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YOMIURI GIANTS

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jul 25, 2022
Specter of COVID-19 will hang over remainder of NPB season
Despite NPB's efforts, COVID-19 is wreaking havoc — and the impact will resonate for the rest of the season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 17, 2022
Shota Dobayashi hits grand slam to help Carp complete sweep of Giants
The Carp hit a grand slam in all three games of the series.
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Jul 17, 2022
Olympic legend Kosuke Kitajima spearheads Tokyo pro sports movement
The four-time gold-medalist swimmer hopes his new initiative, Tokyo Unite, will boost the capital's international profile and enable its members to tackle pressing social issues.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 9, 2022
Haruhiro Hamaguchi gives credit to BayStars after earning first win since May
Hamaguchi threw 7u2154u00a0innings, finishing with four strikeouts and allowing five hits and walking four batters.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 22, 2022
Adam Walker powers Giants to victory with tiebreaking home run
Walker is having a strong debut season in Japan, batting .297 with 15 home runs and 34 RBIs.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jun 6, 2022
Adam Walker among group of imports getting off to fast start in Japan
The Giants' brass must feel like it hit the jackpot in 2022, given that the last Yomiuri hitter to make a splash in his first season in Japan was Garrett Jones, who hit 24 home runs in 2016.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 2, 2022
Surging Giants add to Tigers' woes with fifth straight victory
The Tigers matched the longest losing streak to start a season by a Central League team.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 25, 2022
Giants get off to winning start with victory over Dragons
The Giants took the lead for good after rallying for three runs in the fifth inning.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 23, 2022
Central League clubs enter 2022 in race to catch Swallows
Yakult, which went from worst to first in 2021, will now face the pressure of trying to defend its throne from five challengers with ambitions of grandeur.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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