By • December 6, 2011
The Yomiuri Giants baseball club accused a former executive of slander and are suing after he criticized and accused the chairman of the parent company of going outside the normal process and pushing through his own choice as team coach, Agence France-Presse reported.
By • August 22, 2010
An idol and enka singer are rumored to be gamblers on baseball
By • July 7, 2010
Grapplers and mobsters go way back
By • January 4, 2010
The museum dedicated to former New York Yankees star Hideki Matsui attracted an unprecedented number of visitors over the New Year holiday as a result of the designated hitter winning the Most Valuable Player award during last year’s World Series, reports tabloid Daily Sports (Jan. 4).
By • May 8, 2009
One of the really nice things about the current special toll arrangement being offered by the various members of the Nippon Expressway Companies group is that for a uniform toll of just 1,000 yen, you can follow the exit ramps to male playgrounds all over this land. And oh yes, adds Shukan Jitsuwa (May 14), that also includes Miyazaki, where the Yomiuri Giants hold their baseball spring training camp.
By • April 9, 2009
Broadcaster Nippon Television (NTV) has terminated its contract with Major League Baseball that allowed the network to show highlights of games during news segments, …
By • March 21, 2009
The venerable home of the Central League’s Hanshin Tigers will this season unveil the second phase of its ongoing four-year improvement plan, which blends …
By • March 5, 2009
With the Asia Round of the World Baseball Classic set to start today, Japan’s weekly and daily tabloids are suggesting that infighting within defending champion Japan could be making a repeat title increasingly challenging.
By • July 18, 2008
The scandal over the extramarital dalliance between TV news anchor Mona Yamamoto, 32, and Yomiuri Giants player Tomohiro Nioka, also 32, has proved a …
By • July 10, 2008
The last time two heroes from Japan clashed in a much-anticipated head-to-head match-up in the major leagues, Hideo Nomo plunked Ichiro Suzuki in the back. The Seattle Mariners right-fielder fell to his knees in pain, and Tokyo gasped.
Distraught father-in-law wins incestuous consolation prize
Proliferation of fake ID cards assist minors seeking work in sex trade
Re-porn: AV industry relying on rising popularity of ‘mature’ actresses
Out-call sex services in Tokyo compete for piece of papa-sans’ pensions
Osaka ‘girl’s bar’ employed 12-year-old girl
