero-to-hero movies, usually about athletes or musicians or other folks engaged in something competitive and cinematic (baseball, yes; darts, no), are a staple of the film business in Japan. One reason: Audiences here admire gaman — the perseverance the protagonists display in pursuit of their group...

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