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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 8, 2014
Nakamura ties Mejia for home runs as Lions beat Marines
Takeya Nakamura hit his 30th home run of the season to tie teammate Ernesto Mejia for the Pacific League lead in the Seibu Lions' rain-shortened 7-0 victory over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 7, 2014
Lions spoil Hawks' party
Ernesto Mejia hit his league-leading 30th home run in a 3-for-4 outing in support of Ryoma Nogami, who yielded three runs over strong seven innings in the Seibu Lions' 6-3 win over the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks on Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 18, 2014
Hawks edge Lions
Kenta Imamiya's bases-loaded sac fly capped a three-run eighth inning as the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks came back to win 6-5 against the Seibu Lions on Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 1, 2014
Karashima tosses seven solid innings, benefits from teammates' timely hits
Wataru Karashima threw one-run ball over seven innings and Kazuya Fujita had a two-run go-ahead double as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles routed the Seibu Lions 7-1 on Friday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 28, 2014
Mejia leads charge as Lions rally past Hawks
Ernesto Mejia belted a pair of home runs and drove in three runs as the Seibu Lions beat the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 8-6 on Saturday afternoon for their second straight win since the restart of league play.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jun 17, 2014
New Lions slugger Mejia relishes opportunity to play in NPB
Ernesto Mejia remembers the bus rides. Those long trips to games in rookie ball, Single-A and a notch up the ladder in Double-A. Some of those rides could last for seven, eight, nine hours.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 13, 2014
Lowly Lions hammer Carp
Seibu newcomer Ernesto Mejia homered for the second straight game, while Takeya Nakamura belted his 250th career home run as the Pacific League cellar-dwelling Lions hammered the Hiroshima Carp 7-0 on Friday evening.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 12, 2014
Kaneko capitalizes in clutch as Lions edge Carp
The Seibu Lions were late to the party, but they finally did what the other five Pacific League clubs had already accomplished.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jun 9, 2014
Uphill battle awaits Seibu's Tanabe
Haruki Ihara made sure the Seibu Lions kept their hair black, their faces free of stubble and their pant legs high. The idea was to make them look professional. But it doesn't matter how good you look if you're losing.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 6, 2014
Yokogawa delivers game-winning single in 10th for Giants
The Yomiuri Giants and Seibu Lions played for almost four hours before Fuminori Yokogawa made his first appearance in the game.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 26, 2014
Carp beat Lions on misty night
Yoshihiro Maru drilled a tiebreaking three-run home run off reliever Randy Williams in the sixth inning and the Hiroshima Carp beat the Seibu Lions 6-2 on a misty night in Hiroshima Prefecture on Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 23, 2014
Swallows pick up first interleague victory of season
Shingo Kawabata and Kazuhiro Hatakeyama each hit two-run, first-inning home runs on Friday as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows beat the Seibu Lions 8-4 to end their winless start to interleague play.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 13, 2014
Fighters' Otani pitches first career shutout
Second-year right-hander Shohei Otani threw the first shutout of his professional career on Tuesday as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters beat the Seibu Lions 3-0.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 8, 2014
Roses to inspire life in the pink
Don't panic if you almost forgot that it's Mother's Day on Sunday. The International Roses and Gardening Show could be just the ticket to stay in Mom's good graces. Why not give her a gift of flowers and then take her to an event showcasing nearly a million different roses, arranged by breeders and flower...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 2, 2014
Lions' Kishi tosses no-hitter against Marines
Seibu right-hander Takayuki Kishi threw the first no-hitter of his career and the 89th in Nippon Professional Baseball history as the Lions defeated the Chiba Lotte Marines 2-0 on Friday night.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 23, 2014
Delisted Seibu Holdings back on TSE
Seibu Holdings Inc. made a solid return to the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, nearly a decade after its predecessor, Seibu Railway Co., was delisted from the bourse for falsifying financial statements in 2004.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 18, 2014
Hara delivers game-winning double in 10th against Lions
The Orix Buffaloes just keep finding ways to win games early in the season.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 10, 2014
Chagrined Seibu cuts IPO value 73%
Seibu Holdings Inc., owner of Japan's biggest hotel chain, reduced the size of its initial public offering by at least 73 percent with its largest shareholder opting out after investors balked at the valuation.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 6, 2014
Buffaloes extend winning streak to six games
Yoshio Itoi broke open a scoreless game with a solo homer in a three-run fourth-inning and the Orix Buffaloes held on to beat the Seibu Lions 3-2 for their sixth straight win on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 5, 2014
Dickson pitches Buffaloes to fifth straight win
Brandon Dickson allowed a run in seven innings a week after his first shutout in Japan as the Pacific League-leading Orix Buffaloes won their fifth straight Saturday, beating the Seibu Lions 4-1.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
Accident halts Tokaido Shinkansen services between Hamamatsu and Nagoya
Workers engage in restoration work on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, where two maintenance trains had derailed on Monday.
Japan bakes as temperatures across the country rise above 35 C
A pedestrian walks past air conditioning units in Tokyo on Saturday.
Biden drops out of presidential race, endorsing Kamala Harris
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington on July 4.
Tiny Japanese startup is bringing AI dating to the masses
Goki Kusunoki, CEO and co-founder of Samansa, with the company's Loverse app in Tokyo on May 10. The app allows interaction only with generative artificial intelligence.
Biden drops out of presidential race, endorsing Kamala Harris
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington on July 4.
Why Japanese researchers are looking to submarine cables for faster tsunami warnings
Lamposts and other signs throughout Hirogawa, Wakayama Prefecture, display warnings, evacuation routes and measurements of height above sea level. The town has been hit by eight tsunami in its recorded history.
Akatsuki Japan believes it can 'surprise the world' in Paris
Mai Yamamoto drives to the basket during an Olympic tune-up game against New Zealand in Tokyo on July 4.
How to prevent and respond to heatstroke in Japan this summer
A passerby holding a parasol wipes her face as she walks on the street amid a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures, in Tokyo on July 9.
‘Sniper from Oita’ sets her sights on Paris Olympics target
Misaki Nobata competes at the World University Games in 2023. A hero in her hometown of Oita, Nobata is one of three Japanese shooters who will compete at the upcoming Paris Olympics.

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