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Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 21, 2019
Mariners triumph in 12th as A's defense falters
Maybe the Seattle Mariners and Oakland A's thought that if they kept playing, Ichiro Suzuki couldn't leave baseball.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 20, 2019
Ichiro hitless, but Mariners outslug Athletics in MLB season-opening game
Ichiro Suzuki began jogging in from right field shortly before the bottom of the fourth. He was almost at the area near the dugout before the crowd caught on to what was happening and started to cheer.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 20, 2019
Mariners newcomer Yusei Kikuchi eager to make first MLB start
When Yusei Kikuchi makes his first start as a major league player at Tokyo Dome on Thursday, he won't be too far away from Seibu Dome, where he stood on the mound for the first time as a professional in June of 2011.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 19, 2019
Seattle left-hander Marco Gonzales maintains normal focus for first Opening Day start
Opening Day is a celebratory time for baseball fans. It's when a long winter gives way to spring and the familiar crack of balls ricocheting off wooden bats.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 19, 2019
Fervent fan revels in Ichimeter Lady fame
The line of fans began by the fence in the right-field stands at Tokyo Dome and stretched all the way to the back wall, snaking up through rows 1-14 and 15-21 and around the corner.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 19, 2019
Ichiro impresses in outfield against Giants, will start in MLB opener
A rush went through the crowd as Ichiro Suzuki settled underneath the ball Shunta Tanaka hit high into air in the third inning.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 18, 2019
MLB players revel in Japan's 'carnival' stadium atmosphere
Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball aren't really so different on the field. Everyone is playing the same game and the rules are more or less the same, with some exceptions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 17, 2019
Mariners top Giants as crowd goes wild for Ichiro's return to Japan
Ichiro Suzuki's return to Japan was a veritable celebration of the Seattle Mariners' superstar outfielder.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 16, 2019
Former Lions southpaw Wade LeBlanc returns to Japan as part of Mariners' pitching staff
There are players on the rosters of both the Seattle Mariners and Oakland A's who had been to Japan prior to arriving on Friday ahead of their season-opening series at Tokyo Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 16, 2019
Spotlight on Ichiro for openers
Ichiro Suzuki still isn't used to dealing with the jet lag that comes with flying from the United States to Japan.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 6, 2019
Clean-shaven reliever Ryan Cook excited for new challenge with Giants
Ryan Cook's former Seattle Mariners teammates will have be forgiven if they don't immediately recognize him when they arrive in Japan later this month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2019
Huawei units plead not guilty in Seattle court to T-Mobile trade secret theft
Huawei Device Co. Ltd. and Huawei Device USA Inc. pleaded not guilty on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle on fraud, trade secrets conspiracy and other charges, the Justice Department said.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Feb 18, 2019
Lions need Imai to step up with Kikuchi gone
Yusei Kikuchi, as Japanese fans can easily see on news reports every night and also on the internet and in newspapers, is doing just fine so far in his first MLB spring training with the Seattle Mariners.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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