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AO TANAKA

Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 11, 2016
MLB stars remember 3/11
Five years on from the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan that took so many lives, Japanese major leaguers who began their careers in the affected area cast their minds back to the disaster while promising to provide whatever inspiration they can from the mound.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2016
Japan's nuclear watchdog chief urges safety vigilance by government, utilities
The head of the Nuclear Regulation Authority is urging the government and utilities to redouble their vigilance to ensure reactor safety, warning them not to drop their guard simply because units have cleared the NRA's tough safety screening.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Mar 7, 2016
Omine could have large role to play for Marines in 2016
There were lotteries held for the rights to three high school pitchers during the 2006 NPB draft.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 3, 2016
Tanaka looks sharp in first simulated game
New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka overwhelmed minor leaguers in his first simulated game of the spring camp on Wednesday, striking out five of six batters with his 30 pitches.
Rugby
Mar 1, 2016
Highlanders' Tanaka injures calf
Highlanders scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka has injured his calf and will need about four weeks to recover, the reigning Super Rugby champions said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Feb 22, 2016
Marathon bullpen sessions remain question of culture
Nagekomi is a term familiar to most Japanese baseball fans. Even in the normally taxing Japanese baseball spring training menu, nagekomi, used in baseball to refer to marathon bullpen sessions, stands out as one of the most strenuous.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 19, 2016
New father Tanaka envisions 'special year' with Yankees
A day before the start of his third spring training with the New York Yankees, Masahiro Tanaka foresaw a special season ahead following the birth of his first child.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Feb 17, 2016
Upcoming games give Kokubo chance to fine-tune Samurai Japan approach
In October 2013, Japanese baseball officials, stung by the country's failure to win the World Baseball Classic earlier that year, decided to make some changes and hired Hiroki Kokubo as the manager of the national team.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 16, 2016
Tanaka's wife gives birth to baby boy
Masahiro Tanaka is now a dad, the New York Yankees said Monday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 15, 2016
Tanaka stays positive about return
Jesus may not love him, but striker Junya Tanaka is not looking back in anger.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 14, 2016
Tanaka throws from mound for first time since surgery
New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka threw from the mound on Saturday for the first time since undergoing elbow surgery in October.
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 2, 2016
Veteran striker Tanaka rejoins Reysol
Former Japan international Junya Tanaka will return to Kashiwa Reysol, his Portuguese club Sporting announced on Monday.
Rugby
Dec 31, 2015
Tanaka warns against complacency in Japanese rugby
Japan scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka has warned that banking on Japan's World Cup success will be a mistake.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 11, 2015
Jins eyewear-maker plans overseas expansion amid sluggish domestic market
Eyewear-maker Jin Co., which offers low-price glasses under the brand name Jins, aims to expand its business overseas amid a shrinking domestic market, CEO Hitoshi Tanaka said Friday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 9, 2015
Ryusuke Hamaguchi's study of human love, loss and trust
One Asian film reviewer of my acquaintance writes “(J-film title) could be cut by (number of minutes)” so often that he's probably made it into a keyboard shortcut.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Nov 21, 2015
Yukio Mishima's enduring, unexpected influence
Forty-five years ago this week — at just after 10 a.m. on the bright, cold morning of Nov. 25, 1970 — a telephone rang at the Tokyo home of popular enka singer Hideo Murata. On the line was author Yukio Mishima, a man who in the short space of his 45 years had lived life more fully than perhaps...
Japan Times
Rugby
Nov 21, 2015
Rugby World Cup hero Tanaka slams JRFU for lack of effort
Panasonic Wild Knights and Japan scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka said Saturday that the Japan Rugby Football Union lacks the necessary zeal to capitalize on this year's success at the Rugby World Cup.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 10, 2015
Minimumweight champ Tanaka to put title on line on New Year's Eve
Twenty-year-old WBO minimumweight champion Kosei Tanaka will make the first defense of his crown against fourth-ranked Filipino Vic Saludar on New Year's Eve, Tanaka's Hatanaka gym announced Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 4, 2015
Chihiro Ikeda's 'Tokyo no Hi' is a worthy addition to the slacker genre
Can we please cut the Japanese movie slacker some slack? Usually a guy past the age when most contemporaries have entered official adulthood — defined here as holding a full-time (if not necessarily lifetime) job — the slacker hero makes do with part-time gigs, or spinning his unemployed...
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 14, 2015
Brave Blossoms determined to capitalize on rugby boom
Around 500 fans were waiting for the Brave Blossoms at Haneda airport on Tuesday, dousing them in a flood of camera flashlights.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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