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BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 6, 2001

Rhodes blasts 50th home run

Kintetsu Buffaloes slugger Tuffy Rhodes drilled a solo homer in the ninth inning of Wednesday's game at the Seibu Dome to become the first ever foreign Pacific League player to notch 50 home runs in a season.
Events
Sep 4, 2001

Fukushima area's face-lift puts it back on Osaka map

OSAKA -- Once a backwater in the shadow of Osaka's highly developed Umeda district, the area around Fukushima station is slowly being transformed from a slightly run-down neighborhood of cheap ramen shops to a gentrified area of French restaurants and Internet cafes.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 3, 2001

Rhodes goes yard for No. 49 as Buffs grab PL lead

Tuffy Rhodes slammed his 49th homer of the season and Eiji Mizuguchi singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh inning as the Kintetsu Buffaloes edged the Nippon Ham Fighters 10-9 at the Tokyo Dome on Sunday to climb into first place in the Pacific League standings, half a game ahead of...
COMMUNITY
Sep 2, 2001

What's off the menu?

Types of vegetarians and definitions, according to the British-based International Vegetarian Union:
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 2, 2001

Tuffy nails No. 48

Tuffy Rhodes slammed his Japanese league-leading 48th homer of the year to lead Kintetsu's 19-hit barrage as the Buffaloes maintained second place in the PL standings by trouncing the Nippon Ham Fighters 13-3 at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
JAPAN / 50 YEARS SINCE SAN FRANCISCO
Aug 30, 2001

American-style peace redefines Japanese palate

Fortunately, the GIs had something in their pockets and backpacks that led to instant friendship with total strangers: the Hershey chocolate bar.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 27, 2001

Rhodes devours Ham for lunch

Tuffy Rhodes belted his 44th homer of the season Sunday to regain a share of the lead in the Pacific League home-run derby and power the Kintetsu Buffaloes 7-2 over the Nippon Ham Fighters.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2001

Typhoon claims two, heads for Tokyo area

Typhoon Pabuk, which hit the Kii Peninsula in western Japan shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday, claimed at least two lives as it became the first typhoon in two years to hit the mainland, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2001

Obituaries: Junichiro Itani, Sumiko Takahara

Junichiro Itani, an internationally renowned anthropologist and professor emeritus at Kyoto University, died of pneumonia at a Kyoto hospital Sunday, his family said Monday. He was 75.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 15, 2001

Lowly Fighters clobber first-place Buffs

Yukio Tanaka and Michihiro Ogasawara hit two homers as the cellar-dwelling Nippon Ham Fighters routed PL leader Kintetsu Buffaloes 17-3 at the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday. The Fighters racked up 15 hits, six of which were home runs, and extended their win streak to five.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 12, 2001

Going the distance and beyond

OSAKA -- When the late Abebe Bikila represented Ethiopia in the men's marathon at the 1960 Rome Olympics, he shrugged off shoes in favor of his own bare feet. He took the gold, but were he running today, he might not make the same choice.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 4, 2001

Kiyohara puts end to Baystars streak

Yomiuri slugger Kazuhiro Kiyohara hit a two-run homer off Yokohama starter Satoru Komiyama (6-5) in the sixth inning as the Giants put an end to the BayStars' winning streak at nine with a 4-3 victory on Friday night at Yokohama Stadium.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 3, 2001

BayStars run win streak to nine

Dave Doster and Motonobu Tanishige both had three RBIs as the Yokohama BayStars won their ninth straight game by edging the Hiroshima Carp 11-9 at Hiroshima Stadium on Thursday night.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 2, 2001

Rhodes' league-leading 37th blast seals Buffs win

Kintetsu slugger Tuffy Rhodes smashed a two-run homer for his 37th this season, carrying the Buffaloes to a 2-1 win over the Lotte Marines on Wednesday night at the Osaka Dome.
LIFE / Digital / SURFERSPUD
Aug 2, 2001

From old Edo to South Park

www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/flashback/0009/ National Geographic has been running a flashback series highlighting its rich photographic history. Here's the September 2000 peek-to-the-past: a Hadaka Matsui feat at Saidaiji Temple in Okayama just after World War II. The photographer's flash provided...
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 23, 2001

Petagine ignites 23-hit attack as CL All-Stars square series

YOKOHAMA -- Pitching a professional baseball game in Yokohama Stadium has always been Daisuke Matsuzaka's dream. It came true on Sunday night during Game 2 of the 2001 Sanyo All-Star Series. By the third inning, however, it turned into a nightmare.
COMMENTARY
Jul 16, 2001

Avoid temptation of populism

The July 29 Upper House election is effectively a national referendum on the "reform without sacred cows" program of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's administration. The central question is whether "Koizumi reform" will jump-start Japan's stalled economy and put it back on the long-term recovery course....
SOCCER / THE BALD TRUTH
Jul 10, 2001

Troussier has no room for hanky-panky and circus animals

Its official: Philippe Troussier is not running a circus. The Japan coach was, in tabloid-speak, "gobsmacked" last Wednesday when he was quizzed about his team selection moments after Japan had defeated Yugoslavia 1-0 to win the Kirin Cup.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 3, 2001

Swallows consider major move for Ishii

The Yakult Swallows are likely to allow left-hander Kazuhisa Ishii to play in the major leagues next season, one year before he becomes a free agent, club president Yoshikazu Tagiku said Monday.
In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
The Google logo is seen at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order to Google over an alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law.
Japan to give India E5 and E3 shinkansen for free
A rendering of East Japan Railway's E10 series of bullet trains
China’s new bridge-forming barges offer new options for Taiwan invasion
This satellite image taken on March 25 shows three Chinese barges connected via extendable bridges in waters off Zhanjiang, in southern China's Guangdong province. Experts say the new barges could be used to land heavy equipment and thousands of personnel in a possible invasion of Taiwan.
Four arrested over obscene AI images in Japan first
The suspects used free AI software to create images of naked adult women, who do not exist in the real world, using prompts that included terms such as "legs open," according to NHK.
'Chikan' incidents rise as Japan grapples with mental health and cultural challenges
Overcrowded trains and a lack of legal consequences for groping in Japan have led to a rise in "chikan," or groping, which has been linked to a mental condition and compounded by cultural stigmas.
Privacy and transparency clash in debate over bill on artificial insemination
Sachiko Ishizuka, who was born via artificial insemination by donor (AID), tells her story to lawmakers from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on April 9.
Why Ishiba became the first prime minister to hold talks with Rengo in 16 years
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Japanese Trade Union Confederation chief Tomoko Yoshino in a meeting Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office
In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
The Google logo is seen at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order to Google over an alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law.
Sumo's throwback regional tours offer glimpse into sport's heart and history
Kirishima (behind) battles Atamifuji during a regional tour event in Hyogo Prefecture in 2023.
China’s new bridge-forming barges offer new options for Taiwan invasion
This satellite image taken on March 25 shows three Chinese barges connected via extendable bridges in waters off Zhanjiang, in southern China's Guangdong province. Experts say the new barges could be used to land heavy equipment and thousands of personnel in a possible invasion of Taiwan.

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