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HIROSHIMA

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jul 21, 2014
Contenders begin second half with eyes on prize
While the NPB All-Star Series doesn't land exactly at the midpoint of the season it splits the year in two very well symbolically if not mathematically. No matter how you slice it, the regular season resumed on Monday, signaling the start of a two month race to the finish line.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 19, 2014
Eldred believes Carp good enough to make impact in CL pennant race
One can only imagine what went through Hiroshima Carp manager Kenjiro Nomura's mind in the Central League dugout when Brad Eldred went down after fouling a ball off his foot in the seventh inning of the 2014 All-Star Series opener on Saturday at Seibu Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 19, 2014
Eldred, Carp like their chances in CL
One can only imagine what went through Hiroshima Carp manager Kenjiro Nomura's mind in the Central League dugout when Brad Eldred went down after fouling a ball off his foot in the seventh inning of the 2014 All-Star Series opener on Saturday at Seibu Dome.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 19, 2014
Yabusame archers of the lonely Chugoku Mountains
What are those peculiar scarecrow figures, lolling about the villages of the Chugoku Mountains?
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 15, 2014
Marinos pounce on late goal-scoring chances, beat Sanfrecce
Two goals in the dying minutes by Manabu Saito and Sho Ito saw Yokohama Marinos snatch a 2-1 win on Tuesday over Sanfrecce Hiroshima, while Kawasaki Frontale also came from behind to beat Cerezo Osaka by the same score as J. League action resumed after a two-month break for the World Cup.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 12, 2014
Maeda leads way as Carp snap four-game skid
Kenta Maeda kept the damage to a minimum by yielding one run over eight strong innings as the Hiroshima Carp staved off the Chunichi Dragons 3-1 to snap a four-game losing streak on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 8, 2014
Tigers stretch winning streak to six
Minoru Iwata allowed one unearned run over seven solid innings, leading the surging Hanshin Tigers to their sixth straight win in a 3-1 victory over the Hiroshima Carp on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2014
Kishida fumes after Chinese newspaper suggests nuclear strikes on Japan
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday condemned a Chinese weekly newspaper that declared "Japan wants a war again" and printed a map showing cartoon mushroom clouds over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 3, 2014
Carp set to make splash in All-Star Series
Get ready to see red during the 2014 NPB All-Star Series later this month, because the Hiroshima Carp's fans might be out in full force.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 2, 2014
Kokubo sacrifice fly lifts Carp over Giants
The Hiroshima Carp outlasted the Central League-leading Yomiuri Giants in a tense 4-3 win on Wednesday evening, with Tetsuya Kokubo coming off the bench to drive in the winning run with a sacrifice fly.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 29, 2014
Aizawa homers in ninth as Carp storm past BayStars
Tsubasa Aizawa hit a tiebreaking home run with one out in the ninth inning, Brad Eldred went deep twice, and the second-place Hiroshima Carp rallied once to beat the Yokohama BayStars 7-5 on Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 27, 2014
Hurler Maeda guides Carp to sixth straight victory
The Hiroshima Carp resumed the regular season with a bang on Friday, cruising to their sixth straight victory in a 6-0 whitewash of the Yokohama BayStars.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 27, 2014
Maeda, seven Carp teammates selected by fans for All-Star series
Right-hander Kenta Maeda was the top vote-getter among Central League starters as eight Hiroshima Carp players were selected in fan balloting for the upcoming All-Star series after the final results were announced on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 14, 2014
Carp like fish out of water during interleague
On the eve of the interleague portion of the schedule, nearly one month ago, the Hiroshima Carp were leading the Central League with a 27-15 record and tied with the Pacific League-leading Orix Buffaloes for the best record in NPB. After ending a postseason drought that had stretched over two decades...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 13, 2014
Lowly Lions hammer Carp
Seibu newcomer Ernesto Mejia homered for the second straight game, while Takeya Nakamura belted his 250th career home run as the Pacific League cellar-dwelling Lions hammered the Hiroshima Carp 7-0 on Friday evening.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 12, 2014
Kaneko capitalizes in clutch as Lions edge Carp
The Seibu Lions were late to the party, but they finally did what the other five Pacific League clubs had already accomplished.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 7, 2014
Matsuda, Hawks clobber Carp
Nobuhiro Matsuda came a homer shy of the cycle and drove in four runs, Kenichi Nakata allowed just two runs over 7-1/3 quality innings and the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks walloped the Hiroshima Carp 16-5 on Saturday afternoon.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 26, 2014
Carp beat Lions on misty night
Yoshihiro Maru drilled a tiebreaking three-run home run off reliever Randy Williams in the sixth inning and the Hiroshima Carp beat the Seibu Lions 6-2 on a misty night in Hiroshima Prefecture on Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 21, 2014
Hawks beat CL-leading Carp for second consecutive night
Kenta Imamiya hit a pair of tie-breaking singles to lift the Pacific League's Fukuoka Softbank Hawks to a 2-1 interleague win over the Central League-leading Hiroshima Carp on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 18, 2014
Carp crush Giants to send interleague warning
If Brad Eldred and the Hiroshima Carp keep playing like this, the six Pacific League clubs aren't going to enjoy facing them any more than their Central League counterparts have so far this season.
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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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