With star pitcher in the States, Japan doesn't feel benched
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Many Japanese fans - including the prime minister - are proud to see Daisuke Matsuzaka don a Red Sox uniform.
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Roger Clemens didn&#39;t look like a pitcher who is about to retire. Pitching on just a few hours sleep, Clemens held the Japanese all-stars to three runs on eight hits over 5 2-3 innings Wednesday
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In any other year, Daisuke Matsuzaka would have been back in Japan, where spring training camps opened yesterday.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Hideo Nomo is getting another shot at pitching in America.
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The US Women&#39;s National Team did not string together a complete 90 minutes of soccer in beating Japan 2-1 in its Olympic quarterfinal on Friday, however, it was the side&#39;s finest performance of the tournament so far.
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Hall of Fame major league baseball player Nolan Ryan will be visiting Japan this month in a new role -- to make a sales pitch for beef from the United States, now struggling to regain its former position as a top supplier.
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No devalued currency here. No plastic parts. In a time when action is stopped every other night in every sport to celebrate another &quot;milestone&quot; with the presentation of a new SUV and a lifetime pass to immortality, Ichiro&#39;s work stands pretty much alone.
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The man can pitch. The man can hit. The man can field. Daisuke Matsuzaka played the game of his life last night, picking up the win with 5 1/3 solid innings in the Red Sox' 10-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
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Baseball fans across Japan on Saturday celebrated Ichiro Suzuki&#39;s new Major League record for the most hits in a single season.
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Japan insisted on Wednesday that its ties with Washington would not be shaken by a U.S. Congressional resolution urging Tokyo to apologize for forcing women to serve as sex slaves during World War Two.
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Red Sox CEO Larry Lucchino acknowledges that there is a chance the team could open the 2008 season in Japan, giving Japanese fans a chance to see native son Daisuke Matsuzaka perform in a major league game. Certainly, he said, the club is willing to do so.
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Newspapers and TV are giving a daily count-down, and Japanese from salarymen to politicians are holding their breath as Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki challenges
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Japan&#39;s baseball players averted a second strike this weekend after agreeing that a new team will be allowed to join Japanese professional baseball next season.
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Ichiro Suzuki's relentless assault on   Major League Baseball's (MLB) record books has given sport in   Japan a huge lift after a disappointing year.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka has never thrown a major league pitch. Yet, Dice K is everywhere, all the time, as if the globalization of the Red Sox cannot succeed without his face.
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Wary of wasting $46 million on one player, the Yankees are not about to give up on Kei Igawa, the left-handed pitcher from Japan who was a disappointment in 2007.
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Eight and a half years ago, Daisuke Matsuzaka established his legendary status in Japan with a feat of endurance that is still hard to fathom in the context of Major League Baseball.