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YOMIURI GIANTS

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Mar 29, 2021
NPB returns with flourish as reminders of virus linger
Following an offseason that was shorter than usual, pro baseball returned to Japan over the weekend.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 27, 2021
Yoshiyuki Kamei still Giants' ace in hole
Yoshiyuki Kamei doesn't actually hit a walk-off, or otherwise huge, home run every time he steps up to the plate — it just feels that way sometimes.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 26, 2021
Yoshiyuki Kamei powers Giants to win with sayonara home run on opening day
Kamei made his only at-bat of the night count, connecting on a sayonara home run to send the Yomiuri Giants to an 8-7 win over the Yokohama BayStars on opening day at Tokyo Dome.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB Preview
Mar 24, 2021
Central League teams out to end Giants’ reign at top
The first of a two-part NPB preview beginning with the 2021 Central League.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 6, 2021
Japan’s travel ban has left foreign baseball players in limbo
Colin Rea — like more than a dozen other players who joined Japanese clubs in the offseason — is in limbo.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 21, 2021
NPB lays out plans for 2021 season
Teams will begin their spring camps as scheduled on Feb. 1 in Miyazaki and Okinawa prefectures, though they'll do so with no fans present.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jan 9, 2021
Bad timing spoils Tomoyuki Sugano's MLB aspirations
Given a market where he apparently didn't get a deal he liked and an offseason changed by the coronavirus, it's not hard to see why Sugano chose another year with the Kyojin.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 22, 2020
Warren Cromartie won't continue role as Yomiuri adviser in 2021
The three-time Best Nine selectee returned to the Giants in 2019 at manager and former teammate Tatsunori Hara's request.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 17, 2020
Tomoyuki Sugano and Yuki Yanagita win MVP honors in NPB
The Giants ace and Hawks slugger each won the award for the second time.
As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more U.S. firms say retailers turning away products
Empty shelves with "Buy Canadian Instead" signs are seen in the American Whiskey section of the BC Liquor in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 10.
Japan, South Korea and China vow to strengthen trade ties amid looming U.S. tariffs
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto (left), South Korean Trade Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk-geun (center) and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao during a trilateral meeting in Seoul on Sunday
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
Nankai Trough earthquake could kill 298,000 people, government says
Residents participate in an evacuation drill held with West Japan Railway in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, in January 2024 to prepare for a Nankai Trough earthquake and a possible tsunami following the quake.
Osaka Expo's Japan Pavilion completed
A ceremony is held to mark the completion of the Japan Pavilion at the World Expo in Osaka on Saturday.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
On defense, Japan may avoid Trump's worst impulses — for now
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth chat after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.
No longer a 'bridesmaid': Yuki Tsunoda prepares for the Red Bull pressure cooker
All eyes will be on Yuki Tsunoda as he makes his Red Bull debut at the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend.
Tokyo tech failures lean into misfortune, mistakes and missteps
Tsuyoshi Domoto in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 28. As an entrepreneur, Domoto experienced plenty of setbacks but maintains a positive attitude and continues to pursue his dreams.

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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Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan
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