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JAPAN
Sep 5, 2000

Double-murder appeals rejected

The Tokyo High Court dismissed appeals Monday filed by both a defendant and the prosecution over the indefinite prison term the man received for murdering two employees and perpetrating other crimes.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 2, 2000

Hawks beat 'Wave; Buffs top Lions

Yusuke Torigoe pulled a two-run homer into the left-field stands in the seventh inning to lift the Daiei Hawks 3-2 over the Orix BlueWave and end a five-game losing streak Friday at Fukuoka.
OLYMPICS
Aug 29, 2000

Chairman of JOC encourages Japanese squad to go for gold

Japanese Olympic officials called on the country's athletes to the Sydney Olympic Games to more than double their gold medal haul from Atlanta, when the Olympic delegation was officially launched in ceremonies Sunday. "Judging from the Olympic qualifiers and other competitions, we believe that this team...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Aug 27, 2000

Kinjo: Is he the Central League Ichiro?

Yokohama BayStars cleanup hitter Bobby Rose enjoyed a 10-point lead in this year's Central League batting title race on Friday, Aug. 18. He was ahead of the runnerup, Yomiuri Giants slugger Hideki Matsui, .345 to .335. But the next day, Rose found himself in second place, 39 points behind the new leader,...
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2000

State institutes set to study violent kids' backgrounds

Amid a rise in youth violence in the country, two government research institutes will launch a joint study into the backgrounds of youths who commit impulsive acts of violence, government sources said Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 22, 2000

Chiben Wakayama captures high-school crown

Chiben Wakayama pitcher Junpei Yamamoto is mobbed after his team's 11-6 victory. NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Pref. (Kyodo) Kentaro Tsutsumino hit a pair of solo homers and drove in four runs Monday to pace Chiben Wakayama to its second National High School Baseball Championship crown 11-6 over Chiba's...
COMMUNITY
Aug 20, 2000

Contestants jump at chance to net annual award for catching goldfish

YAMATO KORIYAMA, Nara Pref. -- Similar to the high school baseball championships at Koshien, it is a national championship with 2,000 participants striving to be Japan's No. 1. It could even be compared to the Olympic Games, where contestants have to go through a qualifying round before they reach the...
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 19, 2000

Akiyama chalks up 2,000th career hit

Daiei slugger Koji Akiyama notched his 2,000th career hit on Friday night, but his Hawks fell to the Lotte Marines 8-5 at Kitakyushu Stadium to slide down from the top of the Pacific League standings to second, two percentage points behind idle Seibu.
COMMUNITY
Aug 17, 2000

Masatomo couture at the Ritz

The dragons are coming!
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 15, 2000

Cho returns to mound as Giants earn sweep

Cho Sung Min Kazuhiro Kiyohara and Hideki Matsui both homered Sunday as the Yomiuri Giants juggernaut swamped the Hiroshima Carp 7-3 for a sweep of the weekend series in Hiroshima. The Yomiuri victory kept the Giants on top of the Central League standings, seven games in front of the Chunichi Dragons....
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2000

Ping-pong parlors are bouncing back

Frustrated groans and whoops of excitement echo around the ninth floor of a Shibuya game center. Surprisingly, there's not a video or arcade game in sight.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2000

Base cuts beyond SACO sought

ITAMI, Osaka Pref. -- In order for the U.S. and Japan to maintain friendly relations, America must reduce its military presence on Okinawa, which is little more than a colonial outpost controlled by the U.S. military, said leading Okinawa politician Tokushin Yamauchi during a recent symposium.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 10, 2000

Japanese athletes owe debt to Chiba

In today's sporting world we are too often forced to see rebels without a cause trying to make a name for themselves by their outrageous actions on or off the field of play. They constantly try to attract attention by bullying, being obnoxious or condescending to opponents, teammates, coaches, fans and...
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 3, 2000

Kiyohara leads Giants to win over BayStars

Revitalized Kazuhiro Kiyohara sparked the Yomiuri offense once again Wednesday as the Giants survived a late-inning scare to shake off the Yokohama BayStars 8-7 at Yokohama Stadium and solidify their Central League lead.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 2, 2000

Kiyohara, Matsui punish BayStars

Kazuhiro Kiyohara hit a three-run home run as the Central League's front-running Yomiuri Giants beat the Yokohama BayStars 4-2 at Yokohama Stadium on Tuesday and extended their winning streak to three.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 29, 2000

Matsuzaka flirts with no-hitter

Daisuke Matsuzaka threw a no-hitter over eight-plus innings and Susumu Otomo hit a two-run homer to pace the Seibu Lions to a 6-0 victory over the last-placed Kintetsu Buffaloes at the Osaka Dome on Friday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 18, 2000

Barry carries Marines

Pinch-hitter Jeff Barry doubled with the bases loaded and two out in the seventh inning Monday to drive in three runs and lead the Lotte Marines 6-5 over the Seibu Lions at Chiba Marine Stadium.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 17, 2000

Jojima, Hawks snuff Buffs

All-star catcher Kenji Jojima singled home Arihito Muramatsu with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday to give the Daiei Hawks their fifth "sayonara" victory of the season, 4-3 over the Nippon Ham Fighters at the Fukuoka Dome.
OLYMPICS
Jul 6, 2000

Sydney to fall short of eliminating drugs from Games

Australia vowed to run drugs off the road to the Olympics when it won the right to host the Games in Sydney this September, but the wheels of sports bureaucracy do not spin fast enough to outpace performance-enhanced athletes.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jul 2, 2000

Hanshin pinstripes a good fit for Franklin

Micah Franklin shakes hands with Hanshin Tigers official Katsuyoshi Nozaki during a press conference Thursday at the club office in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. I'd like to think Micah Franklin took my advice.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 2, 2000

Way too much jello has been going to waist

My husband is in to soft-porn: the Victoria's Secret catalog. Whenever a new catalog comes in the mail, he's got it ripped open before I even get a glance at the latest cheetah-print lingerie Naomi Campbell is modeling. Victoria's Secret is most famous for their lingerie, but they also sell an array...
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2000

Santen blackmail suspect questioned

OSAKA — Police questioning a 56-year-old man arrested Friday afternoon for alleged attempted blackmail of Santen Pharmaceutical Co. found the suspect had no personal ties to the leading eyewash maker.
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
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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