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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 13, 2018
Tomoya Ichikawa haunts former club as Hawks beat Giants
Catcher Tomoya Ichikawa belted a two-run home run off his first pro club, lifting the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a 4-2 interleague win over the Yomiuri Giants on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 9, 2018
Dragons' Onelki Garcia notches second shutout of season
Onelki Garcia struck out eight over the distance as the Chunichi Dragons blanked the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 3-0 in interleague play on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 7, 2018
Swallows' Yuhei Takai slugs two homers, drives in winning run on bases-loaded walk in 10th
Yuhei Takai belted two homers and drove in the winning run with a 10th-inning, bases-loaded walk as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows defeated the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4-3 in interleague action on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 6, 2018
Former No. 2 at SoftBank given deal worth $128 million to lead Palo Alto Networks
Nikesh Arora could become one of the highest-paid executives in the U.S. after being named to lead Palo Alto Networks Inc., which granted him a pay package worth about $128 million.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 5, 2018
Tetsuto Yamada, Norichika Aoki ignite offense in Swallows' sixth straight victory
Tetsuto Yamada drove in three runs and scored three times in the Tokyo Yakult Swallows' 12-6 victory over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Tuesday, handing last year's Japan Series champions their first interleague loss.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 1, 2018
Hawks pitcher Kodai Senga picks up win in first appearance in two weeks
Kodai Senga returned to the mound for the first time in two weeks on Friday, and worked into the sixth inning for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in a 6-2 interleague win over the Yokohama BayStars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 1, 2018
Home run king Sadaharu Oh gets married for the second time
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks chairman Sadaharu Oh, whose 868 home runs are the most by a professional baseball player, said Friday he has married for a second time.
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 24, 2018
Shogo Akiyama powers Lions past Hawks
Shogo Akiyama's three-run home run brought the Pacific League-leading Seibu Lions from behind in a 12-5 win over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
May 21, 2018
SoftBank's Yuki Yanagita stands out among NPB crowd
The top buzzwords in Japan in 2015, as chosen through the annual U-Can Shingo Ryukogo Taisho (U-Can New Words and Buzzwords Awards), were co-winners bakugai and toripuru suri.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
May 19, 2018
SoftBank chairman Masayoshi Son risks U.S. security shackles with T-Mobile
SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman Masayoshi Son has battled for years to merge T-Mobile U.S. Inc. with his Sprint Corp. Now that he finally has a deal, he risks having his hands tied by a secretive U.S. government panel.
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 17, 2018
Hawks' Seiichi Uchikawa deactivated due to knee, ankle pain
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks infielder Seiichi Uchikawa has been deactivated due to right knee and left ankle trouble, the Pacific League club announced Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 9, 2018
Hawks' Seiichi Uchikawa reaches 2,000-hit milestone during win over Lions
Seiichi Uchikawa became the 51st player to reach Japan's iconic 2,000-hit milestone on Wednesday with an eighth-inning single in the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' 3-0 win over the Seibu Lions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 9, 2018
Big spender SoftBank posts record profit
Buoyed by its investments in technology firms around the world, SoftBank Group Corp. has reported a record annual operating profit in line with analyst estimates.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 5, 2018
Hawks' Shota Takeda twirls one-hit shutout against Buffaloes
The day after a bullpen implosion, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks rode Shota Takeda's one-hitter to a 3-0 win over the Orix Buffaloes on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 3, 2018
Yuki Yanagita bangs out three hits to propel Hawks past Marines on windswept afternoon
The wind never let up as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Chiba Lotte Marines played at Zozo Marine Stadium.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 3, 2018
SoftBank names Sprint's Marcelo Claure COO after T-Mobile acquisition
SoftBank Group Corp. named Marcelo Claure chief operating officer, elevating Sprint Corp.'s top executive into a broader role after he negotiated a merger between the U.S. wireless operator and T-Mobile U.S. Inc.
BUSINESS
Apr 30, 2018
T-Mobile, Sprint say merger would help U.S. beat China in 5G race
T-Mobile US Inc. and Sprint Corp. said on Sunday they had agreed to a $26 billion all-stock deal and believed they could win over skeptical regulators because the merger would create thousands of jobs and help the United States beat China to creating a next-generation mobile network.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 26, 2018
Shuta Ishikawa tames Lions as SoftBank stops Seibu's winning streak
Shuta Ishikawa held Japan's most potent offense to one run over eight innings in the SoftBank Hawks' 4-1 win over the Pacific League-leading Seibu Lions on Thursday.
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.
Paris Olympics kick off with rain-soaked — but grandiose — opening ceremony
Japan's 2024 Olympic team moves down the Seine River in Paris during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday.
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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