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HIROSHIMA

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 17, 2014
Cepeda crushes first home run in NPB; Giants snap five-game slide
Frederich Cepeda, while playing for the Cuban national team, got a chance to watch Kenta Maeda pitch for Samurai Japan during the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 16, 2014
Carp hurler Osera improves to 5-1 as Giants drop fifth straight game
Rookie Daichi Osera tossed eight innings of two-run ball Friday, leading the Hiroshima Carp in a 7-2 rout over the Yomiuri Giants in the opener of a three-game series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 14, 2014
Tigers take down first-place Carp
Mauro Gomez's ninth-inning RBI double proved decisive as the Hanshin Tigers moved back within three games of the first-place Hiroshima Carp with a 4-3 victory in the Central League on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 14, 2014
Hiroshima, Kawasaki knocked out of ACL
J. League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima surrendered a two-goal first-leg advantage and crashed out of the Asian Champions League on Wednesday night after a 2-0 defeat away to Western Sydney Wanderers in the round of 16.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 12, 2014
Eldred's bat on fire early for surprising CL-leading Carp
After years of futility and sub-.500 finishes, it's possible the Hiroshima Carp, still in first place despite Sunday's 9-5 loss to the Chunichi Dragons, are actually for real this season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 10, 2014
Eldred leads rally as Carp slay Dragons
Cleanup hitter Brad Eldred homered and went 3-for-4, Kenta Maeda had just enough in the tank and the Hiroshima Carp came from behind to rout the Chunichi Dragons 13-5 on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 9, 2014
Matsuyama delivers as Carp hold off Dragons
Ryuhei Matsuyama had a one-out clutch tiebreaking RBI single and Eishin Soyogi added a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning as the Central League-leading Hiroshima Carp beat Chunichi Dragons 3-2 in the opener of a three-game series on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 8, 2014
Carp rap out 16 hits, trounce Swallows
The Central League-leading Hiroshima Carp belted three home runs in a 16-hit attack and held off a late challenge to beat the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 13-7 on Thursday and avoid a three-game sweep at Jingu Stadium.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 7, 2014
Ishikawa tosses shutout against first-place Carp
Lefty Masanori Ishikawa held the Hiroshima Carp to five hits over the distance on Wednesday night as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows beat the Central League leaders 6-0.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 4, 2014
Carp batters prop up Maeda in win over BayStars
Shogo Kimura hit a tiebreaking single and Ryuhei Matsuyama had a two-run homer to help make a winner of Kenta Maeda as the Hiroshima Carp beat the Yokohama BayStars 5-2 on Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 1, 2014
Carp rookie Osera goes distance in win over Tigers
Rookie Daichi Osera (3-1) came within three outs of his first shutout but settled for his first complete game as the Hiroshima Carp avoided a three-game sweep on Thursday night by beating the Hanshin Tigers 6-1.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 26, 2014
Giants' Anderson knocks in four runs in rout
Former Cuba international Leslie Anderson was penciled into the cleanup spot on Saturday and promptly drove in four runs for the Yomiuri Giants in an 11-5 clubbing of the Central League-leading Hiroshima Carp.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 24, 2014
Carp rookies fuel rout of Swallows
Kosuke Tanaka hit his first career home run and fellow rookie Daichi Osera (2-1) allowed two runs in eight innings on Thursday as the Central League-leading Hiroshima Carp defeated the injury-plagued Tokyo Yakult Swallows 9-2.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 23, 2014
Cerezo, Sanfrecce reach knockout phase of ACL
Reigning J. League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima reached the knockout phase of the Asian Champions League for the first time on Wednesday with a 1-0 win over 10-man Central Coast Mariners of Australia in their final Group F game.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 20, 2014
Sanfrecce fail to reclaim top spot after Albirex stalemate
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missed their chance to reclaim the top spot in the J. League after the reigning champions were held to a 0-0 draw away to Albirex Niigata on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 19, 2014
Carp roster built to contend for title in 2014
There is excitement in Hiroshima where the Carp are off to a nice start in the Central League pennant race.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 17, 2014
Carp hurler Maeda ready for return after coping with elbow pain
Hiroshima Carp right-hander Kenta Maeda, who has had a bout with elbow stiffness, is slated to start a game on Sunday, manager Kenjiro Nomura revealed on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 17, 2014
Bullington silences Tigers; Maru scores three runs in rout
Bryan Bullington won his second consecutive start with a quality outing, allowing just one run over eight sharp innings in the Hiroshima Carp's 8-2 rout of the Hanshin Tigers on Thursday night.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2014
Foreigners flock to Hiroshima memorial museum in record numbers
Visits to The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum by foreign tourists hit a record high of 200,086 in 2013, the museum announced Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 15, 2014
Fujinami holds Carp to two runs, helps own cause with homer
Shintaro Fujinami (1-2) allowed two runs in seven innings, homered and earned the win as the Hanshin Tigers dispatched the Hiroshima Carp 8-2 on Tuesday.
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The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
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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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How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
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