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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 9, 2018
Eagles' Japhet Amador banned six months for doping
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles infielder Japhet Amador has been suspended for six months after testing positive for banned substances, Nippon Professional Baseball announced Thursday afternoon.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2018
E-commerce giant Rakuten ties up with restaurant finder Gurunavi
E-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. says it has reached a capital alliance agreement with restaurant search business Gurunavi Inc. as it looks to strengthen its foothold in the growing online reservation market.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 29, 2018
Misfiring Shota Takeda and Seiichi Uchikawa find form as Hawks sink Eagles
A day after the Pacific League powerhouse Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks sank below .500, two of this year's underachievers stepped up, as Shota Takeda and Seiichi Uchikawa led the way to a 4-0 win over the last-place Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 28, 2018
Eagles' Takayuki Kishi goes the distance, scatters five hits in triumph over Hawks
Takayuki Kishi snapped a personal losing streak to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Saturday, going the distance in the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' 7-1 victory.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 20, 2018
Eagles' Takahiro Shiomi tosses first complete-game victory in six years
Takahiro Shiomi and the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles continued their strong runs on Friday in a 7-2 Pacific League win over the Seibu Lions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2018
Uniqlo, Rakuten test brand power overseas
Swiss tennis star Roger Federer made headlines two weeks ago when he appeared on center court at Wimbledon wearing an outfit bearing the red-and-white squares of Uniqlo.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 13, 2018
Regular routine keeps Carp reliever Jay Jackson in groove
Jay Jackson likes being a relief pitcher. He also likes being a relief pitcher in Japan, which is convenient, since the 30-year-old is in the middle of his third season with the Hiroshima Carp.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 8, 2018
Shogo Akiyama leads Lions to extra-innings victory over Eagles
Shogo Akiyama hit an 11th-inning, tie-breaking home run Sunday, lifting the Seibu Lions to a 4-3 extra-inning victory over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 6, 2018
Eagles offer GM position to former pitcher Kazuhisa Ishii
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles have offered to make former big league pitcher Kazuhisa Ishii the team's general manager, the club president Yozo Tachibana revealed Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 30, 2018
Eagles' Takayuki Kishi silences Lions
Takayuki Kishi mastered his former club over seven scoreless innings as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles battered the Seibu Lions for the second straight day, beating the Pacific League leaders 9-1 on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jun 30, 2018
Warriors an inspiration to Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani
Effective leadership involves the ability to inspire others.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2018
Eagles manager Masataka Nashida steps down
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles manager Masataka Nashida has resigned to take responsibility for the team's poor performance, the Pacific League ballclub announced Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jun 11, 2018
Rakuten reliever Frank Herrmann follows path from Harvard to Sendai
Frank Herrmann is still putting his Harvard University education to good use. Just not in the way, and certainly not in the place, he expected.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 31, 2018
BayStars backup Koki Yamashita provides 10th-inning heroics with walk-off single against Eagles
Seldom-used utility infielder Koki Yamashita lifted the Yokohama BayStars to a 4-3, 10th-inning, walk-off win against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Thursday, singling in the winning run in his first at-bat of the season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 27, 2018
Last-place Eagles grind out win over Hawks
Right-hander Shota Takeda fanned seven but yielded five runs to Tohoku Rakuten on Sunday as the Eagles toughed out an 8-4 series-winning victory over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 23, 2018
Buffaloes ace Chihiro Kaneko picks up first victory of season
Orix ace Chihiro Kaneko allowed a run over six innings Wednesday, winning his first game of the season in a 5-2 victory over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 17, 2018
Eagles' Takero Okajima comes through with game-winning double in ninth against Hawks
Motohiro Shima delivered a game-tying, eighth-inning RBI double and Takero Okajima doubled in the winning run in the ninth as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles rallied to beat the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4-3 on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 12, 2018
Eagles ace Takahiro Norimoto hurls one-hit shutout
Takahiro Norimoto pitched a one-hitter in his first shutout of the season in the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' 2-0 win over the Orix Buffaloes on Saturday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
May 9, 2018
Vissel executive says club hasn't reached deal with Andres Iniesta
Vissel Kobe's head of player development Atsuhiro Miura said Wednesday no deal has been struck to bring star Barcelona playmaker and Spain international Andres Iniesta to the J. League club.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 2, 2018
Eagles' Takayuki Kishi shuts out Fighters in Kotaro Kiyomiya's debut
Takayuki Kishi surrendered marquee rookie Kotaro Kiyomiya's first hit but finished with a three-hitter, leading the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to a 1-0 win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Wednesday.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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