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YOMIURI GIANTS

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.
Japan Times
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 Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB
Sep 27, 2021
Three-team race for Central League pennant could go down to wire
Even though the Climax Series doesn't start until Nov. 6, the final push for the pennant will make it feel like postseason baseball came early.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 25, 2021
Tigers' Haruto Takahashi wins duel against Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano
Takahashi struck out 13 while allowing five hits and a walk over the distance.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 20, 2021
Giants acquire controversial slugger Sho Nakata from Fighters
The Yomiuri Giants on Friday acquired Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters slugger Sho Nakata, who was indefinitely suspended from all top team and farm team games by the Pacific League club for an act of violence against a teammate.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Jun 28, 2021
Streaking Giants set sights on first place
Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Jun 21, 2021
Justin Smoak's departure puts family issues in spotlight in NPB
Family was the dominant theme in NPB last week.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
May 31, 2021
Dragons help Central League get off to fast start in interleague play
Round one goes to the Central League and, of all teams, the Chunichi Dragons.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 25, 2021
Zelous Wheeler powers Giants to victory over former team in interleague opener
Wheeler gave the Giants the lead with a three-run home run against the Eagles.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
May 17, 2021
Roki Sasaki makes highly anticipated NPB debut with Marines
The "monster" finally made landfall on May 16.
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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