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KOSHIEN

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BASEBALL
Aug 23, 2017
Hanasaki Tokuharu captures first Summer Koshien title
Manaya Nishikawa went 3-for-6 with four RBIs to lead a 16-hit attack as Hanasaki Tokuharu beat Hiroshima's Koryo 14-4 at the National High School Baseball Championship final on Wednesday.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Aug 19, 2017
Citrus KitKat: Latest twist is flavor home run
Japan's array of quirky KitKat flavors has become a cliche, to the point where your aunt can probably tell you about the dozens of unique varieties. But the candy's latest variant offers something new: kindness. Sales of their new citrus-flavored offering will go to support youth baseball and softball...
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LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Aug 14, 2017
The 99th National High School Baseball Championship opens
After a day's delay, the 99th National High School Baseball Championship kicked off on Aug. 8.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 5, 2017
Speed bump won't stop Kiyomiya, Japanese baseball's teen powerhouse
So far, 2017 has been a banner year for sports prodigies in Japan, from table tennis and shogi to baseball.
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Dec 19, 2016
Kwansei Gakuin beats Waseda to win national collegiate title
Mitsuhiro Izu completed 16 of 27 passes for 171 yards and scored a touchdown to help the Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters beat the Waseda University Big Bears 31-14 on Sunday at Koshien Stadium.
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Dec 4, 2016
Big Bears, Fighters to square off in Koshien Bowl
Yuta Sasaki threw three touchdown passes in the first half as the Waseda University Big Bears routed the Tohoku University Hornets 47-2 on Sunday at Amino Vital Field in Chofu, Tokyo, in the Eastern Japan Championship.
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BASEBALL
Aug 21, 2016
Sakushin Gakuin routs Hokkaido's Hokkai to earn high school baseball crown
Sakushin Gakuin High School romped past Hokkaido's Hokkai High School 7-1 to win Japan's prestigious National High School Baseball Tournament on Sunday afternoon.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 23, 2016
Will Swallows become a 'gypsy' team in 2020?
A recent news item indicates Tokyo's Jingu Stadium may be closed from May to October in 2020 because of the Olympic Games. I am not certain why it has to be closed for five months but can understand.
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Dec 13, 2015
Waseda rally falls just short as Ritsumeikan captures Koshien Bowl title
Underdog Waseda University threatened to end Kansai schools' stranglehold on the Koshien Bowl national collegiate football championship on Sunday, but Kyoto's Ritsumeikan University came out on top in the end with a 28-27 win in the tournament's 70th anniversary.
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BASEBALL
Aug 20, 2015
Tokaidai Sagami wins Koshien title
Shinnosuke Ogasawara hit a tiebreaking home run in the top of the ninth inning as Tokaidai Sagami of Kanagawa Prefecture beat Miyagi's Sendai Ikuei 10-6 in the National High School Championship final on Thursday.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Aug 10, 2015
Waseda's first-year sensation Kiyomiya takes center stage
Any baseball fan, from the casual to the hardcore, who didn't know Waseda Jitsugyo first-year player Kotaro Kiyomiya had an RBI hit in his Summer Koshien debut on Saturday, probably spent the day off the grid.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 11, 2015
Man arrested for bomb threat over boy band film
Hyogo prefectural police arrested a 27-year-old man Saturday on suspicion of making a bomb threat against a sports stadium unless a film starring a Japanese boy band was pulled from theaters.
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Dec 14, 2014
Kwansei Gakuin routs Nihon University to win college title
It's been a while since western Japan was regarded as having better American football schools than eastern Japan.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Aug 4, 2014
The dark side of the Koshien dream
The majority of high-school baseball players end up neglected due to a dearth of coaching education and a win-at-all-costs mentality that favors the very talented few.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Aug 4, 2014
Tokyo: What's your favorite moment in Koshien high-school baseball?
Mark Buckton gets Tokyoites to wax nostalgic about the Koshien national high school baseball tournament.
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JAPAN
Dec 23, 2013
Seniors can still make Koshien dream come true
Makoto Chogahara, 48, is making it possible for former high school baseball players to once again chase their dream of playing in Koshien Stadium, home of the national tournament.
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JAPAN
Dec 20, 2013
Budding scientists test skills at egg drop contest
A nonprofit group in Osaka has been organizing a contest for high school physics students since 2011 to see if they can build a device that can protect eggs dropped from 10 meters above the ground.
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Dec 11, 2013
Koshien Bowl enjoys long, rich history
Located on the outskirts of Osaka with a unique ambience, Koshien Stadium is the symbolic sports icon in Japan.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Aug 2, 2013
Guts, glory and shaved ice: Koshien baseball
Summer is not summer in Japan without two things: 1. Heat (OK, so maybe it's not the heat, it's the humidity); and 2 . . .

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