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HIROKI KOKUBO

Japan Times
BASEBALL
Oct 18, 2016
Otani headlines squad for WBC warmup tilts
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters ace/designated hitter Shohei Otani highlighted the list of players announced to the Samurai Japan roster on Tuesday for World Baseball Classic warmup games against Mexico and the Netherlands.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Sep 23, 2016
Samurai Japan skipper Kokubo promotes team's new uniforms for WBC, stays mum about roster
Hiroki Kokubo didn't drop any hints about who would be on the Samurai Japan team for the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He did, however, help reveal what they would be wearing.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Aug 2, 2016
Tokyo will host two rounds of 2017 WBC
Samurai Japan's quest to reclaim the World Baseball Classic title will begin in the nation's capital.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Feb 17, 2016
Upcoming games give Kokubo chance to fine-tune Samurai Japan approach
In October 2013, Japanese baseball officials, stung by the country's failure to win the World Baseball Classic earlier that year, decided to make some changes and hired Hiroki Kokubo as the manager of the national team.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 22, 2015
Samurai Japan manager Kokubo reflects on Premier 12 tournament, team goals moving forward
Samurai Japan finished the Premier 12 with a tournament-high 7-1 record. But the sole loss was huge for the national baseball team and cost it a shot at vying for global championship's inaugural title.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 16, 2015
Nakamura's sayonara single keeps Japan unbeaten
Samurai Japan, which had already secured a quarterfinal berth and first place in Group B at the Premier 12, ended the preliminary stage with an unbeaten record after a 6-5 win over Venezuela at Taoyuan International Stadium on Sunday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 15, 2015
Japan hammers U.S. to book spot in quarterfinals
Samurai Japan clobbered the United States and clinched a quarterfinal berth at the Premier 12 in the process.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 12, 2015
Venezuela's Jimenez puts friendships aside during heated Premier 12 competition
While playing for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in 2009 and for the Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization in 2014, Venezuela's Luis Jimenez developed many friendships on both teams.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 10, 2015
Samurai Japan makes preparations for Premier 12 clash against Mexico
Though he didn't get the nod to start in Sunday's Premier 12 opener in Sapporo, Kenta Maeda is still believed to be the main guy on Samurai Japan's pitching corps.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 7, 2015
Premier 12 begins with Japan-South Korea clash
One day before the inaugural Premier 12 debuts, Japan national baseball team manager Hiroki Kokubo and South Korea skipper Kim In-sik addressed the media at a Sapporo hotel on Saturday evening.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Oct 9, 2015
Kokubo revals Japan's 28-man squad for Premier 12 tournament
Samurai Japan skipper Hiroki Kokubo announced his 28-man final squad for next month's WSBC Premier 12 on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Nov 22, 2014
Dueling goals drove Samurai Japan
One way of looking at Samurai Japan's victory in the MLB-Japan All-Star Series is from the point of view that the Japanese team proved once again it could hold its own against the major leaguers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Oct 9, 2014
Samurai Japan unveils remaining players for MLB series
The organizers of the 2014 Nichibei Yakyu all-star series announced the remaining players for the Japan national team and 10 more players for the major league squad on Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2013
Kokubo turns to youthful talent to carry Samurai Japan for Taiwan exhibition series
Recently introduced Japan baseball national team manager Hiroki Kokubo doesn't appear to impose victories on his players right away.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 9, 2013
Kokubo introduced as new manager of Samurai Japan
The Japanese baseball national team has a new outlook and a new man in charge.
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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