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JR HOKKAIDO

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 20, 2016
Carp, Fighters to vie for NPB supremacy
This one should be good.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 20, 2016
Otani set to be center of attention in Japan Series, beyond
The Hiroshima Carp and Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters begin their battle for the Japan Series crown on Saturday. But the attention on that matchup might pale in comparison to the focus that will be on Fighters star Shohei Otani not only in this series, but as he prepares to step onto the international...
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BASKETBALL / B. League
Oct 14, 2016
Brex pound Levanga for seventh straight victory
The Tochigi Brex took an eight-point cushion into halftime on Friday night.
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BASKETBALL / B. League
Oct 13, 2016
Tochigi dominates action in triumph over Hokkaido
Simple mathematics paid off for the visiting Tochigi Brex on Thursday night.
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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 13, 2016
Geary has Nagoya thriving with defense
The Nagoya Diamond Dolphins have opened the new season with a strong overall showing over the first three weeks.
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BASKETBALL / B. League
Oct 9, 2016
Hokkaido offense clicks in triumph over Akita
Balanced scoring guided the Levanga Hokkaido past the Akita Northern Happinets in their series opener on Sunday in Sapporo.
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BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2016
Biggest robot dairy in Asia setting up Japan's milk revival
Jin Kawaguchiya gave up a career in finance to help revive Japan's ailing dairy industry, one robot at a time.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Sep 29, 2016
Otani's legend grows with PL pennant-clinching win
Shohei Otani was sublime on Wednesday night. He was dazzling, superb, resplendent. He was all that and more, almost more than there are adjectives to describe him. Basically at Saitama Seibu Prince Dome on Wednesday night, Shohei Otani the pitcher was good enough, for a moment, to make you forget about...

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