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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 15, 2015
Hawks fall to Buffaloes, fail to clinch pennant
The Pacific League-leading Fukuoka Softbank Hawks had to put the champagne on ice, at least for another day, in their bid to clinch their second consecutive pennant on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Sep 14, 2015
SoftBank's slide gives Son $13 billion reason to consider buyout
Months after Masayoshi Son is said to have shelved a plan for a management buyout of SoftBank Group Corp., there are still 13 billion reasons to take the company private.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 12, 2015
Dante Carver: 'Dream big, love bigger and do what you love'
SoftBank's Yoso Guy on games, design and what it's really like to be a part of the White family
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 12, 2015
Nakata delivers stellar outing; Hawks clobber Eagles
Kenichi Nakata threw one-run ball and struck out eight over seven innings to lead the front-running Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in a 9-2 rout of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 10, 2015
Hawks pound Fighters' Otani, extend win streak to five
Nobuhiro Matsuda and Yuki Yanagita both homered and the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks edged closer to clinching their second straight Pacific League title with a 7-3 defeat of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Thursday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 9, 2015
Hawks slugger Lee, teammates pound Fighters
Lee Dae-ho hit a grand slam and had three hits to contribute the heavy firepower in his team's 17-hit onslaught as the front-running Fukuoka Softbank Hawks trounced the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 13-2 on Wednesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 8, 2015
Pacific League-leading Hawks thump Fighters
Right-hander Nao Higashihama pitched seven effective innings, Seiichi Uchikawa homered and drove in five runs, and the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka Softbank Hawks scratched out an 8-5 win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 7, 2015
Drunken Kanagawa man arrested after kicking SoftBank robot
A drunken 60-year-old man was arrested for allegedly kicking a Pepper robot in a fit of rage at a SoftBank Corp. store, police said.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 3, 2015
Hawks rout Lions to extend PL lead
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ace Tadashi Settsu repeatedly pitched his way out of trouble to go seven innings and earn the win in a 10-1 rout of the Seibu Lions on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 1, 2015
Kishi tames Hawks as Lions run riot
Takayuki Kishi held the Pacific-League topping Fukuoka Softbank Hawks to two runs in seven innings and the Seibu Lions had four home runs and 18 hits in their 13-3 win on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 29, 2015
Hawks stage late rally to overcome Fighters
Closer Dennis Sarfate was pressed into service early and it paid off as the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks overcame a late challenge to defeat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 5-4 on Saturday afternoon.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 24, 2015
Corporate Japan gets a jolt from an outsider
Japan's business executives would do well to emulate Softbank President Nikesh Arora's risk-taking spirit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 24, 2015
SoftBank partners up with Netflix to sell video streaming service at stores
With Netflix Inc. eyeing its Japan launch next week, SoftBank Corp. said Monday it will be partnering with the world's largest video streaming provider to sell its service at SoftBank's shops, and possibly create original content together in the future.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 19, 2015
SoftBank beefs up Sprint stake with second purchase this month
SoftBank Group increased its stake in Sprint Corp. a second time this month, acquiring ¥7.51 billion($73 million) of stock in the unprofitable U.S. wireless operator.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 16, 2015
Lions rally past PL-leading Hawks
Ryota Wakiya sparked the Seibu Lions' comeback in a 6-4 come-from-behind victory over the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka Softbank Hawks on Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 15, 2015
Hawks overcome two deficits to conquer Lions
The Pacific League-leading Fukuoka Softbank Hawks came from behind twice to beat the Seibu Lions 6-5 on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 9, 2015
Hawks' van den Hurk making most of Japan challenge
Bouncing up and down between the majors and minors may not be the best way to adjust to a new country and a new league, but it has worked for Rick van den Hurk.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 26, 2015
Buffaloes check Hawks' momentum
The Orix Buffaloes scored four runs in the 11th inning to beat the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 5-1 on Sunday, handing the Pacific League's runaway leaders their first defeat in six games.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 25, 2015
Hawks blank Buffaloes, extend winning streak to five
Kenta Imamiya broke up a scoreless game and Shota Takeda won a tough pitchers' duel as the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka Softbank Hawks won their fifth straight, downing the Orix Buffaloes 2-0 on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 24, 2015
Showroom offers taste of what living with a robot will be like
What will it be like living with a humanoid robot that can read human emotions and exchange conversations with them?
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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