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JR HOKKAIDO

Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 27, 2014
Levanga miss playoff place despite dramatic victory
As the final buzzer rang, the Levanga players on the bench ran up to the players on the floor to celebrate their dramatic 63-62 victory over the Hitachi Sunrockers on the final day of the National Basketball League regular season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 26, 2014
Hokkaido keeps playoff hopes alive
The Levanga Hokkaido are still alive in the postseason hunt.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 24, 2014
Painful love in decaying Hokkaido port town
My interview with Mipo Oh, the director of the turbulent new love drama 'Soko Nomi Nite Hikari Kagayaku (The Light Shines Only There),' did not begin smoothly.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 10, 2014
Seguignol says being flexible key to success in NPB
Fernando Seguignol towered over a group of people huddled near one of the batting cages on the field at Tokyo Dome, where the Yomiuri Giants' Leslie Anderson was getting his work in prior to a game against the Hiroshima Carp earlier this week.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 27, 2014
Giants, Hawks look like class of NPB as season begins
2014 NPB Preview
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 26, 2014
Yoh happy to carry on tradition as Fighters' showman
There has been a certain amount of pizazz associated with Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters center fielders the last several seasons.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Mar 24, 2014
Spotlight still shining on Nippon Ham's two-way star Otani
Shohei Otani poked his head out of the hallway leading to the visitors' clubhouse at Tokyo Dome and mumbled a shy query about the whereabouts of Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters PR man Hisashi Hatanaka before disappearing again.
EDITORIALS
Feb 19, 2014
No way to run a railway
Hokkaido police have begun an investigation of JR Hokkaido on suspicion that its workers fabricated track maintenance data after a freight train derailed in the Hakodate line's Onuma Station compound last Sept. 19.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
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’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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