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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Japan Series
Nov 29, 2021
Yoshinobu Yamamoto shows the Buffaloes' potential
Yamamoto's Game 6 will be remembered as one of the most stirring performances in defeat in the Japan Series.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 28, 2021
Steady MVP Yuhei Nakamura guides Swallows to Japan Series title
The team's longtime catcher expertly led his pitching staff across six neck-and-neck games against the Buffaloes to complete Yakult's reversal from cellar-dweller to champion.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 27, 2021
Swallows outlast Buffaloes to win Japan Series title
The Swallows are champions for the first time since 2001
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JAPAN
Nov 27, 2021
Japan extra defense budget hits record amid China tensions
The additional money would cover the cost of missiles, patrolling aircraft, torpedoes, helicopters and other equipment.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 26, 2021
Cabinet approves draft extra budget to sponsor record spending stimulus
Now approved, a wide array of policies will begin, including wage hikes, family support, decarbonization efforts and preparation for future waves of COVID-19.
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Nov 26, 2021
Breeding and racing enjoy a long history in Japan
Horse racing is considered a sport of bloodlines. The people who breed horses or the places where they are bred may change, but their bloodlines remain. The origins of Japan’s horse racing can be traced through bloodlines.
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Nov 26, 2021
International horses set to challenge Japan’s best
The Group 1 Japan Cup enters its fifth decade this year, and the autumn showpiece will once again be run Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, the home of many of Japan’s top-flight horse races, including the Oaks and the Japanese Derby, also run over 2,400 meters.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 25, 2021
Adam Jones homers in ninth to keep Buffaloes alive in Japan Series
The Buffaloes won an exciting battle in Game 5 to avoid elimination.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 25, 2021
How the Swallows' Masanori Ishikawa, 41, turned back the clock to stifle the Buffaloes
As the saying goes, “you're only as old as you feel.” On Wednesday night, the Swallows' long-time starter proved that to be true.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 24, 2021
Masanori Ishikawa helps carry Swallows to brink of Japan Series title
Yakult is one win away from the crown after beating Orix in Game 4.

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