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HANSHIN TIGERS

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 17, 2019
Giants' Hayato Sakamoto sets personal record with 32nd homer in triumph over Tigers
Just like the weather outside of the relatively comfortable and cool confines of Tokyo Dome, the Yomiuri Giants are starting to heat up again.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 26, 2019
Tigers' Yangervis Solarte enjoys memorable NPB debut, slugging game-winning homer against Giants
Yangervis Solarte hasn't even been in Japan that long and yet Hanshin Tigers fans already love him.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 13, 2019
All-Star catcher and cancer survivor Fumihito Haraguchi encourages others battling illness
Fumihito Haraguchi was recovering from surgery to combat cancer when the NPB season began.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jun 10, 2019
Hanshin's Fumihito Haraguchi has already written inspiring story in comeback from cancer
The past week was one of returns in Japanese baseball.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 17, 2019
Tigers' Pierce Johnson striving to improve his Japanese
Sitting in the Hanshin Tigers' bullpen has given Pierce Johnson a chance to pick up some new things. Namely, his teammates have been teaching him some Japanese during their downtime, and he's already imagining the possibilities of having a new language in his arsenal.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB Preview
Mar 28, 2019
Central League clubs enter 2019 hoping to dethrone Carp
The following is the last of a two-part NPB preview ending with the 2019 Central League.
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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