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FUKUOKA

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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
May 2, 2022
Fukuoka woman helps children with developmental disabilities get haircuts
Mika Kuriyama runs a website that offers information on hair salons and barbers where such children can get a haircut and feel comfortable.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 29, 2022
Kaito Yoza delivers in clutch during Lions' win over Hawks
Kaito Yoza provided some clutch relief, helping the Seibu Lions to a 4-2 Pacific League win over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Thursday.
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SOCCER / J. League
Apr 14, 2022
J. League interpreter's career was found in translation
Among the unsung heroes working in the background of sports, interpreters play a particularly vital role in keeping teams whose players and coaches come from various nations functioning.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2022
Hawks beat Marines to extend season-opening win streak to five
Akira Nakamura went 3-for-4 with an RBI on Wednesday as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks came back to beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 4-3 and register their fifth straight win to open the season.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Mar 28, 2022
Tsuyoshi Shinjo makes flashy start as Fighters manager
Tsuyoshi Shinjo made an entrance on opening day that was more WrestleMania than pro baseball. Whether or not NPB is ready for it, Big Boss has arrived.
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JAPAN
Mar 27, 2022
Cherry blossoms in full bloom in Tokyo and Fukuoka
Municipalities that operate large parks well known for hanami (cherry blossom-viewing) are welcoming visitors but in a restricted way due to the continuing spread of COVID-19.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2022 NPB Preview
Mar 24, 2022
Pacific League set for wide-open pennant race in 2022
The Buffaloes enter the year as the reigning champions, but there are no guarantees in the PL this season.
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Mar 15, 2022
Successor to Fukuoka International Marathon set for December
The new race scheduled for Dec. 4 is set to feature around 100 elite runners, according to the Japan Association of Athletics Federations.
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JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Feb 21, 2022
Burakumin discrimination history revealed 100 years on from rights declaration
Growing up in the chaos that followed World War II wasn't the only thing that prevented Hikari, now 82, from learning to read and write.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Jan 24, 2022
Kyushu drives changes to school rules to ensure freedoms are respected
A substantial number of prefecture-run schools in the region are only now lifting restrictions on the color of students' underwear.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 23, 2022
NPB home run king Wladimir Balentien announces retirement
The Curacao native rewrote the NPB record book in 2013 with 60 home runs to surpass the previous single-season mark of 55, originally set by Yomiuri Giants legend Sadaharu Oh in 1964.
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JAPAN
Dec 27, 2021
Community transmission of omicron spreads beyond Japan's major cities
Community infections of omicron have been reported in Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo, Fukuoka, Aichi and Hiroshima prefectures.
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Dec 18, 2021
Japanese esports players hone skills with top South Korean team
Riki Sameshima said that compared with esports worldwide, he feels awareness of esports in Japan is still relatively limited.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 17, 2021
Hawks' Yuki Yanagita becomes highest-paid position player in NPB history
The 33-year-old hit .300 with 28 homers and 80 RBIs in 141 games in 2021 and was also a member of Japan's gold-winning Olympic baseball team.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 1, 2021
SoftBank's record-holding closer Dennis Sarfate retires
The 40-year-old right-hander, who is fifth all-time in NPB with 234 career saves, had not pitched for the Pacific League club's first team since undergoing right groin surgery in April 2018.
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BUSINESS
Nov 24, 2021
Tokyo maintains third place in global city ranking as work flexibility improves
London finished ahead of New York and in the top spot for the tenth straight year, while Paris and Singapore rounded out the top five in fourth and fifth place, respectively.
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SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Nov 10, 2021
Despite sluggish attendance, Kyushu Basho boasts overwhelming charm
After a two-year absence, the return of professional sumo to Fukuoka offers a chance to reassess the grand tournament schedule's most unique host.
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JAPAN
Nov 8, 2021
Man arrested after starting fire on bullet train in southwestern Japan
A 69-year-old Fukuoka man was detained on the spot and no injuries were reported on the train bound for Kagoshima-Chuo Station.
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SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 1, 2021
Yokozuna Terunofuji leads sumo into new era without Hakuho
The 29-year-old Terunofuji won his debut tourney at sumo's highest rank and will now be alone in shouldering the extreme expectations placed on yokozuna.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 26, 2021
Hawks' five-time Japan Series-winning manager Kimiyasu Kudo resigns
The 58-year-old turned down a request from SoftBank to remain in charge after failing to guide the team to the postseason for the first time in his seven-year tenure.

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