Pitcher Yusei Kikuchi agrees to deal with Mariners: report

Left-hander Yusei Kikuchi has agreed to sign with the Seattle Mariners, sources revealed Monday.Kikuchi has agreed to a four-year deal with the Mariners, according to ...

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Top sports stories of 2018

The Japan Times newsroom selected the following sports stories as the most important of 2018.

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Floyd Mayweather dominates Tenshin Nasukawa in exhibition

Legendary former world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. tamed Japanese kickboxing phenom Tenshin Nasukawa via technical knockout on Monday.The special boxing exhibition, a dramatic conclusion to ...

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Kazuto Ioka’s bid for fourth world title ends in split-decision defeat

Japan’s Kazuto Ioka suffered his first loss in over four years on Monday when Donnie Nietes won a split decision to capture the vacant WBO ...

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Former NTV producer Nobuhisa Sakata looks back on pioneering live television coverage of ekiden

As a former director and producer for the Nippon Television Network Corporation, Nobuhisa Sakata has participated in live broadcasts of many different major professional sporting ...

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1912 Olympian Kanakuri helped create Hakone race

This will be the 95th winter featuring the New Year’s tradition — the Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race, or as it’s more commonly known, the ...

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Tokyo Paralympics aim to leave legacy of accessibility

Japan hopes to use the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics as an opportunity to become a more inclusive and accessible society, and in 2018 games organizers made ...

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