Baseball
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Angels 2-way superstar Ohtani to appear in WBC
Nippon Professional Baseball announced Friday that Shohei Otani of the Los Angeles Angels, Munetaka ...
January 6, 2023
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Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters mark completion of new baseball stadium
KITA-HIROSHIMA, Hokkaido — A ceremony to mark the completion of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters’ ne...
January 6, 2023
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Samurai Japan stave off challengers for world top spot
NEW YORK — Japan took first in the men’s baseball rankings released by the World Baseball Softball C...
January 3, 2023
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2022 news photo exhibition kicks off in Tokyo with help from an ace
An exhibition of memorable news photos from 2022 is underway at the Nihombashi Mitsukoshi department...
December 18, 2022
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Deep roots of baseball planted in Hokkaido during opening up in Meiji era
On the Sapporo Hitsujigaoka Observation Hill, a tourist spot that provides a panoramic view of the c...
December 17, 2022
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Red Sox sign Japanese batting champ Masataka Yoshida
BOSTON (AP) — Former Boston pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka passed along some advice to Masataka Yoshida, ...
December 16, 2022
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Mets add latest pricey arm, land Senga for $75M
NEW YORK (AP) — Japanese pitcher Kodai Senga and the New York Mets have agreed to a $75 million, fiv...
December 11, 2022
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Angels’ Shohei Ohtani named top DH for second straight season
Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani was named winner of the Outstanding Designated Hitter Award fo...
November 29, 2022
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Japan baseball stars Munetaka Murakami and Yoshinobu Yamamoto earn MVP honors
Tokyo Yakult Swallows’ record-setting slugger Munetaka Murakami was unanimously voted 2022 Central L...
November 26, 2022
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Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami to receive prefectural honor
KUMAMOTO — Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima said Thursday that he would bestow the prefecture’s honor ...
November 24, 2022
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Aaron Judge wins AL MVP award
New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has won the American League’s MVP award, preventing Los Angele...
November 18, 2022
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Shohei Ohtani ‘looking forward’ to playing in WBC next March
Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani announced Thursday that he had told Samurai Japan mana...
November 17, 2022
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Global superstar Shohei Ohtani to appear in university English textbook
Superstar Major League Baseball player Shohei Ohtani has been rewriting baseball history books with ...
November 15, 2022
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Triple Crown star Murakami eyes future jump to majors
Coming off one of the most productive seasons in Japan pro baseball history, Tokyo Yakult Swallows ...
November 14, 2022
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Orix skipper Nakajima named winner of Shoriki Award
Orix Buffaloes manager Satoshi Nakajima, who led the Pacific League club to its first Japan Series t...
November 9, 2022
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