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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 22, 2016
Kidokoro picks up interleague MVP award
The season of career minor leaguer Ryuma Kidokoro took another surprising turn on Wednesday, when the 30-year-old was named Nippon Professional Baseball's interleague MVP.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 21, 2016
Hawks sign Van Den Hurk to three-year extension
Right-hander Rick Van Den Hurk has agreed to a three-year contract extension with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, the Pacific League champs announced Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 15, 2016
Hawks' Van den Hurk to be treated for fatigue
Right-hander Rick Van den Hurk will be tested and receive treatment through the weekend for fatigue, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks announced Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 12, 2016
Hawks complete sweep of Giants
Ryoma Kidokoro continued his remarkable career turnaround on Sunday, when the light-hitting reserve outfielder belted a pair of two-run homers to help power the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a 7-5 interleague win and a series sweep of the Yomiuri Giants.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 9, 2016
Sluggers Yanagita, Matsuda help Hawks soar past BayStars
Yuki Yanagita and Nobuhiro Matsuda each homered for the second straight day as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks flexed their interleague muscle in a 4-2 win over the Yokohama BayStars on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 6, 2016
SoftBank gets serious about tackling debt with asset sales
After years of acquisitions saddled SoftBank Group Corp. with record debt and weighed down its stock, founder Masayoshi Son is getting serious about improving the company's balance sheet.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 3, 2016
Hawks' Yanagita delivers banner performance against hometown Carp
Yuki Yanagita hit a tie-breaking home run in his hometown as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won a battle of league leaders, beating the Hiroshima Carp 6-1 in interleague action on Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 2, 2016
SoftBank to raise $8.9 billion from Alibaba sale
SoftBank Group Corp. said Thursday its sale of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. stock will raise $8.9 billion, an infusion of cash that can be used to strengthen the company's balance sheet and allow it to act fast when making strategic investments.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 1, 2016
Wakamatsu goes eight innings as Dragons down Hawks
Right-hander Shunta Wakamatsu allowed three hits over eight innings to pick up the win as the Chunichi Dragons pulverized the two-time defending Japan Series champion Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 5-0 in interleague play on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 1, 2016
Hawks deactivate tired Van den Hurk
Dutch international Rick Van den Hurk, who last month set a Japan record for the most consecutive winning decisions at the start of his career, was deactivated by the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks due to fatigue on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 24, 2016
Hawks pounce on Buffaloes with 22-run onslaught
Every Fukuoka SoftBank hitter in the starting lineup had an RBI as the Hawks beat up on the Orix Buffaloes for a season-high 17 hits in a 22-6 win Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 21, 2016
Lions' Onizaki delivers sayonara double to down Hawks
Takumi Kuriyama tied the game in the bottom of the eighth inning and Yuji Onizaki hit a walk-off RBI double as the Seibu Lions won a seesaw affair against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4-3 in the Pacific League on Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 19, 2016
SoftBank's Pepper robot becomes Android friendly
SoftBank Robotics Corp. said Thursday it has expanded opportunities for app developers to use Google's Android platform for its humanoid robot Pepper.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 17, 2016
Fighters hand Hawks' van den Hurk first NPB loss
Rick van den Hurk was tagged with his first loss in Nippon Professional Baseball on Tuesday after the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters defeated the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 7-2 to end his record 14-straight winning decisions to start his NPB career.
BUSINESS
May 17, 2016
Japan government to press mobile carriers on prices as profits soar
The government plans to step up pressure on the country's largest mobile-phone carriers to offer cheaper plans as surging profits show they have room to reduce costs for customers, an official at the communications ministry said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 14, 2016
SoftBank may sell stake in 'Clash of Clans' Finnish game developer Supercell
SoftBank Group Corp. is considering selling its stake in the Finnish gaming company Supercell Oy, according to people familiar with the matter.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 13, 2016
Alibaba and SoftBank team up on Japan-focused cloud computing venture
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. teamed with its largest shareholder SoftBank Group Corp. to form a cloud computing service venture targeting Japanese customers as the Chinese e-commerce giant expands one of its fastest growing businesses.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 10, 2016
SoftBank reports 8.8% jump in profit for year on Sprint savings
SoftBank Group Corp. on Tuesday said operating profit rose 8.8 percent in the just-ended business year, a tad short of analysts' estimates, pushed up by robust domestic operations and cost cuts at U.S. subsidiary Sprint Corp.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
May 10, 2016
Son looks to listing to plug SoftBank's $22 billion valuation gap
Masayoshi Son's promises of a turnaround for his U.S. operations and a record share buyback have not been enough to erase SoftBank Group Corp.'s $22 billion valuation gap. The billionaire founder has at least one more card to play — listing the company's domestic telecommunications business.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 27, 2016
Wada, Uchikawa lift Hawks over Buffaloes
Tsuyoshi Wada pitched six scoreless innings and Seiichi Uchikawa hit the 150th home run of his career as the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks beat the Orix Buffaloes 5-2 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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