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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jun 5, 2023
Fighters' Gosuke Katoh gets unique journey in Japanese baseball off to red-hot start
A single against the Giants extended his hitting streak since his debut to eight games — the longest by a rookie to start a career since the introduction of the NPB draft in 1966.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 3, 2023
Kazuma Okamoto hits sayonara double as Giants edge Fighters
Okamoto hit a double to left to drive in the game-winning run.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / New Wine Frontier
May 28, 2023
Deep in the weeds: Why Nora-Kura's wines grow as wild as can be
The untrained eye may find Ken and Kazuko Sasaki's vineyard unkempt, but appearances can be deceiving at this Hakodate winery.
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JAPAN
May 27, 2023
Hokkaido bear attack shows need for better management of island's nearly 12,000 brown bears
The exact population of Hokkaido brown bears is difficult to pin down, but experts agree that the population at least doubled over the three-decade period between 1990 and 2020.
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JAPAN
May 24, 2023
Japan plans to send 150,000 relief staff if quake hits northeast
The measures are based on the latest estimate that up to 199,000 people could die in a possible earthquake off the Pacific coast between Hokkaido and Tohoku.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 5, 2023
Fighters flirt with combined no-hitter in win over Lions
Newly minted starter Koki Kitayama and four relievers came within one out of a combined no-hitter as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters blanked the Seibu Lions 1-0 in the Pacific League on Thursday.
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JAPAN / Politics
Apr 28, 2023
A small Japanese town sets new precedent for women in politics
Among the country’s city councils and assemblies, men held more than 80% of the total seats as of 2021. But in Ebetsu, more than 40% of the city council members are women.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Apr 25, 2023
Neil Hartmann: 'When you are out of your comfort zone, you look at things differently'
Neil Hartmann came to Japan as a teenager and got an education in music and Japanese by being Hokkaido’s first English-speaking radio DJ.
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JAPAN
Apr 24, 2023
Establishing criminal case against Hokkaido boat operator over accident proving difficult
Investigators are finding it difficult to establish a criminal case against the president of a tour boat operator over a fatal accident off Hokkaido.
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JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 18, 2023
Why left-wing parties in Japan are failing to attract young voters
While liberal youths overseas have been able to find their way into politics, in Japan, forces on the left like the Japanese Communist Party have largely been unable to garner support.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Apr 17, 2023
Overlooked Takayuki Kato continues to make noise for Fighters
Takayuki Kato has quietly been one of the most effective pitchers in NPB.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 13, 2023
North Korean missile prompts Japan to issue brief evacuation warning
The rare activation of the country's J-Alert warning system had initially urged residents to take shelter either inside buildings or underground.

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