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August 11, 2026
 

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Tarik Skubal is scheduled to make his first start at home with the Dodgers during the team's series opener against the Royals on Sunday.
BASEBALL
Slumping Dodgers refuse to press panic button
Los Angeles ended its skid Saturday in a ?tight 2-1 victory before falling 4-2 to the Diamondbacks to close out a 1-5 trip Sunday. The ?Dodgers are ?11-17 since July 5.
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was 0-for-4 with a pair of strikeouts against the Diamondbacks in Phoenix on Sunday.
BASEBALL
Diamondbacks beat Dodgers to win season series
The Diamondbacks, 18-9 since July 9, ?won the ?season series 7-6 for their first series win over the Dodgers since 2018.
A view from inside the Pacific League Marketing office in Tokyo. The company was founded by NPB's six PL clubs in May 2007.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Pacific League Marketing sets sights abroad to build Japanese baseball fan base
By Jason Coskrey
While Japanese baseball has long been plagued by an inability, or intransigence, to market itself outside of Japan, Pacific League Marketing wants to make games more accessible.

Japanese Baseball

A view from inside the Pacific League Marketing office in Tokyo. The company was founded by NPB's six PL clubs in May 2007.
Japanese Baseball
Pacific League Marketing sets sights abroad to build Japanese baseball fan base
By Jason Coskrey
While Japanese baseball has long been plagued by an inability, or intransigence, to market itself outside of Japan, Pacific League Marketing wants to make games more accessible.
Japanese Baseball
Former Carp catcher wishes for peace 81 years after atomic bomb
Japanese Baseball
Marines¡¯ Masuda logs 250th career save, fifth all-time in NPB
Japanese Baseball
Rob Fitts explores the hidden figures behind Â鶹´«Ã½ baseball culture
By Jason Coskrey
Japanese Baseball
Abe exits as Giants manager after allegedly assaulting daughter
By Jason Coskrey
Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Anderson Espinoza leading early-season charge for first-place Buffaloes
By Jason Coskrey
Japanese Baseball
Meaning of Waseda¡¯s U.S. tour goes far beyond baseball diamond
By Laura Studarus

MLB

Three-time American League MVP Mike Trout is in his 16th season with the Angels.
MLB
Mike Trout says Angels made necessary moves at trade deadline
The Angels had the worst record in baseball at 43-70 entering Wednesday¡¯s action and shipped off five players ?at the deadline.
MLB
Dodgers still No. 1 after deadline, but deferred deals could take toll
MLB
Cardinals ship Lars Nootbaar to Diamondbacks
MLB
Dodgers land two-time Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal in trade with Tigers
MLB
Ohtani out of Dodgers lineup with nagging knee trouble
MLB
Audio sheds light on Shohei Ohtani interpreter scandal
MLB
Carlos Beltran, Andruw Jones and Jeff Kent inducted in Baseball Hall of Fame
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America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.
How Â鶹´«Ã½ racehorses find second careers away from the track
TCC Therapy Park is supported financially by racing organizations as well as donations from members of the public.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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