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Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki throws record-setting perfect game

Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki throws record-setting perfect game

Baseball isn’t just happening in the United States right now. It’s also happening over in Nippon Professional Baseball, Japan’s top baseball league (their MLB equivalent). And a young pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines just threw what might be the best professional game in history. Roki Sasaki, who is just 20 years old, threw a perfect game against the Orix Buffaloes on Sunday, the 16th perfect game in NPB history and the first one in 28 years. His dominant performance tied the NPB record… Source link

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Why the tanking Japanese yen should concern investors: Morning Brief

Why the tanking Japanese yen should concern investors: Morning Brief

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, March 31, 2022 The Bank of Japan (BOJ) was in a bind on Monday. Its currency, the yen, was crashing while yields on their government bonds were surging. The solution — four days of unbridled bond buying by the BOJ to stem the hemorrhaging and contain interest rates. While the gambit worked (for now), Wall Street is waking up to this… Source link

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Hawaiian Airlines ‘gearing up in anticipation of the Japanese market’: CEO

Hawaiian Airlines ‘gearing up in anticipation of the Japanese market’: CEO

As Japan begins to open its borders to foreign travel following a three-month restriction in response to the Omicron variant, Pacific airline companies are preparing to reap the benefits of increased travel activity to and from the East Asian nation. “We’re gearing up in anticipation of the Japanese market, which is the most important international market for Hawaii opening up over the next couple of months,” Hawaiian Airlines CEO Peter Ingram told Yahoo Finance Live in a recent… Source link

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Inside Google’s Olympics-themed Japanese role-playing game

Inside Google’s Olympics-themed Japanese role-playing game

“Doodle Champion Island Games,” which was not officially commissioned by the International Olympic Committee, features seven sports, including skateboarding, archery, the marathon, rock climbing and more. You play a calico cat athlete, or “cathlete,” in the game’s parlance. Google lets players pick a team, either red, blue, yellow or green, and submit high scores by competing in these virtual sports to raise the team’s standing on the global leader boards. Source link

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Google Doodle For The Olympics 2021 Is A Sporting Japanese RPG

Google Doodle For The Olympics 2021 Is A Sporting Japanese RPG

Image: Google / Studio 4°C Today isn’t the first time a Google Doodle has been a game, but this is surely the most intricate so far. This Friday morning, if you open a new Chrome page or begin a search, you can click on a pixel-art icon that starts an Olympic-themed JRPG, complete with anime sequences by Studio 4°C, played right in your browser. With the Olympic opening ceremony taking place in Tokyo today, the year-delayed and still very controversial sporting event takes place under a… Source link

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