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BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 29, 2004

Godzilla stomps on old team

It all seemed so natural for Hideki Matsui. He was treated like royalty when he returned to the Tokyo Dome, and he didn't take much time to reward his adoring fans.
Japan Times
Features
Mar 28, 2004

Irene & Matilde

"SO IT STRUCK YOU AS ODD."
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2004

Tokyo Dome's spa sees tidy return

Baseball stadium operator Tokyo Dome Corp. said Tuesday its newly opened spa facility helped it weather an otherwise problematic year.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 19, 2004

Kiyohara cracks two homers

Veteran Kazuhiro Kiyohara belted a pair of homers Thursday to power the Yomiuri Giants to a 9-3 win over the Seibu Lions in baseball preseason action.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 17, 2004

Giants fall in preseason home opener

Masumi Kuwata gave up four runs and seven hits through the second inning for his second loss in as many games as the Yomiuri Giants were defeated by the Daiei Hawks 5-2 Tuesday in their first home game this preseason.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2004

Dentsu wants to shoot ads in space

Dentsu Inc. wants to send celebrities to the International Space Station to shoot television commercials, a company official said Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 4, 2004

Kawaguchi's solo shot powers Buffaloes past BlueWave

Kawaguchi's solo shot powers Buffaloes past BlueWave
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 7, 2004

Giants unveil Tuffy, Sikorski

Tuffy Rhodes put on his Yomiuri Giants uniform for the first time when he and Brian Sikorski were introduced as the Central League club's new off-season foreign acquisitions at a news conference Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2004

Creator of blue LED wins ¥20 billion patent payout

The Tokyo District Court on Friday ordered midsize chemical maker Nichia Corp. to pay an unprecedented ¥20 billion to the inventor of a key semiconductor device for his transfer of patent rights to the firm.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2004

Koga latest addition to politicians with bogus backgrounds

House of Representatives member Junichiro Koga acknowledged Tuesday that the academic record he presented when he announced his candidacy in November's general election was false.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 27, 2004

Valentine arrives back in Japan

Chiba Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine, who guided the New York Mets to the World Series in 2000, on Monday arrived in Japan to return to the baseball scene here for the first time in nine years for his second campaign with the Pacific League club.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 24, 2004

Swallows, Miyamoto ink 5-year deal

Yakult Swallows infielder Shinya Miyamoto, who has agreed to a five-year deal, re-signed with the Central League club on Friday for an annual salary of 180 million yen plus bonuses -- a 25 million yen pay raise from last season.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 21, 2004

A 'who's who' of foreign players for the 2004 season

With only 11 days now until the 12 Japanese pro baseball teams begin spring training for the 2004 season and, by my unofficial count, the Central and Pacific League clubs have so far, through Jan. 19, signed up 62 non-Japanese personnel, including 54 players, two managers and six coaches.
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2004

Yomiuri's Watanabe assumes chair

Tsuneo Watanabe, president of Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, became chairman of the newspaper company Friday, taking over from Kenya Mizukami following shareholder approval, the company said.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 10, 2004

The local garbage police dig in the dirt

On my island, we have garbage police: community members who stand guard over the garbage heap to make sure everyone puts out their garbage properly. These normally laid-back people can get very testy when they are put in a position of such authority. They have a very high garbage IQ.
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2003

Oh must pay 3 million yen to get wife's ashes back: caller

An unknown man who phoned the Daiei Hawks said that team manager Sadaharu Oh will have to pay cash if he wants his wife's stolen ashes returned.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 24, 2003

Tsuyoshi Shinjo's name game

Tsuyoshi Shinjo, a big name off-season acquisition for the Nippon Ham Fighters, said Tuesday he has asked the Pacific League club to have his name officially registered in English as "SHINJO" next season.
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.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
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.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
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
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.

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