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YOMIURI

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Apr 21, 2017
Baseball community, friends reflect on Graczyk's life
Whenever the Yomiuri Giants were scheduled to play at home, I knew my phone would ring.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 18, 2017
Sugano outduels local favorite Yamanaka in series opener
A little more than a year after earthquakes rocked Kumamoto, Tomoyuki Sugano had local fans rocking as he pitched the Yomiuri Giants to a 3-0 Central League win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 13, 2017
Carp rally past Giants in ninth, stretch unbeaten streak to 11 games
You may get the Hiroshima Carp down, but never, ever count them out.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 11, 2017
Carp's Kikuchi bangs out five hits to help sink Giants
The Hiroshima Carp were held without a run for five innings. Once the reigning Central League champions finally got going in the sixth, there was no stopping them, especially not Ryosuke Kikuchi.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 1, 2017
Abe smacks game-ending homer as Giants overcome Dragons
The Yomiuri Giants trailed the Chunichi Dragons for 8 2/3 innings on Saturday afternoon. When Shinnosuke Abe finally gave them the lead, it was for keeps.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2017
Giants usher in new season with victory over rival Dragons
There's a stuffed Giabbit doll headed Lillianne Mikolas' way. If things go her father's way, there'll be whole lot more coming.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2017 NPB PREVIEW
Mar 30, 2017
Carp set sights on repeat performance in Central League
The following is the second of a two-part NPB preview beginning with the 2016 Central League champions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 28, 2017
Disgraced Takagi apologizes to Giants, resumes career after signing developmental contract
Kyosuke Takagi, who re-signed with the Yomiuri Giants after facing a one-year ban for his involvement in illegal betting, restarted his career on Tuesday by extending his apologies to his manager, coaches and teammates.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 27, 2017
Disgraced Takagi returns to pro baseball
Nippon Professional Baseball announced the return of Kyosuke Takagi, found guilty of gambling, to professional baseball on Monday, when the reliever's former club, the Yomiuri Giants, signed him to a developmental contract.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 25, 2017
How the word 'terrorism' can help pass a bill
During the recent Diet grilling over his alleged involvement in the Moritomo Gakuen land purchase scandal, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe accused his opposition party tormentors of resorting to inshō sōsa. The most accurate English translation is probably "image manipulation," which, in the age of fake...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 23, 2017
Giants seek banned pitcher Takagi's reinstatement
The Yomiuri Giants on Thursday filed an application for the reinstatement of their former reliever Kyosuke Takagi with Nippon Professional Baseball following his one-year suspension for gambling.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2017
Giants pitcher Takagi seeking comeback after gambling ban
Relief pitcher Kyosuke Takagi has told the Yomiuri Giants that he wants to return to baseball following his one-year suspension for gambling, the Central League club announced Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Feb 25, 2017
Legend Nagashima rekindles memories of an unforgettable life in baseball
It was good seeing former Yomiuri Giants third baseman and manager Shigeo Nagashima visiting the team's spring training camp in Miyazaki earlier this month. He just turned 81 this past week and is visibly handicapped by a stroke suffered in 2004 that limits movement on the right side of his body and...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Feb 6, 2017
Sugano set to step into spotlight at World Baseball Classic
The wider baseball world is about to meet Tomoyuki Sugano.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 25, 2017
Yomiuri's Yoh will not play for Taiwan at WBC
Yomiuri Giants outfielder Daikan Yoh of Taiwan has said he will not represent his national team at the World Baseball Classic in March, a source close to the matter said Wednesday.
SOCCER
Jan 21, 2017
Ex-Brazil, Yomiuri FC coach Silva, 77, passes away
Former Brazil national team coach Carlos Alberto Silva, who spent time managing in Japan in the early 1990s, passed away Friday at age 77, Brazilian media reported.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 7, 2017
Players ramp up training before camps
There were a number of NPB stars on the move during the first week of 2017.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 26, 2016
Giants pitcher Utsumi has tumor removed from chest
Yomiuri Giants lefty Tetsuya Utsumi had surgery to remove a mediastinal tumor between his lungs, the Central League team said Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 20, 2016
'Poker Face' Kato, longtime hurler, dies at 66
Former Yomiuri Giants right-hander Hajime Kato, nicknamed "Poker Face" for his blank expression on the mound, died on Dec. 11 in a Shizuoka hospital due to rectal cancer, the Central League club said Tuesday. He was 66.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 19, 2016
New Giant Yoh thrilled to wear No. 2
New Yomiuri Giant and star Taiwan outfielder Daikan Yoh said Monday he is thrilled to wear No. 2 for his new club, a number sandwiched between the digits worn by Hall of Famers Sadaharu Oh and Shigeo Nagashima.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
Japan finds a 'stealth' cure for zombie businesses: Let them fail
A worker at Sakai Seisakusyo prepares to transport metal rods at its factory in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on July 8.
Trump makes his grand RNC entrance with a bandaged ear and a VP pick
Former U.S. President Donald Trump during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.

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