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HOKKAIDO NIPPON HAM FIGHTERS

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 5, 2017
Reliever Hisashi Takeda leaving Fighters after 15 seasons
Three-time Pacific League saves leader Hisashi Takeda will part with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in hopes of signing with another team, the club announced Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 5, 2017
Fighters ace Shohei Otani lives up to expectations in Japan
Shohei Otani has lived up to the hype. Just as Bryce Harper in MLB and LeBron James in the NBA, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters star pitcher/DH not only entered the professional ranks to outsized expectations, he actually met them.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 4, 2017
Otani dazzles in likely last start before heading to majors
The real Shohei Otani made his first appearance of the season on the last day of baseball at Sapporo Dome this year. It may have also been his final time on an NPB mound.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 7, 2017
Eagles take small step in right direction with back-to-back victories over Fighters
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles are officially on a winning streak. It's only two games, but it's a start, and with the way the last few weeks have gone, the Eagles will gladly take it.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 1, 2017
Otani gets back on the hill as questions about future persist
Shohei Otani returned to the mound after a long absence on Thursday night.
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After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
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