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HIROSHIMA

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 4, 2014
Sawamura, bullpen blank Carp as Giants wrap up three-game sweep
Hirokazu Sawamura scattered five hits in seven shutout innings as the Yomiuri Giants completed a three-game sweep of the Hiroshima Carp with a 1-0 win Thursday.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 3, 2014
Giants down Maeda, Carp
Hisayoshi Chono hit a two-run home run to highlight a four-run uprising during a sudden lapse for Kenta Maeda in the fifth inning and the Yomiuri Giants beat the Hiroshima Carp 4-2 on Wednesday night.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 2, 2014
Sakamoto blast sparks Giants against Carp
Toshiya Sugiuchi pitched five innings of two-run ball, Hayato Sakamoto hit a three-run homer and the Yomiuri Giants routed the Hiroshima Carp 9-4 to get off to a flying start in the series opener on Tuesday night.
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JAPAN
Sep 1, 2014
Hiroshima schools used as evacuation centers resume classes after mudslides
Six schools that were used as evacuation centers after deadly mudslides displaced families in Hiroshima resume classes Monday after the summer holidays.
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JAPAN
Sep 1, 2014
Project underway to restage 1947 choir service in Hiroshima church
Christians in Hiroshima both young and old are practicing Handel's "Messiah" as they prepare to restage a choir service that was held at a church near the epicenter two years after the atomic bombing.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 31, 2014
Ishihara's clutch single lifts Carp past Dragons
Substitute catcher Yoshiyuki Ishihara delivered a tiebreaking RBI single in the sixth inning and added insurance in the eighth as the Hiroshima Carp downed the Chunichi Dragons 6-4 on Sunday afternoon in Nagoya.
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JAPAN
Aug 31, 2014
Officials in Hiroshima lift evacuation advisories in mudslide-hit city
Hiroshima officials on Sunday lifted evacuation advisories and orders issued to about 106,000 residents of the mudslide-hit city's Asakita Ward.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 31, 2014
Carp hurler Heath collects first victory in Japan
Deunte Heath threw 6-1/3 scoreless innings and Eishin Soyogi drove in two runs with a fourth-inning single as the Hiroshima Carp beat the Chunichi Dragons 2-0 on Saturday afternoon.
EDITORIALS
Aug 29, 2014
Ready or not for disaster
The landslides this month that devoured houses in the hilly outskirts of the city of Hiroshima, killing at least 72 people, illustrate the risk of assuming that disaster-prepared measures introduced under central government policy are in place when it may take years for local authorities to implement them.
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JAPAN
Aug 28, 2014
Hiroshima evacuees start moving into temporary housing
Residents of Hiroshima city who evacuated their homes after last week's deadly mudslides began moving into temporary housing on Thursday, with the municipal government scrambling to provide necessary support amid concern the relocation may be prolonged.
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SOCCER / J. League
Aug 27, 2014
Sato fires Sanfrecce past Hollyhock
Captain Hisato Sato scored the lone goal in the first half as Sanfrecce Hiroshima defeated Mito Hollyhock 1-0 to reach the last 16 of the Emperor's Cup on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 27, 2014
Police say rumors of foreign looters in Hiroshima unfounded
The Hiroshima Prefectural Police said Wednesday they had no information to substantiate online rumors that foreigners were burglarizing houses in areas of the city hit hardest by last week's deadly mudslides.
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COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Aug 27, 2014
Hiroshima volunteer cleanup effort open to city residents
Hiroshima residents can now join the cleanup effort in the wake of the deadly mudslides in the city.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2014
Special psychiatric assistance teams counsel Hiroshima landslide victims
The health ministry has dispatched mental health care teams to assist people left homeless by the Hiroshima landslides, making use of a new disaster program for the first time.
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JAPAN / Society
Aug 26, 2014
Famous panels depicting scenes after 1945 A-bombings to be exhibited in Washington
A famous series of large panels depicting the horrors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be exhibited in the United States next year to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the attacks.
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JAPAN
Aug 25, 2014
Two Hiroshima children start wall newspaper for evacuees
To encourage Hiroshima residents sheltering in the city's elementary school following last week's deadly landslides, two students launched the first edition of an illustrated handwritten wall newspaper.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Aug 24, 2014
Constructivist 'Pied Piper' of English education rebuilds after hitting rock bottom
David Paul lost almost everything when his Hiroshima-based company, David English House, tumbled like a house of cards in 2010.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2014
Japan plans development of early warning system for downpours, landslides
The government will begin working with universities and other institutions to develop an early warning system for sudden rainstorms and mudslides, which appear to be on the rise.
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JAPAN
Aug 23, 2014
Hiroshima rescuers resume search as death toll hits 49
Rescuers resume picking through the mud and debris left by the deadly landslides in Hiroshima as the number of dead rises to 49.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 22, 2014
Carp hurler Maeda fires five-hit shutout against Tigers
Ace Kenta Maeda threw a five-hit shutout and Ryohei Matsuyama drove in three runs on Friday as the Hiroshima Carp beat the Hanshin Tigers 6-0 in the first game of an enticing three-game series.
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The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
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How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
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