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BASEBALL
Nov 13, 2016
Ono lifts Japan with sayonara single in 10th
The game was supposed to only be a dress rehearsal for next year's World Baseball Classic. But the atmosphere during the ninth inning at Tokyo Dome made it feel a whole lot like the real thing.
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CULTURE / Film
Oct 5, 2016
Tsukiji: Still a fish in troubled waters
Director Naotaro Endo first started filming "Tsukiji Wonderland" in 2014, and it had been partly intended as a farewell to Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market, which faces a makeover and move after serving sellers and buyers for 80 years. When the film was made, the market was slated to move to Toyosu on Nov....
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OLYMPICS
Aug 30, 2016
Japan's judo gold medalists praise country's efforts with eye on 2020 Games
Japan's Rio Olympic judo gold medalists believe their country has reclaimed its rightful place as the sport's world No. 1, but warned the pressure to succeed at the 2020 Tokyo Games will be enormous.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Aug 27, 2016
Italian chef Massimo Bottura: 'Never forget where you came from'
Owner of the world's best restaurant on the influence of culture in cuisine
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CULTURE / Film
Aug 24, 2016
'Black Widow Business': Never too old for the marriage con
"There's no fool like an old fool." Yasuo Tsuruhashi's comedy "Black Widow Business" is a feature-length illustration of this venerable saying, though it also reflects present-day trends in an aging Japan.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 8, 2016
'I Absolutely Love You'; 'How Do You Do, I Love You'; Toyota
Love vs. career is the theme of the new drama series "Seisei Suru Hodo Aishite Iru" ("I Absolutely Love You"; TBS, Tues., 10 p.m.), which is based on a popular manga.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 28, 2016
Dragons' Ono fires three-hit shutout
Yudai Ono looked like he'd barely broken a sweat as he walked out of Tokyo Dome. The ease with which he went up and down the Yomiuri Giants' lineup hadn't given him much of a chance to work up one.
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MORE SPORTS
May 2, 2016
Inoue determined to help Japan keep pace in judo
Judo had always been a reliable provider of Olympic medals for Japan since the sport was first officially included in the 1964 Tokyo Games.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 21, 2016
Fighters catcher Ono works to strengthen bond with pitchers
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' trip to Arizona for spring camp may have been for work, but it was also an exciting venture for many members of the team. Nippon Ham hadn't held camp abroad in 29 years, so it was a first for this generation of Fighters.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 11, 2016
Fighters phenom Otani keeping calm in eye of storm
Shohei Otani might as well be stepping into the swirling winds of a tempest each time he takes the mound for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 7, 2016
Drugmaker wins big in Japan as its gamble leads to landmark cancer drug
Ten years ago, representatives from Japan's Ono Pharmaceutical Co. went from hospital to hospital, attempting to convince doctors to test a new product under development: drugs that helped the body's immune system fight cancer. But nobody would listen.

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A woman passes an "akichi" (vacant lot) in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. The capital is littered with such small lots in part because of Japan's aging and shrinking population.
Dealing with rising land vacancies as Japan shrinks