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Pacific League Marketing sets sights abroad to build Japanese baseball fan base
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Pacific League Marketing sets sights abroad to build Japanese baseball fan base
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.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Former Carp catcher wishes for peace 81 years after atomic bomb
During Hasebe¡¯s seven years as catcher, he saw his team grow amid struggles and felt the enthusiasm of Hiroshima residents for reviving the city.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Marines¡¯ Masuda logs 250th career save, fifth all-time in NPB
Naoya Masuda, 36, notched his second save of the season in Tuesday¡¯s home game against the Saitama Seibu Lions.
Shinnosuke Abe bows during a news conference in Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 26, 2026
Abe exits as Giants manager after allegedly assaulting daughter
By Jason Coskrey
¡°I have caused great trouble to many baseball fans, pro baseball officials and the company through my family troubles,¡± Shinnosuke Abe said.
Buffaloes starter Anderson Espinoza pitches against the Fighters at Kyocera Dome Osaka on Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Apr 26, 2026
Anderson Espinoza leading early-season charge for first-place Buffaloes
By Jason Coskrey
Espinoza is off to a 4-0 start to the season.
Members of the Waseda University and Cal State Los Angeles pose for photos after a game at Reeder Field in Los Angeles on March 2.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 14, 2026
Meaning of Waseda¡¯s U.S. tour goes far beyond baseball diamond
By Laura Studarus
While Waseda went home triumphant in four out of its five games in California, what it gained transcended the win-loss column.
The Fighters' Haruki Nishikawa hits a three-run home run against the Buffaloes at Es Con Field Hokkaido in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, on Saturday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Apr 6, 2026
Hard-slugging Fighters hitting homers at torrid pace to start NPB season
By Jason Coskrey
The Fighters have 22 home runs in nine games, while no other NPB team has reached 10 yet.
Everett Hopkin, second from left, marches on the field with his Yamauchi Spirits teammates before a competition.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 3, 2026
Unifying power of Japanese baseball brings together people from all walks of life
By Mai Yoshikawa
In Japanese baseball, everyone belongs.
The Fighters' Kotaro Kiyomiya hits a two-run home run against the Hawks during a game in Fukuoka on Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Mar 30, 2026
NPB sees explosive start to 2026 regular season
By Jason Coskrey
A total of 12 home runs were hit on opening night on Friday, compared with just seven last season.
Giants manager Shinnosuke Abe poses for photos with pitcher Kazuyuki Takemura after the team's win over the Tigers at Tokyo Dome on Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 27, 2026
Giants rookie Kazuyuki Takemaru overcomes nerves and Tigers for opening day win
By Jason Coskrey
Trey Cabbage and Bobby Dalbec hit home runs for Yomiuri in the victory.

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.
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.
Will Takaichi¡¯s consumption tax cut break the LDP?
Despite months of debate, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi failed to gain consensus within the Liberal Democratic Party on a two-year reduction of the consumption tax.

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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.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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