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KENTA MAEDA

Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 17, 2015
Five key questions as 2015 NPB season approaches
With just two weeks to go until spring training camps open for the 12 Japanese pro baseball teams, here are five things to look for during the 2015 season:
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Oct 9, 2014
Ace pitchers aim to make presence felt during CS
Pitching is set to take center-stage this weekend as second and third-place teams take the field in the first stage of their respective Climax Series this weekend.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 6, 2014
Trio of NPB teams hit it big with midseason acquisitions
The Seibu Lions were fielding a toothless lineup early in the NPB season while Ernesto Mejia was up to his usual hard-hitting trick on the other side of the world with the Gwinnett Braves, the Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 19, 2014
Eldred believes Carp good enough to make impact in CL pennant race
One can only imagine what went through Hiroshima Carp manager Kenjiro Nomura's mind in the Central League dugout when Brad Eldred went down after fouling a ball off his foot in the seventh inning of the 2014 All-Star Series opener on Saturday at Seibu Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 19, 2014
Eldred, Carp like their chances in CL
One can only imagine what went through Hiroshima Carp manager Kenjiro Nomura's mind in the Central League dugout when Brad Eldred went down after fouling a ball off his foot in the seventh inning of the 2014 All-Star Series opener on Saturday at Seibu Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 18, 2014
Carp standouts spark CL to lopsided victory in All-Star Series opener
Game 1 of the 2014 NPB All-Star Series turned into a showcase of the Hiroshima Carp's various talents about midway through. Just as in the regular season, Brad Eldred was right in the middle of it all.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 24, 2014
Kaneko continues push toward elite status
Chihiro Kaneko showed up Kenta Maeda twice Friday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 17, 2014
Cepeda crushes first home run in NPB; Giants snap five-game slide
Frederich Cepeda, while playing for the Cuban national team, got a chance to watch Kenta Maeda pitch for Samurai Japan during the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 19, 2014
Carp roster built to contend for title in 2014
There is excitement in Hiroshima where the Carp are off to a nice start in the Central League pennant race.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 7, 2014
NPB season too young to accurately identify trends
The NPB season is less than two weeks old, so it's too early to know if anything we've seen so far really has staying power.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jan 25, 2014
Tanaka's exit puts focus on Maeda
Outside of New York Yankees fans, the conclusion of Masahiro Tanaka's move to the majors probably had the biggest effect on Kenta Maeda and the Hiroshima Carp.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 4, 2014
Looking ahead at what 2014 may hold
Happy New Year, and a reminder as we are in 2014, it was 10 years ago when Japanese baseball went into a crisis. There was a threat of contraction to 10 or even eight teams and a long hot summer of uncertainty as team owners and players negotiated and finally agreed to maintain the two-league, 12-team...
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.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
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.
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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