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HIROSHIMA

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 11, 2017
Fujita tips balance as Eagles edge Carp
Kazuya Fujita went 3-for-4 and his RBI single broke an eighth-inning tie as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles beat the Hiroshima Carp 4-3 on Sunday.
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Jun 9, 2017
In case you missed them: a year of responses to Community stories, part 2
The second in a series of selections of unpublished letters about Community stories from the previous year.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 6, 2017
Teen arrested for allegedly dropping 5-year-old girl from second floor
A 14-year-old boy was arrested on an attempted murder charge on Tuesday after allegedly dropping a 5-year-old girl from the second floor of a sports facility in Hiroshima Prefecture.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 5, 2017
Carp debutant Batista blasts his way into history
After months of beating minor league pitching into submission, Xavier Batista was thrust into the limelight and rose to the occasion.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 5, 2017
Ban treaty offers chance for a world free of nuclear arms
Nearly 130 states are participating in U.N. negotiations to prohibit nuclear weapons, but nuclear-weapons states and nuclear-dependent states, including Japan, are not among their number.
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SOCCER / J. League
Jun 4, 2017
Antlers hand manager Oiwa winning start to tenure
Leandro struck twice as Kashima Antlers bounced back from their midweek Asian Champions League exit, beating struggling Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3-1 away in the J. League on Sunday in their first match under new manager Go Oiwa.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 4, 2017
Rookie Nakamura keeps Carp riding high
Rookie right-hander Yuta Nakamura worked six innings to pace the Central League-leading Hiroshima Carp to a 7-1 interleague win over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Sunday.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 30, 2017
Kikuchi powers Carp past Lions on opening night of interleague play
Ryosuke Kikuchi drove in three late runs to ignite the Central League-leading Hiroshima Carp to a 5-0 victory over the Seibu Lions on Tuesday, the first night of interleague play.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 29, 2017
Carp star Suzuki working on 'godlike' encore
Hiroshima Carp outfielder Seiya Suzuki was "godlike" last season. At least that was the word.
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BASKETBALL / B. League
May 28, 2017
B-Corsairs beat Dragonflies to maintain first-division status
The Yokohama B-Corsairs successfully survived the humiliating prospect of demotion to the second division in the B. League's inaugural season with a 74-53 victory over the Hiroshima Dragonflies in the promotion/demotion game at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on Sunday afternoon.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 26, 2017
Carp hurler Okada gets big support from offense, holds Giants in check
The Hiroshima Carp have pretty much dominated the Yomiuri Giants this season.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 24, 2017
Osera pitches Carp past Swallows
Daichi Osera threw six shutout innings to lead the Hiroshima Carp to a 6-1 victory over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 23, 2017
Draft of nuke ban treaty references atomic bomb victims
The head of U.N. negotiations aimed at banning nuclear weapons released a first draft of a treaty on Monday that includes references to the suffering of victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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JAPAN / Politics
May 20, 2017
Kishida defends skipping U.N. talks, saying nuclear weapons ban would widen rift between haves and have-nots
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday defended Japan's choice not to participate in U.N. talks toward a treaty banning nuclear weapons, saying that proceeding would risk deepening the rift between countries with nuclear stockpiles and those without them.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 20, 2017
Matayoshi gets revenge against Carp as Dragons win third straight
Reliever-turned-starter Katsuki Matayoshi got a measure of revenge on Saturday, with seven impressive innings in the Chunichi Dragons' 2-1 win over the Hiroshima Carp.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 18, 2017
Potent offense, stellar pitching carry Carp past BayStars
Tomohiro Abe hit a two-run single in the bottom of the first inning to erase an early deficit and put the Hiroshima Carp in a 9-2 victory over the Yokohama BayStars on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 15, 2017
Hiroshima police flooded with protest calls following ¥85 million theft at main station
The Hiroshima Prefectural Police are getting public blowback over last week's theft of at least ¥85 million from its main police station.
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BASKETBALL / B. League
May 13, 2017
Offense clicks for Brave Thunders in Game 1 victory over Sunrockers
The top-seeded Kawasaki Brave Thunders shot a sizzling 53 percent from the field in the first game of the B. League Championship quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 11, 2017
Yamada, Takai ignite 15-hit parade as Swallows crush Carp
Tetsuto Yamada went 4-for-4 with two RBIs and Yuhei Takai hit a pair of two-run doubles to power the Tokyo Yakult Swallows to a 12-3 victory over the Hiroshima Carp.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 11, 2017
NPB begins promoting upcoming All-Star series
Nippon Professional Baseball officially kicked off the countdown to this year's All-Star series during a news conference on Thursday at a Tokyo Hotel.

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