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FUKUOKA

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 1, 2017
Rookie pitcher Haruhiro Hamaguchi comes up big to keep BayStars alive in Japan Series
Rookie pitcher Haruhiro Hamaguchi took the ball in what might have been the biggest game of his life and delivered the performance of his life.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 31, 2017
Early scoring, lockdown bullpen carry Hawks to Game 3 triumph over BayStars
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the first two games of the Japan Series with a blowout and a dramatic late-inning comeback.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Oct 31, 2017
Kajitani, BayStars remain positive as series resumes in Yokohama
Despite his team getting off to an 0-2 start in the ongoing Japan Series, Yokohama BayStars outfielder Takayuki Kajitani held his head up high as the series resumed at Yokohama Stadium for Tuesday's Game 3.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 31, 2017
Dennis Sarfate feels collapse in 2016 motivated Hawks this season
Dennis Sarfate showed up early to practice on his day off.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 30, 2017
BayStars shake off opening losses as Japan Series moves to Yokohama
The Yokohama BayStars' Joe Wieland doesn't yet know if he'll be nervous to start in his first Japan Series game.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 30, 2017
Hawks win Game 2 of Japan Series after contentious call
All anyone could do was wait. A decision that could have a big impact on the complexion of the Japan Series hung in the balance, as the umpiring crew checked replay after replay in the bottom of the seventh inning at Yafuoku Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2017
Victory only thing that matters for Hawks star Seiichi Uchikawa
"Winning is everything" is a cliche you often hear from players and coaches in postseason baseball.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2017
Hawks erupt for seven runs in fifth inning, pound BayStars in Game 1
The day before this Japan Series was scheduled to start, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks closer Dennis Sarfate said his team had the best starting rotation, best lineup and best bullpen in the league.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Oct 28, 2017
Hawks believe quick-strike offense a big key to Japan Series success
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks will try to strike first, scoring runs early, so they can play their own brand of ball in the 2017 Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2017
Different styles define Hawks, BayStars
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Yokohama BayStars had two very different paths to Game 1 of the Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2017
Hawks' Seiichi Uchikawa, BayStars' Yoshitomo Tsutsugo determined to deliver quality Japan Series
While one team is no stranger to the biggest stage, the other squad returned there for the first time in nearly two decades.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2017
BayStars and Hawks vie for supremacy
Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez had one message for his players on the eve of what will be the first Japan Series appearance for many of them.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 25, 2017
BayStars reap reward of patient approach with Japan Series berth
Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez is fond of saying that it's not how you start, but how you finish. It's one of his most well-worn axioms actually.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 23, 2017
Hawks have look of budding dynasty after latest triumph
In what has almost become a rite of fall, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks paraded around a field with a banner in tow in celebration of a championship.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
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.

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