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Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 10, 2016
Countryside games add challenges, concerns for NPB teams
Japan's schedule of countryside games (those played away from the home franchise stadiums of the 12 Central and Pacific League teams) has concluded for the season. The last scheduled game, where the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters were to have played the Chiba Lotte Marines on Tuesday at Asahikawa was rained...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 8, 2016
Iconic Aoki could make positive impact for any team
Two weeks before the B. League's inaugural season tips off, the most popular player in bj-league history remains without a team.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 6, 2016
'Similarity and Difference: Who's Who by Kazuo Okazaki'
Sept. 7-Oct. 30
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 28, 2016
Marines beat Hawks to end five-game skid
The Chiba Lotte Marines belted out five runs off three Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks relievers in the eighth inning and snapped their five-game losing streak on Sunday with a 7-5 win over the Pacific League leaders.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 27, 2016
Yanagita pounces on Marines again
Yuki Yanagita erupted for five RBIs as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks hammered the Chiba Lotte Marines for the second straight day on Saturday, winning 14-3 to stay at the top of the Pacific-League standings.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 26, 2016
Hawks' Yanagita atones for Thursday miscue in series-opening triumph over Marines
A day after his fielding error cost his team the Pacific League lead, Yuki Yanagita helped power them back on top as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks clobbered the Chiba Lotte Marines 11-3 on Friday night.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 24, 2016
Chiba police question man after two girls are stabbed in separate attacks
Police arrested a 21-year-old man on Wednesday for allegedly stabbing a 19-year-old woman in Chiba Prefecture the previous day.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 13, 2016
Hawks' Senga, two relievers toss one-hitter against Marines
Kodai Senga allowed one hit over seven innings to pitch the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a 3-0 victory over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Saturday, ending a six-game losing streak.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 12, 2016
Ishikawa tosses shutout to send Hawks to sixth straight loss
Ayumu Ishikawa shut out the Pacific-League leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on two hits and tagged them with their season-worst sixth straight defeat on Friday, while tying Hawks starter Tsuyoshi Wada for the league lead in wins.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2016
Heavy rain disrupts operations at Tokyo Disneyland and bullet train services around Japan
Heavy rain hit the Japanese archipelago Tuesday, disrupting operations at Tokyo Disneyland and bullet-train services in some regions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2016
Chiba whiz kid youngest yet to clinch college-level math exam
Thirteen-year-old student Hibiki Sugawara is counting his blessings after becoming the youngest person to pass a college-level mathematics proficiency test.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 12, 2016
Mitsubishi Heavy unveils robot for use when flammable gas has leaked
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. on Tuesday unveiled a robot that can operate in the presence of flammable gases, such as after a gas leak following a disaster.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 9, 2016
Hurler Arihara foils Marines as Fighters cruise to 13th consecutive victory
Kohei Arihara allowed no runs for the second straight start, pitching the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to their 13th straight win, a 4-0 Pacific League victory over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 7, 2016
DeNA to launch driverless bus service in Chiba next month
DeNA Co., best known as a mobile video game maker, said on Thursday it will launch a driverless bus service at a park in Chiba Prefecture from next month.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 5, 2016
Mom apparently kills son, daughter, self on Chiba beach; another son hurt
A mother and two children died Monday on a beach in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, in an apparent murder-suicide, police said.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 4, 2016
Kudo calls in Marines for All-Star Series
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks manager Kimiyasu Kudo has made sure Pacific League rival Chiba Lotte will be well represented in next week's All-Star Series by naming seven Marines players to the 28-man PL all-star squad.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 27, 2016
Marines crush league-leading Hawks
Hideaki Wakui went the distance and Yamaico Navarro drove in four runs as the second-place Chiba Lotte Marines defeated the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 9-6 on Monday evening.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 26, 2016
Tamura helps Marines thump Lions
Catcher Tatsuhiro Tamura had four hits and three RBIs to help power the Chiba Lotte Marines to a 10-4 thumping of the Seibu Lions in the Pacific League on Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 17, 2016
Eggs of woman in 20s frozen in Urayasu in Japan's first city-funded program
Under the first such program in Japan subsidized by a local government to address the nation's low birthrate, a hospital in Chiba Prefecture has frozen the eggs of a woman in her 20s to preserve them for future pregnancy, the hospital said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 16, 2016
Death penalty to stand for man over 2010 murder as minor
A death sentence given to a man convicted of murdering two women and seriously injuring another man in 2010 when he was 18 is set to be finalized after the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld lower court rulings.
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Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
Japan finds a 'stealth' cure for zombie businesses: Let them fail
A worker at Sakai Seisakusyo prepares to transport metal rods at its factory in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on July 8.
Trump makes his grand RNC entrance with a bandaged ear and a VP pick
Former U.S. President Donald Trump during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday
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.
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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