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NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Okinawa Shogaku High School players celebrate after clinching the National High School Baseball Championship on Saturday at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
BASEBALL
Aug 24, 2025
Naha celebrates as Okinawa Shogaku clinches first Summer Koshien title
Having already claimed the spring invitational tournament on two occasions, the victory was the first summer championship for a team representing Okinawa since 2010.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 6, 2023
Japan¡¯s enduring ¡®sound of summer¡¯
Composer Yuji Koseki probably did not imagine that his career would become intertwined with Japan¡¯s most popular sporting event.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 13, 2020
¡®Koshien: Japan¡¯s Field of Dreams¡¯: This underdog story is hard to beat
Ema Ryan Yamazaki¡¯s gripping documentary about an annual high school baseball tournament shows the highs and lows of working toward hard-won victories.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Sac Bunts
Jun 29, 2020
Filmmaker excited about chance to present Koshien to U.S. audience
Ema Ryan Yamazaki hopes to provide a new perspective of Japan¡¯s famous high school tournament when her documentary airs on ESPN.
BASEBALL / Sac Bunts
May 21, 2020
Canceling Summer Koshien right, but tough, decision
Just because it was the right and safe decision, doesn¡¯t make it any less of a bitter pill to swallow.
BASEBALL
Aug 20, 2018
Kanaashi Nogyo, Osaka Toin to square off in Koshien final
Kosei Yoshida gave up nine hits and struck out seven over the distance, guiding Akita Prefecture¡¯s Kanaashi Nogyo High School to a 2-1 victory over Tokyo¡¯s Nichidai-san High School in the semifinals of the National High School Baseball Championship on Monday at Koshien Stadium.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / In Pictures
Aug 19, 2018
Summer Koshien: From the inside
While living in Japan, I spent languid summers watching Koshien on television. I¡¯d rise before the first game and pour cold mugicha (barley tea) as cicadas hummed outside my open windows.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Aug 6, 2018
Koshien officials need to be mindful of heat
The temperature in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, got as high as 34 degrees Celsius (93 Fahrenheit) on Sunday, the opening day of this year¡¯s edition of Summer Koshien. According to AccuWeather RealFeel, which measures in things such as humidity, cloud cover, intensity of the sun and other factors, it...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Aug 10, 2015
Waseda¡¯s first-year sensation Kiyomiya takes center stage
Any baseball fan, from the casual to the hardcore, who didn¡¯t know Waseda Jitsugyo first-year player Kotaro Kiyomiya had an RBI hit in his Summer Koshien debut on Saturday, probably spent the day off the grid.
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Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
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Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Inside Toho Archive¡¯s mission to save Japan¡¯s cinematic memory
The goal of restoration is not to artificially upscale but to return the film to the condition it was in ¡°the very first day it appeared in the world,¡± says Nobushige Toshima, president and sales division manager of Toho Archive.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
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A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
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The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
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