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HIROSHIMA

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 12, 2015
Triumphant Giants stage seventh-inning comeback against Carp
The Yomiuri Giants beat Kenta Maeda in a close game again, and this time he helped them do it.
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BASKETBALL
May 10, 2015
Aisin whips defending champion Toshiba by 50 points to wrap up NBL playoff series
The Aisin SeaHorses eliminated the reigning NBL champion Toshiba Brave Thunders from the postseason with a 88-38 win in Game 2 of their best-of-three first round series at Wing Arena Kariya on Sunday.
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SOCCER / J. League
May 6, 2015
Streaking Sanfrecce beat Frontale for fifth straight win
Sanfrecce Hiroshima picked up their fifth straight win with a smash-and-grab 1-0 victory over Kawasaki Frontale on Wednesday to move one point off the top of the J. League table.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2015
Seoul orders Asiana pilots to undergo more training after second crash in two years
Asiana Airlines Inc. was ordered to give pilots more training after its second accident in two years raised concerns about the carrier's safety standards.
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JAPAN
Apr 14, 2015
Hiroshima hibakusha determined to keep memory of atomic bombing alive, 70 years on
Hiroshi Harada remembers how his leg sank into one of the bodies blocking a narrow Hiroshima street 70 years ago, as he fled the spreading fire ignited by the atomic bomb.

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