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YOKOHAMA

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 29, 2016
Ramirez praises retiring BayStars pitcher Miura's professionalism
To borrow the words of his manager, retiring star pitcher Daisuke Miura was a "professional player."
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Sep 26, 2016
Japanese teams, fans bid fond farewell to retiring players
Japanese baseball is in the season of goodbyes.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Sep 25, 2016
Sunrockers finish strong to sink B-Corsairs
Like the rest of the B. League, the Sunrockers Shibuya are far from a finished product at this stage of the season, and coach BT Toews' team is working to improve in all aspects of the game.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 25, 2016
Ramirez working to get BayStars ready for Climax Series
Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez is wearing two hats as the regular season winds down.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 24, 2016
The future looks bleak for Yokohama's day laborers
Once a bustling town of casual workers, Kotobukicho is now a community of aging welfare recipients.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Sep 24, 2016
Sunrockers storm past B-Corsairs in pivotal fourth quarter
After an electrifying start to the B. League's inaugural season with a two-game series between the Alvark Tokyo and Ryukyu Golden Kings earlier the week, other clubs made their league debut across the nation on Saturday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 23, 2016
BayStars demolish Giants with six-homer attack
The Yokohama BayStars are happy, not satisfied, to have secured an A-Class finish in the Central League.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 23, 2016
After earlier struggles at home, hot-hitting Jones gaining confidence at Tokyo Dome
Garrett Jones might have felt a huge weight lifted off his shoulders over the past two nights at Tokyo Dome.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 20, 2016
BayStars mainstay Miura to retire after 25th season
One day after the Yokohama BayStars celebrated their first-ever Climax Series berth, pitcher Daisuke Miura, one of franchise's most beloved figures, announced he was bringing his 25-year professional career to an end at the conclusion of this season.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 20, 2016
Body/Play/Politics
Oct. 1-Dec. 14
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Sep 20, 2016
BayStars could be primed to follow Carp's example in CL
The Yokohama BayStars, after 18 seasons without postseason baseball and 11 without an A-Class finish, probably weren't going to be very picky about how those two things got crossed off of their to-do list.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 13, 2016
Medal haul in Yokohama shows depth of young talent
This past weekend's sweep of the women's singles at the Yokohama Junior Grand Prix illustrated just how deep Japan's talent pool is now.
Zelenskyy to replace Ukraine ambassador to Japan
Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky delivers a speech during a handover ceremony of Self-Defense Force vehicles to Ukraine, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, in May last year.
Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
Honda and Nissan consider mutual production of vehicles, report says
Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe at the Japan Mobility Show 2023 at Tokyo Big Sight in October 2023.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
North Korea aiding Russia where it needs it most, Canadian general says
North Korean special forces soldiers march and shout slogans during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of the country's founding father, Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang in April 2017.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
Is Japan ready for 60 million tourists?
By Kathryn Wortley

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