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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Nov 21, 2017
APBC title gives Atsunori Inaba vital managerial experience on road to Tokyo Olympics
Samurai Japan manager Atsunori Inaba could've found himself caught between two worlds in the aftermath of Japan's championship-clinching victory over South Korea at the Asia Professional Baseball Championship on Sunday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 20, 2017
MLB scouts keep tabs on young players at APBC
There were no elite players like Shohei Otani or Yoshitomo Tsutsugo, but the Asia Professional Baseball Championship served as a good showcase for MLB scouts to try and identify some up-and-coming, and possibly future MLB, talent.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 19, 2017
Japan trounces South Korea in inaugural Asia Professional Baseball Championship final
Samurai Japan's young players grabbed their manager, Astunori Inaba, and threw him in the air once and then twice, before seemingly needing a few seconds to regroup before sending him up once more.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 19, 2017
Samurai Japan southpaw Shota Imanaga baffles Taiwan batters in dazzling 12-strikeout performance
The way Shota Imanaga was pitching with a one-run lead took almost all the mystery out of Samurai Japan's game against Taiwan. Well, all of the mystery except the question of whether the next batter would strike out swinging or looking.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 17, 2017
Lee Jung-hoo delivers game-winning triple in sixth inning as South Korea nips Taiwan
Lee Jung-Hoo's father may be a one of Korean baseball's former stars, but the 19-year-old is making a name for himself as a player in his own right.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 17, 2017
Samurai Japan beats South Korea in 10-inning thriller in Atsunori Inaba's debut as manager
Atsunori Inaba's first game in charge of Samurai Japan had a little bit of everything. There were big plays, clutch hits and rallies in the bottom half of both the ninth and 10th innings.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 15, 2017
Samurai Japan ready for Asian test as Atsunori Inaba makes managerial debut
One day before the inaugural Asia Professional Baseball Championship begins, all three participating nations made their final tuneups with high expectations at the tournament venue, Tokyo Dome, on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Oct 12, 2017
Samurai Japan unveils roster for new event
Japan's new manager is ready to lead the next generation on the road to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 5, 2017
Fans express mixed feelings as Shohei Otani's move to majors looms
Since he turned pro in 2013, everybody knew that Shohei Otani would set out for the United States to play at the highest level in the major leagues.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 2, 2017
Time has come for NPB to address system for makeup games
On Sunday, the MLB season ended with all 30 teams in action, wrapping up the year in a nice and tidy 15-game bow as focus shifts to the playoffs.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Sep 11, 2017
Samurai Japan to face Asian rivals in November tournament
For manager Atsunori Inaba and Samurai Japan, it's full steam ahead for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. And the first stop on what Japan hopes is the road to a gold medal comes in November, when Inaba makes his debut at the inaugural Asia Professional Baseball Championship 2017.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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