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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Feb 27, 2017
Fujinami hoping to see hard work pay off in new season
Shintaro Fujinami is no old dog, but the 22-year-old Hanshin Tigers pitcher may have some new tricks.
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Feb 27, 2017
Kodaira bags overall title at speedskating worlds
Nao Kodaira won the overall title on Sunday at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, writing her name in the record books as the first Japanese woman to achieve the feat.
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Feb 26, 2017
Kodaira claims double at speedskating worlds
Nao Kodaira won the women's 500 and 1,000 meters while rewriting the national record in both distances to take the overall lead on the opening day of the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships on Saturday.
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BASEBALL
Feb 25, 2017
Hawks silence Japan's bats
Right-hander Nao Higashihama combined with five pitchers for a four-hit shutout as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks blanked the Japan national team 2-0 in a practice game on Saturday.
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Feb 25, 2017
Abe makes history with Grand Prix win
Sixteen-year-old Uta Abe became the youngest judoka in history to earn a Grand Prix title when she won the women's 52-kg division Friday.
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Feb 25, 2017
Takanashi comes up short with third-place finish at worlds; Ito claims silver
Sara Takanashi missed out on Japan's first gold medal and failed to break her jinx at the Nordic Ski World Championships when she finished third in the women's ski jumping on Friday.
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Feb 24, 2017
Watabe finishes fifth at Nordic combined worlds
Akito Watabe came up well short in his bid for a first individual medal at the Nordic World Ski Championships, placing fifth in a Nordic combined event on Friday.
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BASEBALL
Feb 23, 2017
Samurai Japan opens training camp ahead of World Baseball Classic
Japan manager Hiroki Kokubo and all of his players, except Houston Astros outfielder Norichika Aoki, opened training camp in Miyazaki on Thursday in preparation for next month's World Baseball Classic.
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SOCCER / J. League
Feb 22, 2017
Antlers enter new campaign hungry for more success
Kashima Antlers' phenomenal end to last season has whetted, not sated, their appetite for more success, insists manager Masatada Ishii.
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CULTURE / Books
Feb 18, 2017
'Homecomings: The Belated Return of Japan's Lost Soldiers': Portraits of lives transformed by war
It's staggering to think that, at the end of the Pacific War, almost 7 million Japanese servicemen and civilians were awaiting repatriation in various parts of Asia.
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Feb 18, 2017
Oshigiri pulls out of World Allround Speed Skating Championships with groin injury
Misaki Oshigiri will miss next month's World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Norway because of a groin injury, the Japan Skating Federation said Saturday.
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SOCCER / J. League
Feb 18, 2017
Mikuni Stadium highlights J. League agenda
Stadium are more than just places to play. They also have the potential to revitalize communities.
SOCCER
Feb 16, 2017
FIFA chief Infantino supports co-hosting for 2026 World Cup
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Thursday he intends to encourage co-hosting for the 2026 World Cup that could divide the tournament up between as many as four countries.
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CULTURE / Film
Feb 15, 2017
Historical truths can take decades to unearth
Journalist Eidai Hayashi is battling cancer. At 83 years old, he can barely keep hold of his fountain pen, since the pain has spread to every part of his body.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 15, 2017
Letting fish stocks recover could vastly increase fishing profits, World Bank says
Global profits from fishing could grow by tens of billions of dollars if depleted fish stocks were allowed to recover, bolstering the livelihoods of millions of people and feeding the world's growing population, a study by the World Bank said Tuesday.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 13, 2017
Otani's samurai spirit turned out to be double-edged sword
For four years, Shohei Otani burned to help Samurai Japan reclaim the World Baseball Classic title it booted away in San Francisco in 2013, but the fire that empowered the slugging pitcher came at a cost.
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Feb 13, 2017
Latvala steers Toyota to first win in 17 years
Toyota returned to the World Rally Championship winners' circle for the first time since 1999 on Sunday, as Jari-Matti Latvala won Rally Sweden.
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BASEBALL
Feb 12, 2017
Japan manager Kokubo decides faith in team worth more than flexibility
Japan manager Hiroki Kokubo is banking on team-building rather than flexibility as he heads into the World Baseball Classic next month.
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Feb 11, 2017
Kodaira places runner-up in women's 1,000 meters at world championships
Nao Kodaira claimed the women's 1,000 meters silver medal at the ISU's World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships on Saturday, adding to her first world gold medal in the 500 a night earlier.
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Feb 10, 2017
Kodaira captures women's 500-meter title at world championships
Nao Kodaira added another laurel to her dominant season in the 500 meters on Friday, becoming the first Japanese woman to win an individual title at the ISU's World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships.

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