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HANSHIN TIGERS

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 27, 2013
Giants showcase winning formula in series opener against archrival Tigers
The Yomiuri Giants brought back the magic and dispatched one of their toughest rivals in the process.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 7, 2013
Losing record no reflection of Standridge's true talent
Baseball isn't always fair, and things don't always play out the way they should on the diamond. The game can be downright cruel at times really.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 3, 2013
Nakai, Nishimura thrive in pressure-packed moments for Giants
Daisuke Nakai might want to get comfortable at the Big Egg.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Aug 3, 2013
Bass still standard by which foreign players measured
Over the years I've been asked, "Who is the No. 1 foreigner to have played in Japanese baseball?"
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jul 20, 2013
Teams jockeying for playoff position to battle Giants, Tigers
At the All-Star break for the 2013 NPB season, the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers appear to have a lock on finishing in first and second place in the Central League pennant race. Unless there is total meltdown by one of them, we will be seeing them in the postseason Climax Series come October.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 9, 2013
2014 NPB season-opening series in California appears unlikely
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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 24, 2013
Murton maintains torrid pace in Chiba
There's something about the Chiba Lotte Marines' home field that brings out the best in Matt Murton.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 12, 2013
Hanshin's Murton living in the moment
The natural inclination is to ask Matt Murton what's changed. To find out how, exactly, he went from the lows of an often tumultuous 2012 campaign, to hitting just about everything in sight early this year.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 28, 2013
First regular-season NPB games in U.S. nearly set
What do you make of the idea to have the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers open the 2014 Japanese baseball season in the U.S.?
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
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