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AWARD

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BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Feb 25, 2017
Legend Nagashima rekindles memories of an unforgettable life in baseball
It was good seeing former Yomiuri Giants third baseman and manager Shigeo Nagashima visiting the team's spring training camp in Miyazaki earlier this month. He just turned 81 this past week and is visibly handicapped by a stroke suffered in 2004 that limits movement on the right side of his body and...
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JAPAN
Feb 2, 2017
12 international students win Josai University poetry awards
The Josai University International Modern Poetry Center has awarded 12 prizes in an effort to recognize international students who have created original Japanese poetry works.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2016
Indian economist and Swiss zoologist win 2016 Blue Planet Prize for environmental work
Indian environmental economist Pavan Sukhdev and Swiss zoologist Markus Borner were named the winners Tuesday of this year's Blue Planet Prize for their contributions to helping solve global environment issues.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Oct 31, 2016
Let's discuss Kaori Icho's People's Honor Award
Four-time Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Kaori Icho was recently awarded the People's Honor Award.
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LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 29, 2016
Tokyo offers a wealth of innovative design, some of it for free
Tokyo Design Week has kicked in, with its first session ending on Oct. 31 and its second session running Nov. 2 to 7. But if the innovative products, architecture and robotics in Meiji Jingu Gaien are not enough to satiate your design curiosity, there are several free exhibitions in the city that are...
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2016
Carp's Johnson becomes second foreign-born Sawamura Award winner
There was no Japan Series game played Monday, but it was still an eventful afternoon for Hiroshima Carp pitcher Kris Johnson.
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JAPAN
Oct 20, 2016
Four-time Olympic gold medal-winner Icho awarded People's Honor
Four-time Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Kaori Icho was awarded the People's Honor Award by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday.
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OLYMPICS
Sep 13, 2016
Decorated wrestler Icho to receive People's Honor Award
The government said Tuesday it will bestow the People's Honor Award on Kaori Icho who became the first female wrestler to win four consecutive Olympic gold medals at last month's Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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CULTURE / Books
May 16, 2016
Crime and thriller writer Kanae Minato named winner of Yamamoto Shugoro Prize
The 29th Yamamoto Shugoro Prize will be given to Kanae Minato for her book "Utopia," the award's screening committee said Monday.

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