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TOKYO YAKULT SWALLOWS

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2022
Neither thrill nor agony in second game of the Japan Series as scene shifts to Osaka
A 3-3 tie between the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Orix Buffaloes left both sides in a weird state of emotional purgatory.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2022
Buffaloes and Swallows play to tie in Game 2 of Japan Series
The Swallows' Soma Uchiyama tied the game with a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2022
Swallows slugger Jose Osuna carries hot streak into Japan Series
The Venezuelan slugger did not waste any time putting his mark on the 2022 Japan Series, connecting on a two-run double and a no-doubt solo homer in Saturday's Game 1.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 22, 2022
Swallows connect on three home runs to top Buffaloes in Game 1 of Japan Series
The Swallows picked up where they left off in last year's Japan Series with a victory in Game 1.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 22, 2022
Swallows and Buffaloes assemble for Japan Series rematch
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Orix Buffaloes staged one of the most competitive series in recent memory last season, and this season promises much the same.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 19, 2022
Familiar faces set to highlight Yakult-Orix rematch at Japan Series
Most of last year's cast are set to play starring roles again on Japanese baseball's biggest stage, offering another treat to fans who enjoyed their tightly contested 2021 encounter.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Oct 17, 2022
Buffaloes and Swallows prove last season's success was no fluke
The Swallows and Buffaloes will meet in the Japan Series for the second straight season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Oct 4, 2022
Munetaka Murakami earns place in NPB history with dominant season
The Swallows slugger broke new ground for a Japan-born player on Monday when he finished the regular season with his 56th home run, wrapping up the Triple Crown in the process.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 26, 2022
Swallows overcame various challenges to repeat as Central League champions
The Swallows went from back-to-back last-place finishes to consecutive Central League titles.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 20, 2022
Giants keep up pressure in race for third with victory over Swallows
Home run leader Munetaka Murakami remained stuck on 55 after going 0-for-3.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 14, 2022
Munetaka Murakami chases history after matching Sadaharu Oh's mark
The 22-year-old Swallows slugger is the first Japanese player to match the Giants legend in home runs and has 13 games to reach Wladimir Balentien's NPB record of 60.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Sep 5, 2022
Munetaka Murakami left with no equal among Central League hitters this season
It's over — stop the race, stop the fight.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Aug 29, 2022
First-place Swallows and Munetaka Murakami make statement by sweeping away BayStars
The Swallows strengthened their bid to defend the Central League pennant by beating the second-place BayStars.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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