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JAPAN
Dec 1, 2005

Rakuten and TBS bury hatchet, agree to start tieup talks

After intense 11th-hour negotiations, Rakuten Inc. and Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. agreed Wednesday to launch talks on potential business tieups after the Internet firm withdrew its proposal to merge with the private broadcaster.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2005

Individual investors being hit by suspicious stock schemes

Individual investors looking for places to invest their money are getting dragged into shady schemes that persuade them to buy unlisted stocks with the promise of getting high returns once they get listed.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 19, 2005

Eagles land Matsuzaki in draft

The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles won the right to negotiate a deal with Tohoku Fukushi University left-hander Shingo Matsuzaki in the first round of picks at the baseball amateur draft on Friday. Rakuten is the only team allowed to select a player in the first round after the 11 others earlier applied...
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 18, 2005

Jojima cancels meeting with Mets

Japanese all-star catcher Kenji Jojima has canceled a meeting with the New York Mets and is preparing to end his current U.S. trip Thursday, according to baseball sources.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 17, 2005

Iriki pursues MLB

Nippon Ham Fighters right-hander Yusaku Iriki said Wednesday he will try to pursue a career in the major leagues via the so-called posting system this offseason.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 14, 2005

Marines sweep Asia Series

Another series, another Chiba Lotte Marines championship.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 9, 2005

Jojima, others hoping for majors

Softbank Hawks catcher Kenji Jojima, who is eyeing a move to the major leagues next season, is among five players on the free-agent list released Tuesday by the baseball commissioner's office.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 8, 2005

Sikorski gets his walking papers

The Yomiuri Giants said Monday right-hander Brian Sikorski will leave the Central League team after the reliever was left out of new manager Tatsunori Hara's plans for the next season.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 8, 2005

Tigers, Marines to face off in May

The Hanshin Tigers and Chiba Lotte Marines will face each either in a rematch of their Japan Series showdown last month when interleague play opens its second-year schedule on May 9 next year.
Japan Times
Features
Nov 6, 2005

Surveying a state of change

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi led his Liberal Democratic Party to a landslide victory in the Sept. 11 general election he called as a de facto referendum on his drive to privatize postal services.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 4, 2005

Marines offer Valentine new three-year contract

Lotte Marines' representative Ryuzo Setoyama said Thursday that the Pacific League club has offered Bobby Valentine a new three-year contract starting in 2006 in an apparent move to keep the Japan Series winning manager.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 3, 2005

Valentine honored with Shoriki award

Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine was named the recipient of the Matsutaro Shoriki award Wednesday for his contributions to the development of Japanese baseball.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2005

Golfer 'Jumbo' Ozaki bankrupt

Pro golfer Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki has debts totaling 1.6 billion, yen his lawyer said Wednesday, a day after it was revealed that he has been granted court protection from creditors.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2005

Matsuzaka shelves big league plans

Seibu Lions ace right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka has given up on his plan to pursue a career in the major leagues and will remain with Seibu next season, baseball sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

Physician in line for Order of Culture honor

Noted terminal-care physician Shigeaki Hinohara is among the five people who will be awarded the Order of Culture next week, the government said Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2005

Shinjo to stay on

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo is set to play for the Pacific League club for another year, baseball sources said Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 20, 2005

Jojima, sixty-eight others eligible for free agency

Softbank Hawks catcher Kenji Jojima, widely believed to aspire to ply his trade in the major leagues, is among the 69 players eligible to become free agents this year, the baseball commissioner's office said Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Oct 18, 2005

How would you spend 20,000 on a shopping spree?

Dave Jamieson Teacher, 27 If I got my hands on 20,000 yen I think I'd buy some glasses. I want to get new frames because I managed to break my last pair when I fell off my bike. I want to get some plastic, square-framed ones -- Weezer-style.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2005

Rakuten, Murakami grab stakes in TBS

Top e-commerce firm Rakuten Inc. has acquired a 15.46 percent equity stake in Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. and proposed integrating management of the two firms under a holding company, Rakuten's president said Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 10, 2005

Marines sweep Lions, move on to face Hawks

CHIBA -- There are only two K's in Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Hiroyuki Kobayashi's name, but in his arm, there are many more.

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