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Baseball - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Peru is all the way on the other side of the world from Japan, but this summer 14 young Peruvian baseball players came to Japan. They came to Oshima, an island about 100 kilometers (62.5 miles) away from Tokyo that is home to about 9,000 people and an active volcano, to play a friendly game of baseball. This event was the idea of Michisuke Sato, the executive director of the Tokyo High School Baseball Federation. Sato has spent more than 10 years giving away baseball equipment in Peru, and he is the representative of a group that supports baseball in that country as well.

Dream Matchup | Sports | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
A number of Japanese baseball players have used the posting system this off-season to go to the Major Leagues. This coming baseball season in the United States will allow fans to see some dream match-ups among Japanese stars.

Taking Baseball to Africa | Sports | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Several Japanese pioneers are fostering international exchange with African countries through the medium of baseball.

Marines Claim Asian Baseball Crown | Sports | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
The Chiba Lotte Marines have won the Konami Cup Asia Series to clinch the first regional professional baseball championship in Asia.

Valentine's Victory | Sports | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
This season, American manager Bobby Valentine led the Chiba Lotte Marines to their first Japan Series baseball title in 31 years. Valentine's management style and skillful use of players was dubbed "Bobby Magic."

Nomo - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Two Major League stars, pitcher Hideo Nomo and catcher Mike Piazza of the Los Angeles Dodgers, along with three leading Japanese professional baseball players provided a clinic for 225 Japanese children under 15 years old on November 3 at the Tokyo Dome.

Action Simulation Games - What's Cool in Japan - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Here a person swings a baseball bat, over there another shoots a soccer ball, and still others beat Japanese drums or dance to music. They're all soaking with sweat, and they're all in the same space. Where is this?

Showdown - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
On August 6 a plane touched down at the New Tokyo International Airport at Narita carrying 14 little leaguers from New York, their manager, parents, and others. They were coming to play a group of young all-stars from Tokyo in the Tokyo-New York Friendship Baseball Series, played using a special rubber-coated ball.

Takemoto - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A woman pitcher on the University of Tokyo baseball team took the mound at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on November 5 in a game against Rikkyo University, becoming the first-ever Japanese woman to pitch in a college league game.

Battery 2 - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
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Battery 3 - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Kids Web Japan Kids Web Japan part3 What's Cool Battery search Web Japan > Kids Web Japan > What's Cool > Battery 3 What's Cool Battery aired from April to June 2008 in Japan on NHK's terres

Battery 1 - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Kids Web Japan Kids Web Japan part1 What's Cool Battery search Web Japan > Kids Web Japan > What's Cool > Battery 1 What's Cool Photo "I want to live life believing in myself." This is the h

Hitting New Heights | Sports | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Suzuki Ichiro, the 30-year-old right fielder for the Seattle Mariners, made history on October 1 at Safeco Field in Seattle by breaking an 84-year-old record for the most hits in a single season.

MLB - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
All of Japan watched pitcher Hideo Nomo when he joined the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995. He quickly became a star, winning the Rookie of the Year Award in the National League that year. A number of other pitchers followed Nomo across the Pacific. This year, Japan is in a frenzy again as outfielders Ichiro Suzuki and Tsuyoshi Shinjo become the first position players (non-pitchers) from Japan to play in the Major Leagues.

Little League - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Japan's Tokyo Kitasuna Little League beat America's Apopka National Little League (from Apopka, Florida) to win the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on August 26. This was the fifth Japanese team to win the World Series.

Sports 2001-2002 | Archives | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Trends in Japan Archives Godzilla Goes Stateside School Sports Days He's Back No Holds Barred Swimming Strong Coming to Japan Sumo's New Kid on the Block Anyone for Futsal? I Believe I Can Fly Thanks

Sports 2005-2006 | Archives | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Trends in Japan Archives Strength In Numbers Clothes that Keep You Fit 600 Million Yen Baby Grappling for the Top Spot Keeping Mountains Clean Dreaming of Germany The Arakawa Effect Trainer to the Ch

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