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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 19, 2015
BayStars name Ramirez as new manager
Alex Ramirez, the only foreign player to get 2,000 hits in Nippon Professional Baseball, achieved one of his long-held ambitions on Monday, when the Yokohama BayStars announced he would be their new manager.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2015
Mitsui Fudosan eyes complete rebuild of four Yokohama condos after one found to tilt
Japan's biggest developer is considering rebuilding an apartment complex in Yokohama after one of the four buildings started to tilt.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 10, 2015
Fukuda gambling incident not on par with 'Black Mist Scandal'
The Yomiuri Giants did not need a gambling scandal hovering over the team's preparation for the Central League Climax Series, which began Saturday against the Hanshin Tigers. But early this past week that is what they got.
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BASKETBALL
Oct 4, 2015
Nash guides Firebonds to win over B-Corsairs
There are only two games in the books, but Fukushima Firebonds rookie forward Le'Bryan Nash is off to a terrific start. Over the weekend, he delivered two big, bold performances, showing what he's capable of doing during the 52-game season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 2, 2015
BayStars' Nakahata rejects request to remain manager
Kiyoshi Nakahata has turned down a request to stay on as manager of the Yokohama BayStars and will step down at the end of the season, the club said Friday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Sep 29, 2015
Bulls sign ex-B-Corsairs guard Simmons
With their first preseason game just days away, the Chicago Bulls have made final additions to their training camp roster. On Monday, they signed former Yokohama B-Corsairs guard Marcus Simmons.
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Rugby
Sep 28, 2015
Yokohama to stage 2019 World Cup final
Yokohama Stadium, which staged the 2002 soccer World Cup final, will replace Japan's new National Stadium as the venue for the 2019 Rugby World Cup final, World Rugby said on Monday.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 24, 2015
Yamada belts two homers as Swallows sink BayStars
Tetsuto Yamada homered twice and drove in three runs to lead the Tokyo Yakult Swallows to their fourth straight victory, a 4-2 win over the Yokohama BayStars.
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JAPAN
Sep 5, 2015
German pianist performs atop 296-meter-tall Yokohama Landmark Tower
German pianist Stefan Aaron, known for playing at unusual outdoor venues, has performed on the helipad of the 296-meter-tall Yokohama Landmark Tower.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 2, 2015
Views from Yokohama: What would it take to make us all happier?
Tourists and residents in Kanagawa offer advice on how we can all live happier lives.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 23, 2015
Messenger dominates as Tigers sweep BayStars
Randy Messenger held the Yokohama BayStars to a run over eight innings as the Hanshin Tigers maintained a foothold at the top of the Central League with a 3-1 win on Sunday.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 22, 2015
Toritani ignites Tigers in rout of BayStars
Takashi Toritani went 3-for-5 and drove in three runs as the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers beat the YokohamaBayStars 7-2 on Saturday.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 21, 2015
Effort afoot to freeze animal reproductive cells at Yokohama zoo
From humboldt penguins to black jaguars, sperm and eggs from dozens of zoo animals are being frozen and stored at the Zoorasia Yokohama Zoological Gardens until they can be used for artificial insemination.
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JAPAN / Society
Aug 21, 2015
Mothers with young children being turned away from local assemblies
Japanese mothers with little option except to bring their babies or toddlers with them when they visit the gallery sections at prefectural and municipal assemblies are in many instances being turned away.
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JAPAN
Aug 14, 2015
Ever-evolving Yokohama Station marks 100th year
JR Yokohama Station, named by railway fans as "Japan's Sagrada Familia" after a Spanish cathedral for constantly being under construction, will celebrate its 100th anniversary on Saturday.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 13, 2015
BayStars' Tsutsugo slugs game-winning blast in ninth
A game might look over, and it might feel over, but as Yoshitomo Tsutsugo and the Yokohama BayStars taught the Yomiuri Giants' Tomoyuki Sugano, nothing is over until the final out is in the books.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 11, 2015
Giants hurler Mikolas tosses complete game, improves to 9-3
Miles Mikolas is on a roll and he's not ready for it to stop anytime soon.
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CULTURE / Art
Aug 11, 2015
There's a residual energy to Cai Guo-Qiang's explosive works
Japanese artist Taro Okamoto once said, "Art is an explosion." This was despite the fact that his own works were carefully planned and developed, as the exhibition "Taro Okamoto's Paintings: From Impulse to Realization" at the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art made clear back in 2006. Okamoto's famous dictum,...
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 6, 2015
American man arrested for abandoning body of woman found in Kanagawa bay
Police arrested an American man Thursday on suspicion of abandoning the body of a woman found last week in a cove in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2015
Sparks from short circuit disrupted Yokohama train services late Tuesday
Sparks from a short circuit that occurred when a train resumed operation apparently melted and severed an overhead cable, leaving thousands of people stranded on Tuesday evening in Yokohama, East Japan Railway Co. said Wednesday.

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