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FUKUOKA SOFTBANK HAWKS

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 25, 2015
Yakult's Yamada, Softbank's Yanagita win MVP Awards
It was a no-brainer. The two were simply the most dominant players in the 2015 NPB season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 30, 2015
Superior depth propels Hawks to another championship
Lee Dae-Ho's Japan Series performance shouldn't have been a major shocker to anyone. Lee is one of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks' big guns and hit 31 home runs during the regular season and fell just two RBIs shy of 100.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2015
Hawks claim back-to-back Japan Series titles
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks only needed five games to win the Japan Series and show everyone they were the best team in NPB last season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2015
Hawks move to brink of Japan Series glory
For awhile it looked like the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks were going to run away with a win in the fourth game of this Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2015
Swallows closer Barnette savoring Japan Series experience
There was a little more spring in Tony Barnette's step when he made his Japan Series debut in the ninth inning of Game 3.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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