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NIPPON HAM FIGHTERS

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2017
Shohei Otani leaves hospital after ankle operation
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' two-way star Shohei Otani has left the hospital following successful surgery on his right ankle earlier this month, the Pacific League club said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 16, 2017
Shohei Otani named WBSC player of the year for 2015
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters two-way talent Shohei Otani earned the 2015 baseball player of the year award as the World Baseball Softball Confederation on Sunday announced its winners for both sports for the four-year period from 2014 to 2017.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2017
Fighters' Shohei Otani to start rehab after ankle surgery
Shohei Otani should be fit to pitch and hit without any restrictions in about three months, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters said Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 11, 2017
Shohei Otani to have surgery on right ankle Thursday
Hokkaido Nippon Ham's two-way star Shohei Otani will undergo surgery on his right ankle in Tokyo on Thursday, the Fighters said.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 11, 2017
Hideki Kuriyama to stay on as Nippon Ham manager
Hideki Kuriyama will remain at the helm of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters for a seventh season, the Pacific League club said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 9, 2017
Shohei Otani keeps quiet about future after Fighters' season finale
Shohei Otani was quiet on and off the field in what was expected to be his last game in Japan on Monday before being posted to the major leagues this winter.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 9, 2017
Nippon Ham slugger Nakata hints at hitting free agent market
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters slugger Sho Nakata suggested Monday that he would test the free agent market this offseason.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 8, 2017
Otani set for likely final NPB appearance
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' slugging ace Shohei Otani will play in what is expected to be his last game in Japan on Monday, despite soreness stemming from his two-hit shutout in his previous start.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2017
Shohei Otani just beginning to realize true potential
Shohei Otani hasn't had a 20-win season. He hasn't slugged 40 homers in one campaign, either.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 5, 2017
Fans express mixed feelings as Shohei Otani's move to majors looms
Since he turned pro in 2013, everybody knew that Shohei Otani would set out for the United States to play at the highest level in the major leagues.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 5, 2017
Reliever Hisashi Takeda leaving Fighters after 15 seasons
Three-time Pacific League saves leader Hisashi Takeda will part with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in hopes of signing with another team, the club announced Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 5, 2017
Fighters ace Shohei Otani lives up to expectations in Japan
Shohei Otani has lived up to the hype. Just as Bryce Harper in MLB and LeBron James in the NBA, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters star pitcher/DH not only entered the professional ranks to outsized expectations, he actually met them.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 4, 2017
Otani dazzles in likely last start before heading to majors
The real Shohei Otani made his first appearance of the season on the last day of baseball at Sapporo Dome this year. It may have also been his final time on an NPB mound.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 3, 2017
Fighters' Brandon Laird returning to U.S. after relative killed in Las Vegas shooting
Third baseman Brandon Laird will return to the United States after learning that a female relative has died in Sunday's mass shooting in Las Vegas, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters announced on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 3, 2017
Fighters to hold spring training camp at Diamondbacks' facility in Arizona
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters will hold their spring training camp ahead of the 2018 season at the Arizona Diamondbacks' facility in Scottsdale, Arizona, the team said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 24, 2017
MLB takes aim at future stars with latest posting proposals
Major League Baseball's latest effort to reduce the prices it pays for Japanese players will not affect this year's expected posting of slugging ace pitcher Shohei Otani, a source within Nippon Professional Baseball said Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 21, 2017
Otani fans nine, struggles with control in first 100-pitch outing of season
Hokkaido Nippon Ham hurler Shohei Otani struck out nine while giving up one run — a solo homer — over six innings in his fourth start this season as the Fighters defeated the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 6-4 on Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 20, 2017
Life-sized Otani figure sold on first day
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters sold a one-of-a-kind, life-sized figure of Shohei Otani on Wednesday, the same day it was put on sale, the team said.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 19, 2017
Fighters' Otani expected to throw 100 pitches in next start against Hawks
Shohei Otani will make his fourth start of the season on Thursday, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters manager Hideki Kuriyama revealed Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 14, 2017
Fighters intend to ask Kuriyama to remain manager: source
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters plan to ask Hideki Kuriyama to stay on as manager after the ongoing season is over, a team source said Thursday.
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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.
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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.
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