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SOCCER / J. League
Sep 1, 2018
Sho Ito scores brace as Marinos grab much-needed win over Reysol
Two goals from Sho Ito and a pair of Olivier Boumal assists delivered a much-needed win for Yokohama F. Marinos as they topped Kashiwa Reysol 3-1 on Saturday night.
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Rugby
Aug 29, 2018
JRFU still confident of big crowd for Bledisloe Cup dead rubber in Yokohama
The Japan Rugby Football Union said Wednesday it was still hopeful of a big crowd for the Oct. 27 Bledisloe Cup game at Yokohama's Nissan Stadium, despite the game being a dead rubber.
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SOCCER / J. League
Aug 26, 2018
Marinos take star-studded Vissel down a notch
Cellar-dwellers Yokohama F. Marinos showed on Sunday that star power is not always the answer as they beat Vissel Kobe 2-0 on the road.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 23, 2018
BayStars rookie pitcher Katsuki Azuma delivers banner performance against Giants
Rookie Katsuki Azuma allowed four hits over seven innings and two relievers completed the five-hitter as the Yokohama BayStars downed the Yomiuri Giants 6-0 on Thursday, shutting them out for the second straight night.
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JAPAN
Aug 23, 2018
Two years later, Japanese soldier's nephew receives second wartime Hinomaru
A Yokohama man rejoiced Wednesday after receiving the second Hinomaru carried by his late uncle into battle during World War II.
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JAPAN
Aug 21, 2018
Online typhoon hazard map helps people learn when strong winds will strike
An online typhoon hazard map has been helping people learn the risks of strong winds that could hit their area depending on where typhoons travel.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 16, 2018
Ryosuke Hirata hits for the cycle as Dragons clobber BayStars
Ryosuke Hirata hit for the cycle, boosting Daisuke Matsuzaka to his fourth straight win as the Chunichi Dragons routed the Yokohama BayStars 11-5 on Thursday.
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SOCCER / J. League
Aug 16, 2018
FC Tokyo's Takefusa Kubo joins Yokohama F. Marinos in loan deal
The teenage midfielder once dubbed the "Japanese Messi" will move from FC Tokyo to Yokohama F. Marinos in a loan deal announced Thursday.
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JAPAN
Aug 8, 2018
Diverse Yokohama school aims to be model for bridging cultural gaps
Yokohama has been a cultural intersection between Japanese, foreign residents and visitors from overseas ever since opening its port to international trade in 1859, leading what was once a sleepy fishing village to become home to one of the first foreign communities in the country and develop into a...
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 2, 2018
Giants' Cristopher Mercedes earns complete-game victory over rival BayStars
Cristopher Mercedes allowed his first runs but remained unbeaten in four starts for the Yomiuri Giants on Thursday, when he threw a three-hitter in a 3-2 win over the Yokohama BayStars.
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CULTURE / Stage
Aug 1, 2018
In Yokohama, they'll be dancing in the streets
Summer is a time for dancing. Across the country there are countless local matsuri (festivals) in which a regionally specific odori (dance) is the main attraction and, of course, there are the many outdoor music festivals that allow people to let loose and move.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 11, 2018
Death penalty sought for man charged with killing Chinese sisters in Yokohama
Prosecutors on Wednesday demanded the death penalty for a 40-year-old man accused of killing two Chinese sisters and leaving their bodies stuffed in travel bags in a wooded area southwest of Tokyo last summer.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 9, 2018
Ex-nurse sent to prosecutors over suspicious death of elderly patient
A 31-year-old former nurse was turned over to prosecutors Monday after being arrested Saturday for allegedly murdering an elderly patient in 2016 at a Yokohama hospital where three other patients also died under suspicious circumstances, police said.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 5, 2018
BayStars' Shota Imanaga works out of first-inning jam, earns first victory since June 10
Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez has been asking to see pitcher Shota Imanaga's fighting spirit all season. Once he saw the left-hander escape an early bases-loaded jam against the Yomiuri Giants on Thursday night, he felt like he was going to get his wish.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 30, 2018
A culinary tour of Yokohama, the historical juncture of Western-Japanese fusion
Several of Japan's beloved Western-style dishes, such as doria and Napolitan spaghetti, originated in the culinary melting pot of Yokohama.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 28, 2018
Hanshin capitalizes on Yokohama's miscues, wraps up three-game sweep
Minoru Iwata and three relievers combined on a five-hitter as the Hanshin Tigers beat the error-prone Yokohama BayStars 3-2 on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep.
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CULTURE / Art
Jun 26, 2018
Yokoyama Taikan: Driven by loyalty
Yokoyama Taikan (1868-1958) is inarguably the definitive artist in creating pictorial and organizational frameworks inaugurating and furthering modern nihonga (Japanese painting.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 21, 2018
Man flees after fatal knife attack at Yokohama housing complex
One man is dead and two others, his wife and son, are injured after a knife attack early Thursday at a housing complex in Yokohama, police said.
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JAPAN
Jun 6, 2018
Citizens from Japan and overseas take initiative to join worldwide war on plastic waste
Faced with shops full of food and other goods swathed in plastic, families across the world are trying to reduce its use and recycle wherever possible to lower its impact on the environment.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 1, 2018
Hawks pitcher Kodai Senga picks up win in first appearance in two weeks
Kodai Senga returned to the mound for the first time in two weeks on Friday, and worked into the sixth inning for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in a 6-2 interleague win over the Yokohama BayStars.

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