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TOKYO YAKULT SWALLOWS

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2015
Veteran catcher Takaya plays pivotal role for Hawks
When asked about Jingu Stadium a few weeks ago, Tokyo Yakult Swallows closer Tony Barnette gave a wry smile and said, "Jingu can play games with you as a pitcher."
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 26, 2015
Sugiura confident Swallows can bounce back
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows are down, but pitcher Toshihiro Sugiura doesn't think it's time to count the Central League champions out just yet.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2015
Hawks silence Swallows, take 2-0 lead in Japan Series
The second game of the Japan Series played out almost like a carbon copy of the first. Right down to the part where the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks were celebrating another victory.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2015
Yafuoku Dome's shortened fences help Hawks, foes
Shota Takeda might've opened the Japan Series with a three-hit shutout had the game been played in 2014. It wasn't, so instead of a shutout, the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks pitcher gave up a two-out two-run home run to Tokyo Yakult Swallows slugger Kazuhiro Hatakeyama in the ninth inning of a 4-2 victory...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2015
Matsuda, Takeda spark Hawks to victory in Game 1
Nobuhiro Matsuda bounced on one leg across the batter's box after missing a pitch, something he's become known for doing, during the fourth inning. He made a name for himself as a home run hitter this season, and unfortunately for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, that's something else he did in the fourth...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2015
Hawks' Igarashi relishes chance to face former team in Japanese Fall Classic
Before Ryota Igarashi was a star reliever for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, and even prior to his time in the major leagues, he was very good arm out of the bullpen for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2015
Easygoing Swallows skipper Manaka guides club's climb from worst to first
Mitsuru Manaka is still playing it cool. Nothing, not even a banner season in which he's already won two titles and stands four wins away from a third, can shake the Tokyo Yakult Swallows manager's calm, cool demeanor it seems.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2015
Led by first-year managers, Hawks, Swallows chasing Japan Series title
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and Tokyo Yakult Swallows have already proven themselves to be the top teams in the Pacific and Central Leagues.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 17, 2015
Swallows advance to Japan Series for first time since 2001
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows gathered near the mound at Jingu Stadium, grabbed Mitsuru Manaka and tossed their first-year manager into the air as the cheers of their exuberant fans rang out into the night sky.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 16, 2015
Swallows persevere, capitalize on key opportunities in Game 3 triumph over Giants
Tokyo Yakult Swallows fans were singing in the rain on Friday night at Jingu Stadium. If their club can come up with one more win, the Yakult faithful will carry their tune all the way to Fukuoka.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 15, 2015
Swallows blank Giants in Game 2 of CLCS
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows finally landed a knockout blow against Yomiuri Giants pitcher Miles Mikolas. The fact they got some of their own stars going in the process has them sizing up the rest of the Giants for a similar knockdown before everything is said and done.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 15, 2015
Time for NPB to rethink senseless playoff format
Where else but Japanese baseball can a team lose Game 1 of a playoff series and show up at the ballpark the next day down 0-2?
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 14, 2015
Giants wipe out deficit with Game 1 win
The Yomiuri Giants were at a one-game disadvantage before the first pitch was even thrown in the Central League Climax Series final stage.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 14, 2015
Balentien ready to go after fine-tuning game
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows had a lengthy break between the end of the regular season (Oct. 4) and the beginning of the Central League Climax Series final stage on Wednesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 13, 2015
Strong bullpen helped transform Swallows into title contenders
If you don't get to the Tokyo Yakult Swallows early, you might not get to the Birds at all.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 5, 2015
Yamada deserving of MVP award
Last Friday, after the Tokyo Yakult Swallows were crowned as the best team in the Central League for 2015, Tetsuto Yamada wasn't quite ready to weigh in on the topic of the CL's best player.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 3, 2015
Ishikawa savors resilient Swallows' rise from cellar to CL champions
Masanori Ishikawa was soaked in beer from head to toe. The white Central League Champions T-shirt clung to the veteran Tokyo Yakult Swallows pitcher as he shuffled onto the makeshift stage in center field after the Swallows' pennant-clinching 11-inning 2-1 victory over the Hanshin Tigers on Friday night....
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 2, 2015
Swallows claim first CL pennant since 2001
The Swallows fans packed into the stands at Jingu Stadium had already been cheering about as loud as they had all season for the past four hours
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
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.

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