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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.
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JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2014
Japan mission arrives N. Korea to scrutinize abduction probe
A Japanese delegation arrived Monday in Pyongyang to assess North Korea's ongoing investigation into the fates of abducted Japanese nationals.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Oct 27, 2014
Japan holds separate military drills with Russia, U.S.
Japan begins exercises with the U.S. Army in Hokkaido, a day after it started naval maneuvers with Russia 800 km away off the coast of Vladivostok.
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BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2014
TPP talks in Sydney end with no breakthrough
Japan and the United States failed to reach a much-awaited breakthrough, seen as vital to advancing the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, at a three-day meeting on the proposed trade accord that wrapped in Sydney on Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 27, 2014
Takeda comes of age with Tigers-taming performance
Shota Takeda stood at the center of a maelstrom during the sixth inning in Game 2 of the Japan Series. The Hanshin Tigers were rallying, and their fans, who in their home ballpark might be Japan's loudest on a normal day, were practically roaring at the prospect of their team, which had a runner on second,...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 26, 2014
Takeda delivers stellar outing in Game 2 for victorious Hawks
Shota Takeda left Fukuoka Softbank Hawks fans singing in the rain in his Japan Series debut.
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2014
Japan, U.S. ministers to meet in Sydney in bid to seek progress on TPP
Japan and the United States will hold ministerial talks in Sydney on Monday to seek progress on a Pacific free trade initiative, Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge, said Sunday as the two countries remain apart over farm tariff cuts and other issues.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 26, 2014
Government mission to North Korea this week to scrutinize abductees probe
A government delegation will make a four-day visit to North Korea from Monday to assess Pyongyang's investigation of the fate of Japanese nationals abducted decades ago.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Oct 26, 2014
Japan struggles to keep up as China woos international students
Japan's efforts to increase the number of international students coming to its shores are being dwarfed by similar initiatives in neighboring China.
EDITORIALS
Oct 26, 2014
Moral education's slippery slope
An advisory body to Japan's education minister calls for upgrading grade school 'moral education' — which deals with children's way of thinking and their attitude toward life — to an official subject on a par with mathematics and science.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2014
Fifth-inning outburst carries Tigers to Game 1 triumph over Hawks
The Hanshin Tigers put runners on every base with two outs in the fifth inning in the opening game of the Japan Series as the zeal and frenzy of their fans in the stands shot to new levels
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 25, 2014
Kawasumi stunned by nomination
Nadeshiko Japan striker Nahomi Kawasumi was shocked by her nomination for the FIFA Women's Player of the Year award on Friday.
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JAPAN / Politics
Oct 25, 2014
Fukuda, Xi plan second meeting at Boao Forum in Beijing
Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping next Wednesday in Beijing, diplomatic sources said.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Oct 25, 2014
Frankenstein Secrets Law
EDITORIALS
Oct 25, 2014
Can hydrogen drive a society?
With the better-known renewable sources of energy, another relatively clean form of energy transfer and storage is being explored in Japan and deserves continued support — hydrogen fuel cells.
EDITORIALS
Oct 25, 2014
School bullying on the increase
Bullying and violence increased in Japanese schools, particularly for younger students, in fiscal 2013, although better reporting of incidents explains some of the increase over the previous year.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2014
Hawks hurler Standridge 'excited' to face ex-teammates in Japan Series
Jason Standridge draped a towel around his neck, gathered his cleats under his left arm, and descended down the stairs in the dugout on the third base side on his way toward the visitor's locker room on Friday night at Koshien Stadium, the day before the Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2014
Tigers energized by enthusiastic fan support on eve of Japan Series showdown with Hawks
The path leading out of the west exit of Koshien Station is adorned on both sides with yellow and white posters urging the Hanshin Tigers to finish as the No. 1 team in Japan. Fans in Osaka and the surrounding areas are cheering on Tigers players whenever they see them, and if you shop at the right grocery...
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 24, 2014
China criticizes new U.S. missile defense radar in Kyoto
The United States is damaging stability in the Asia-Pacific region by positioning a missile defense radar in Japan, according to an official in Beijing.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2014
North Korea has list of Japanese residents: sources
North Korea has compiled a list of Japanese nationals who remained there after the end of World War II, and of the Japanese wives of pro-Pyongyang Korean residents of Japan who moved to the North under a 1959-1984 repatriation project, sources say.

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