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JR HOKKAIDO

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 4, 2016
Laird closing in on 40-homer year
Brandon Laird has become a favorite among Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters fans for his home run celebration, not to mention the homers themselves, which sees him mimic a chef making sushi.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 1, 2016
Nakata fuels Fighters with two-homer performance
Sho Nakata's home run streak ended against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Wednesday. So the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters slugger went out and laid the foundation for a new one on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 31, 2016
Fighters face Ruthian dilemma with young star Otani
What is a team to do when its best pitcher is also its best run producer?
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2016
Japanese detained on Russia-held isle with ¥4 million in cash arrives in Hokkaido
A Japanese man who was questioned by authorities on the Russian-held island of Kunashiri has returned to Hokkaido.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2016
A ski resort success, Niseko defies rural Japan's demographic decline
Japan's shrinking population has weighed on the world's third-biggest economy, alarmed government forecasters and turned some rural communities into veritable ghost towns.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 21, 2016
Fighters start strong, hold off Hawks
Shohei Otani went 3-for-5 and rookie Takayuki Kato worked six innings on Sunday as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters beat the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4-2 to salvage the final game of their three-game series.
Japan Times
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Aug 20, 2016
Inside Japan's racehorse breeding empire
Harry Sweeney has his hand up a horse's backside. The mare looks put out by this intrusion. Her eyes dart about nervously and she shifts her weight before accepting five thick human digits probing her insides. After feeling the uterus and the swelling of the ovaries, Sweeney's arm, slick with mucus and...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 19, 2016
Hawks strike first in showdown between Pacific League's top teams
Tsuyoshi Wada worked eight impressive innings as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks earned a big 3-0 win over the surging Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, who fell a half-game back in the Pacific League pennant race.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 17, 2016
Fighters star Otani delivers game-winning blast in seventh inning
Shohei Otani's tiebreaking, two-run homer propelled the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to a 4-2 Pacific League win over the Orix Buffaloes on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 14, 2016
Otani lifts Fighters to comeback victory over Eagles
Shohei Otani brought his team from behind with a two-run home run and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters held off the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles for a 2-1 Pacific League win on Sunday.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2016
Four drown off west Hokkaido coast
Four men drowned in an accident off the coast of Ishikari in western Hokkaido, police and the Japan Coast Guard said Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 11, 2016
Fighters ace Otani working toward return to rotation
Slugging Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters ace Shohei Otani returned to the bullpen on Thursday as he works toward a return to the starting rotation.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 7, 2016
Fighters' Nakata hammers Hawks with four-hit performance
Sho Nakata went 4-for-5 with five RBIs and lifted the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to within four games of the Pacific League summit on Sunday as they beat the first-place Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 8-3.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2016
Giant sunflower field in Hokkaido reeling in tourists
A field of 1.5 million sunflower plants in full bloom is attracting tourists to the city of Hokuryu in eastern Hokkaido.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 6, 2016
Fighters' Otani continues hitting tear, crushes two homers in rout of Hawks
Shohei Otani belted two homers for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Saturday, propelling them to an 8-1 win over the Pacific-League leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 5, 2016
Hawks' Wada improves to 12-3 with stellar outing against Fighters
Tsuyoshi Wada held the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to two runs in eight innings and earned his Pacific-League leading 12th win of the season as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won 3-2 on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 31, 2016
Nakata helps Fighters whittle Hawks' lead
Sho Nakata hit a tie-breaking double to help the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters move within three games of the Pacific-League lead as they beat the front-running Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 6-3 on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 20, 2016
Otani homer helps lift Fighters over Eagles
Shohei Otani blasted a three-run, tie-breaking home run and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters pulled away to a 9-3 victory over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in the Pacific League on Wednesday afternoon.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 20, 2016
Lions acquire former Fighters, Hawks pitcher Wolfe
The Seibu Lions have signed right-hander Brian Wolfe, the Pacific League club announced Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2016
Hokkaido woman on track for professional cycling career
Nozomi Ito is swapping her nurse's uniform for Lycra as part of an intensive training regime to reach her goal of becoming a professional track cyclist.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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