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HOKKAIDO

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 12, 2022
Yushi Shimizu connects on game-winner in 10th as Fighters edge Lions
'To get this hit in this important situation, makes it seem like all the effort I made in the hot sun in Kamagaya was worth it.'
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JAPAN
Aug 11, 2022
No major damage reported after series of quakes hit Hokkaido
The Meteorological Agency asked people in the affected areas to be on alert for the next week or so due to the possibility of strong aftershocks.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 3, 2022
Lawyers decry ban on 'menacing' eyewear at Japan prison
The glasses risked 'intimidating and inviting derision from' other prisoners, the jail in Hokkaido has been quoted as saying.
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JAPAN
Jul 28, 2022
New estimates show earthquake and tsunamis could kill up to 149,000 in Hokkaido
The report, prepared by the government of Hokkaido, said deaths could be significantly reduced if thorough evacuation measures are carried out swiftly.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 23, 2022
One year on, Japan tasked with passing on lessons from Tokyo Olympics
Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido, hopes to glean both positive and negative lessons from Tokyo as it bids to host the 2030 Winter Games.
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JAPAN
Jul 23, 2022
Three bodies, believed to be missing Hokkaido tour boat passengers, still kept by Russia
The Japanese and Russian governments are still negotiating the handover of the bodies discovered on the Russian island of Sakhalin and Kunashiri.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 21, 2022
Buffaloes rookie Ren Mukunoki falls one strike short of no-hitter
The 22-year-old Mukunoki (2-0), making the second start of his career, struck out 11 while walking three in his 116-pitch outing.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 18, 2022
Lions beat Fighters to stay in hunt for first place
Aito Takeda scored a run and drove in another Monday as the Seibu Lions kept up their pursuit of the Pacific League pennant with a 5-1 comeback win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 17, 2022
Naoyuki Uwasawa pitches Fighters to seventh straight win
Uwasawa allowed five hits and three walks over 7u2153 innings to outduel Kona Takahashi and hold off the Lions, who fell a half-game out of first place in the Pacific League.
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JAPAN
Jul 14, 2022
Japan to bolster small passenger ship inspections by August
A transport ministry expert panel released an interim report Thursday on strengthening safety measures for small passenger ships.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jul 11, 2022
Fighters' Kotaro Kiyomiya starting to move in right direction
Kiyomiya was right in the middle of the action as the last-place Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters pulled off a road sweep of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks over the weekend.
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JAPAN / Politics
Jul 5, 2022
Rising cost of farming casts shadow over Upper House race in Hokkaido
Higher fertilizer and animal feed prices are putting the prefecture's key agriculture sector under pressure, making inflation an even bigger issue there than the rest of the nation.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Jul 4, 2022
As brown bears return, Hokkaido municipalities hope for police response
Many local governments have called on prefectural authorities to clarify the role of police in cases when the animals are spotted in urban areas.
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JAPAN / New Normal 2.0
Jun 27, 2022
Japan prepares for bounce in tourism, but pre-pandemic demand still far off
Destinations such as Niseko in Hokkaido are gearing up for 'revenge travel' by domestic and foreign tourists, but caution over COVID-19 limits the expected rise in numbers.
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LIFE / Travel
Jun 27, 2022
Hokkaido sake brewer looks to post-COVID gastro-tourism market
While Kyoto and Hiroshima are likely be the go-to choices for many first-time visitors to Japan, Hokkaido could be a tempting travel experience for those visiting again.
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JAPAN
Jun 24, 2022
Two missing from Hokkaido tour boat possibly identified by DNA
The bodies are believed to be people who were among 12 still unaccounted for after the Kazu I sank.
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JAPAN
Jun 16, 2022
Business license of disgraced Hokkaido tour boat firm revoked
Shiretoko Yuransen, based in the town of Shari, Hokkaido, will not be able to apply for a new license for the next two years.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 10, 2022
Hokkaido woman arrested for allegedly leaving newborn baby in station locker
The locker had been in use for a couple of days when a cleaner who checked inside on Tuesday found the body in a cooler and called the police.
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JAPAN
Jun 8, 2022
More Japanese prisons to make products designed by Montbell
Inmates at Abashiri Prison in Hokkaido have already been producing items designed by the outdoor goods firm, and the program's success has led to its expansion.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Jun 6, 2022
Bento-maker sets example with language lessons for Vietnamese trainees
Asahikawa Ekitachiuri Shokai in Hokkaido says the classes make communication and work easier, and that trainees will have more job options after they return to Vietnam.

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