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TIGERS

Japan Times
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Mar 21, 2015
Princeton routs Kwansei Gakuin
The level of play in Ivy League football is still a few steps ahead of the Japanese collegiate league, even for the four-time defending college champion Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters.
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Mar 19, 2015
Princeton, Kwansei Gakuin to battle in Legacy Bowl
One of the most successful college football clubs in Japan meets one of the oldest football programs in the sport's mother country when Kwansei Gakuin University takes on Princeton University in the Legacy Bowl on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Mar 7, 2015
Tigers' Fujinami may be ready to roar
Shintaro Fujinami was included on Samurai Japan's roster for next week's games against Europe probably because the Hanshin Tigers can give the ball to Randy Messenger, coming off an excellent 2014, or stalwart Atsushi Nomi on opening day. Fujinami is probably the biggest name on the Japan pitching staff,...
EDITORIALS
Jan 18, 2015
Rajapaksa's surprise
While the new president of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena, says he wants to build a nation based on Buddhist principles of nonviolence and compassion, it is not clear if he is prepared to investigate charges that war crimes were committed during the 26-year-long civil war with the Tamil Tigers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jan 10, 2015
Toritani may have thrived in majors
Two seasons ago, when it was thought Takashi Toritani was considering a move to MLB, many of the Pacific Rim scouts coming in and out of Japan were mostly lukewarm about his MLB prospects. They may had been fooled into thinking he was on a sharp decline by a decent, but un-Toritani-like year in 2011...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Nov 3, 2014
Tigers can only lick wounds after falling short of goal in Japan Series
For 29 years, diehard Hanshin Tigers fans have waited for the club add to its lone Japan Series title, won in 1985, and for a while it looked like 2014 might mark the end of the drought.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 1, 2014
NPB's quirky playoff rules recipe for confusion
Did the Hanshin Tigers deserve to play in this year's Japan Series? The team finished second in the Central League pennant race, seven games behind the league champion Yomiuri Giants, but the Tigers advanced to the CL Climax Series Final Stage with a controversial victory over the Hiroshima Carp in the...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 31, 2014
Singular focus propels Hawks to Japan Series crown
On the podium after winning the Japan Series, standing before over 35,000 screaming Fukuoka Softbank Hawks fans, Seiichi Uchikawa dispelled one of the popular narratives of the Hawks' push for the title.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 31, 2014
Hawks eliminate Tigers on bizarre game-ending double play, capture Japan Series title
It wasn't the ending anyone envisioned, but the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks aren't complaining.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2014
Nakamura's HR puts Hawks on brink of Japan Series title
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks celebrated like they had won a championship after Akira Nakamura's home run cleared the fence and ended Game 4 of the Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2014
Otonari leads Hawks to Game 3 win
If it wasn't already evident, the point was driven home Tuesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2014
Hawks southpaw Otonari gains confidence thanks to postseason success
Kenji Otonari was the hero for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks during the Climax Series and the Pacific League champions are turning to the left-hander again as the Japan Series moves inside Yafuoku Dome for the next three nights.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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