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CHIBA

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 6, 2016
Despaigne, Marines overpower Hawks
Alfredo Despaigne hit a tie-breaking solo homer off reliever Dennis Sarfate on Wednesday as the Chiba Lotte Marines knocked off the defending Pacific League champs 4-3.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 1, 2016
Saitama police probe alleged kidnapper's car, seek to know how he learned girl's name
A 23-year-old man arrested on suspicion of abducting a teenage girl in 2014 told investigators he had wanted to carry out such a kidnapping since his junior high school days, police said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 31, 2016
Alleged kidnapper of teen girl arrested on release from hospital
A 23-year-old man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of abducting a teenage girl from Saitama Prefecture two years ago.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 29, 2016
Suzuki slugs two homers as Marines hammer Eagles
Daichi Suzuki hit the first two homers of the Pacific League season, driving in four runs in the Chiba Lotte Marines' 12-2 whipping of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Tuesday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2016 JAPANESE BASEBALL PREVIEW
Mar 24, 2016
Hawks eyeing PL three-peat
The following is the second of a two-part NPB preview (here is the first part) concluding with the 2016 Pacific League:
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2016
Authorities drop bullet charges against Navarro, Marines announce
Yamaico Navarro, the Dominican infielder who was arrested after being caught with a bullet in his bag, will not be charged for violating the Japanese firearm law, the Chiba Lotte Marines said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 14, 2016
Marines' Standridge looks forward to new challenge
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JAPAN
Mar 9, 2016
Chiba schools' 'kumitaiso' exercises led to 432 injury cases
Injuries from kumitaiso, a form of physical education in which people use their bodies to express shapes, including human pyramids, numbered 432 cases in the last fiscal year at elementary and junior high schools in Chiba Prefecture, officials said.
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
BASKETBALL
Mar 4, 2016
Struggling Chiba Jets fire Pavlicevic
The Chiba Jets have parted ways with head coach Zeljko Pavlicevic, the NBL club announced on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 29, 2016
Marines suspend Navarro for month after bullet arrest
The Chiba Lotte Marines on Monday announced they have handed a playing suspension to Yamaico Navarro and fined the infielder ¥500,000 ($4,428) following his recent arrest on suspicion of concealing a bullet in his bag in breach of Japan's firearm law.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 24, 2016
Saitama student, 20, admits emailing bomb threats to municipalities
The Chiba Prefectural Police on Tuesday arrested a 20-year-old male university student of Ageo, Saitama Prefecture, who turned himself in last month, claiming he has sent bomb threat emails to several local governments, some of which took preventive action due to the threats.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 23, 2016
Prosecutors release Marines' Navarro
Prosecutors in Okinawa released Chiba Lotte Marines infielder Yamaico Navarro on Tuesday following his arrest Sunday evening on suspicion of concealing a bullet in his bag in breach of Japan's firearm law.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2016
Chiba police free female hostage, arrest man after attack, standoff at church
Chiba Prefectural Police arrested a 36-year-old man Friday after he went on an injurious rampage and barricaded himself in a church with a hostage, a 51-year-old female counselor, in the town of Sakura.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Feb 6, 2016
Mount Nokogiri: a breathtaking climb to enlightenment
It's a moot point for those who live there that the name "Chiba" is, in many minds, synonymous with images of hot-rod gangs, peanut farms, car dealerships, pachinko emporiums, empty lots with chain-link fences and giant electric pylons marching across rice fields — a purgatorial transition between...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 13, 2016
Marines acquire Dominican infielder Navarro
The Chiba Lotte Marines on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Dominican infielder Yamaico Navarro.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 10, 2016
Suspected bomb in Chiba turns out to be dialysis device
A box found on a street in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, is found to be a device used for dialysis and not a bomb.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2016
Struggling rail line sells station naming rights in bid to stay on track
As railways across Japan make efforts to lure more patrons with luxury coaches and gourmet services, a small operator in Chiba Prefecture has fashioned its own tourist draw with a quirky new nickname linked to hair regrowth.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 5, 2016
Four held on suspicion of pushing Chiba youth to his death
Four suspects are arrested on suspicion of murdering a 17-year-old male whose body was found in the Tegakawa River in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2015
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The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
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A worker at Sakai Seisakusyo prepares to transport metal rods at its factory in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on July 8.
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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.
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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.
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