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WATARU

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 22, 2015
Eagles southpaw Karashima triumphs in first appearance of season
It didn't take much time for Wataru Karashima to get his first win in 2015. The game wasn't too long either, which was probably icing on the cake for the weary Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Feb 14, 2015
Eagles need young duo to soar in '15
Earlier this year, 24-year-old Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitcher Wataru Karashima said he'd retire if he failed to reach 10 wins this season. Karashima has pitched in NPB for five seasons, and was used out of the bullpen over the first two, making 14 appearances as a reliever. Since becoming a starter...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 11, 2015
No-frills dramatist casts Japan in a different light
The title of Yudai Kamisato's new work "+51 Aviacíon, San Borja" references his grandmother's address in Lima and the international telephone dialling code of Peru — but that only hints at the unusually cosmopolitan background of this 32-year-old Japanese playwright and director who also has relatives...

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