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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 14, 2010

Kiyota, Marines beat SK Wyverns for title

Winning their first Japan Series in five years gave the Chiba Lotte Marines a lot to celebrate.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 9, 2010

Team unity carries Marines to title

NAGOYA — Norifumi Nishimura and the Chiba Lotte Marines have come full circle.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 8, 2010

Marines win Game 7, 2010 Japan Series

NAGOYA — The Chiba Lotte Marines have got wa. Now they have another Japan Series title to go along with it.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 7, 2010

Iwakuma excited about posting bid

SENDAI (Kyodo) Hisashi Iwakuma said Saturday he was thrilled at learning that at least one major league club has made a bid for the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles right-hander via the posting system.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2010

Kinder, gentler Ochiai remains shrewd

NAGOYA — Maybe it's because the Chunichi Dragons are the Central League pennant winners or maybe it's the fact he's facing off against the franchise where he became a star, but this Japan Series has brought out a kinder, gentler Hiromitsu Ochiai.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2010

Japan Series veteran Wada continues to produce for Dragons

Nagoya Anyone in Japanese baseball should know how good Kazuhiro Wada is by now. The Chiba Lotte Marines had certainly put a warning mark on the Chunichi Dragons slugger before the Japan Series started.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 31, 2010

Players keep same approach for Japan Series

NAGOYA — It isn't too difficult to imagine how much of a privilege it is to play in a Japan Series.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 27, 2010

Playoff jinx bedevils Fukuoka faithful once again

The team colors are yellow and black, but the adopted color is red and, when the final out was recorded of the Pacific League Climax Series last week, Fukuoka fans were blue-shocking blue. Their team had just completed a stunning collapse after it appeared headed for its first Japan Series appearance...
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Oct 25, 2010

Veteran guile, wisdom aided Dragons in CL Climax Series clincher

The Chunichi Dragons have their fair share of youth on the roster, but it was a group of veterans who helped them reach the Japan Series with a 4-3 win over the Yomiuri Giants in Game 4 of the Central League Climax Series on Saturday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 23, 2010

No hopes where next year never comes

I have a luncheon friend who has been deep in the dumps all week. He sits slumped over, picks at his food and won't speak. The only way to bring him to life is to stick him with the tab.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2010

Asia, Europe face wait for Sony's Google TV

Sony plans to introduce its Web-surfing Google TV in nations other than the U.S. but they may have to wait more than a year, especially in China, a senior executive said Thursday.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Oct 17, 2010

Friendship on death row; Dr. Doolittle revisited; CM of the week: JR East

Prison life is a popular theme this fall, and the latest drama series to utilize it is "Mori no Asagao" ("Morning Glory in the Forest"; TV Tokyo, Mon., 10 p.m.), which centers on the relationship between a rookie prison guard and a man on death row.
EDITORIALS
Oct 16, 2010

NHK reporter crosses the line

Public broadcaster NHK announced Oct. 8 that a reporter in its news department's sports section warned a Japan Sumo Association official that the Metropolitan Police Department would conduct raids on sumo stables to search for evidence indicating that sumo wrestlers had gambled on professional baseball...
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 11, 2010

Marines pull together for postseason push

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — Japanese baseball historian and author Robert Whiting titled his most famous work "You Gotta Have Wa."
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 10, 2010

Fukuura's HR gives Marines win in 11th

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — You just cannot count out these Chiba Lotte Marines.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 9, 2010

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