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  The Baseball Guru - Analysis ggarland02
According to Sankei Sports, with an eye to the 2008 Olympics, mainland China is going to inaugurate its first professional league on March 28, 2003 in hopes of developing a national team good enough to make it to the top four in the olympic baseball tournament.
Sankei reveals that baseball has been played in China in the 1960's, where over 40 teams competed across the country, many of them made up of members of the People's Liberation Army.
Yoshii, according to Sports Nippon, told Ishii that "the air is really dry on the west coast and so the ball really carries.
baseballguru.com /ggarland/analysisggarland02.html   (1013 words)

  
 Roger L. Simon: A North Korean Freedom Movement?
It is true Sankei is conservative and has been in its editorial pages supportive of Koizumi-Bush as it was of Nakasone-Reagan back in the eighties, but when does conservative=wacky.
Sankei Sports is indeed a bit wacky, but no more so than any other of the evening sports papers.
The one thing Sankei newspaper does have is an editorial page that is strongly anti-communist (thus its interest in North Korea and Taiwan) and strongly pro Japanese-American alliance.
www.rogerlsimon.com /mt-archives/2004/11/a_north_korean.php   (3380 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Soccer - Takahara close to signing for Boca Juniors - Friday August 03, 2001 10:19 AM
Takahara will reportedly spend a year on loan to Boca before joining the club on a permanent basis from August 2002, but Iwata officials are understood to prefer a loan contract.
While both clubs have agreed in principle to the move, details have yet to be worked out, the Sankei Sports said.
Sports Illustrated and CNN have combined to form a 24 hour sports news and information channel.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2001/08/03/takahara_boca   (513 words)

  
 Shimbunwiki
The Sankei Shimbun ranks sixth in daily newspaper circulation in Japan, and second as a business daily, at 2.17 million morning papers and 636,649 evening papers.
The nation’s top selling sports newspaper, Sankei Sports, was founded in 1955 and has a circulation of 820,000.
It is said that as Sankei struggled for funding in the late 50s, the paper gained support from policymakers and financial leaders who were seeking a more conservative publication.
www.japanmediareview.com /japan/wiki/Shimbunwiki   (2730 words)

  
 Organizers yank credentials: 1/26/98
Journalists for Sankei and its less respected sister newspaper, Sankei Sports, which also ran stories and photos of the opening ceremony, were immediately kicked out of the Olympic media center.
Sankei reporters also were banned from all Olympic facilities and news conferences, including the one in which the Nagano organizing committee announced the penalties.
He said the final decision on whether Sankei will be allowed to cover the games, which run through Feb. 22, will be made after IOC officials arrive Wednesday.
www.s-t.com /daily/01-98/01-26-98/d15sp136.htm   (234 words)

  
 solid07 - news archives - may 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Japanese sports daily Sankei Sports reported on May 3 that 4,900 tickets, or 89 percent, of the total 5,500 tickets to Seven's one time concert in Tokyo's Bay NK Hall slated for May 22 were sold from April 13 to May 2.
Se7en will release his second single in Japan, entitled "Style," on May 18 and begin his tour May 22 in Tokyo, followed by a show in Sendai on June 1 and performances in the remaining five cities.
Sankei Sports quoted Seven as saying, "There will be many people who will see me in person for the first time during this nationwide tour.
www.solid07.net /archives/archive-may05.shtml   (525 words)

  
 Archived Weblog Entry - 01/23/2004: "Japanese Baseball News: Kinkade Ready for Japan; Matsui Has Them Lining Up"
He told Sankei Sports that he has been researching the ballclub on the internet (hopefully that has included a stop here at Baseball Guru.com) and also had discussions with pitcher Kazuhisa Ishii about Japanese baseball.
He worked on going to the opposite field a lot, an approach that could perhaps help reduce his strikeouts and raise a batting average that has sunk the past couple of campaigns....Reliever Yuya Kubo is having back pain that he suffered while doing stretching exercises and took a massage treatment Thursday.
Hochi Sports estimates that 60% of the attendees of the event were there to see the PL Gakuen High School grad.
baseballguru.com /archives/entries/00000675.htm   (1678 words)

  
 Media Fellowships at the DeWitt Wallace Center for Communications and Journalism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Not pictured, Tomonori Gonome of The Sankei Shimbun in Tokyo, and Yelana Masyuk of NTV in Moscow.
Tomonori Gonome has been reporting on sports for the Sankei Shimbun's metropolitan section for 10 years.
He will be at Duke as a Sankei Shimbun Media Fellow for the entire academic year.
www.pubpol.duke.edu /centers/dewitt/fellows/spring98fellows.html   (2040 words)

  
 Bae Yong Jun :: ‘Oe Chool(April Snow)’ opened in Japan, likely earn over 30 billion(won) :: September :: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The UIP, expecting total of 350 million yen of box-office income over the weekend following mobilization of 150,000 people on the first day of release, pronounced that it is certain to achieve a grand record of 3 billion yen, far more than the 2 billion record of the ‘I introduce my girlfriend’ in the end.
The Sankei Sports on 18 also reported on the basis of this that for Yon-sama to rise to the first place seems to be certain.
According to Sankei Sports, the fever on the first day of opening was reportedly same in entire Japan, not only in Tokyo.
baeyongjun.blogsome.com /2005/09/22/oe-choolapril-snow-opened-in-japan-likely-earn-over-30-billionwon   (529 words)

  
 AsianWeek.com: Sports: Hit 'n' Run   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Ohka was 2-5 with a 6.19 ERA for the Red Sox before being sent down to Triple-A Pawtucket … Three sportswriters covering Major League Baseball have become the first Japanese selected to join the Baseball Writers Association of America, one of the oldest groups for sportswriters in the U.S., dating back to 1908.
The new members include Keizo Konishi of Kyodo News agency, Gaku Tashiro of Sankei Sports newspaper and Mamoru Shikama of Nikkan Sports News.
The information you receive on-line from AsianWeek is protected by the copyright laws of the United States.
www.asianweek.com /2001_08_10/sports_hitnrun.html   (377 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Sport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Rome: AS Roma’s Brazilian defender Cafu is ready to move to European champions AC Milan, Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport reported on Wednesday.
Meiji Seika plans to invite 1,000 fans to the news conference and allow 10 of them to ask him questions in what local tabloid Sankei Sports called a “dream” chance to speak with the “prince”.
Lomu, who became an international sensation when he scored four tries in the 45-29 semi-final demolition of England at the 1995 World Cup, was omitted from the All Black squad for tests against England, Wales and France this month.
www.telegraphindia.com /1030605/asp/sports/story_2037895.asp   (496 words)

  
 FightOpinion.com - Your Global Connection to the Fight Industry.
In the Sankei Sports article, Rampage is quoted as saying, “I am not sure where I’ll be fighting net.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 14th, 2006 at 9:01 pm and is filed under All Topics, K-1, MMA, Japan, Zach Arnold.
Yes, it’s a sport and people fight, but at this point in his life he has to make the smartest decisions for his long-term future.
www.fightopinion.com /2006/03/14/rampages-next-destination-k-1   (835 words)

  
 AsianWeek.com: National News:A Talk with the Ever Elusive Ichiro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Two months ago, Japanese sports writer Toshiaki Yamane left his wife and six-year-old daughter behind and traveled to the United States for what he thought would be the most exciting assignment of his career: trailing Ichiro Suzuki, the groundbreaking Japanese baseball superstar as he played his first season of American major league ball.
But on the eve of his return home to his family and regular job covering the Tokyo Giants for the publication Sankei Sports, Yamane, 37, wondered why he even bothered to come.
A celebrity who transcends sports, gender and age, Ichiro has one of the highest name- and face-recognition ratings in Japan.
www.asianweek.com /2001_06_29/sports2_ichiro.html   (864 words)

  
 Fujisankei Group: Overview
Sankei Building and affiliated companies are active in property development, leasing and management in Tokyo, Osaka and Hiroshima.
The Japan Media Review indicates that the right-of-centre Sankei Shimbun ranks sixth in daily newspaper circulation in Japan (second as a business daily) with 2.17 million copies of the morning edition and 636,649 of the evening edition.
Sankei Sports, Japan's top selling sports paper, was founded in 1955 and has a circulation of 820,000.
www.ketupa.net /fujisankei.htm   (810 words)

  
 Rays: Rays get taste of Nomo-time
A sports hero to many in Japan, Hideo Nomo brings the limelight to the opening of training camp.
While it has been 10 years since Nomo left to become the first native to go from Japan's top pro league to the major leagues, and many others have followed, he is still headline news.
The fans in Japan are proud of what Nomo has done, pitching two no-hitters, winning the 1995 NL rookie of the year award, starting an All-Star Game, compiling a 118-101 record over 10 seasons with six big-league teams and ranking sixth all time with 8.93 strikeouts per nine innings.
www.sptimes.com /2005/02/19/Rays/Rays_get_taste_of_Nom.shtml   (1002 words)

  
 Matsui deal still on the clock
It would make him the highest-paid Japanese player in the majors, with the value of the deal exceeding the four-year, $44 million contract of Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki.
"The amount of a salary is very important," Matsui told the Japanese newspaper Sankei Sports last week.
Contact THR Sports Editor Doug Mohart at dmohart@th-record.com or call 346-3191.
www.recordonline.com /archive/2005/11/15/mlba15.htm   (558 words)

  
 Timing Of WBC Concerns Players   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Matsui chose to stay in Tampa to prepare for the season, bringing a wave of criticism in Japan.
"People in Japan think Hideki is being selfish," says Gaku Tashiro, who writes for Sankei Sports, a daily newspaper in Tokyo.
When Tashiro wrote an article defending Matsui's position, criticizing the WBC concept, he, too, was criticized, called, among other things, "unpatriotic" by his readers.
www.tbo.com /sports/springtraining/MGBNFVWS4KE.html   (805 words)

  
 rediff.com: sports channel - Japan to reveal nothing
Coach Philippe Troussier plans to protect Japan from spies working for group opponents Russia, Belgium and Tunisia in the build-up to the 2002 World Cup.
"I just want them to concentrate on the job in hand," he told the Sankei Sports daily.
Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.
www.rediff.com /sports/2001/dec/04japan.htm   (362 words)

  
 FightOpinion.com - Your Global Connection to the Fight Industry.
whenever Sankei Sports has an article about someone in PRIDE wanting to face someone on an upcoming show, it’s important to at least pay attention to it because Sankei is the Fuji TV line of media (as in Fuji TV is the network paying PRIDE).
You know some parts of these types of stories are true, some of it is hype, and some of it is an insight into the brain of DSE’s thinking process.
Sankei’s article is about Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira wanting a match with Emelianenko Fedor this year (the article talks about Nogueira hoping Fedor works the open-weight tournament).
www.fightopinion.com /2006/02   (1913 words)

  
 United States National Soccer Players Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Tokyo, Japan (Sports Network) (Feb. 10, 2003) - The scheduled two-match tour of the United States by the Japanese national team could be called off due to an attack on Iraq, said the Japanese Football Associate on Monday.
The reigning champions of Asia are scheduled to play against Uruguay on March 26th in San Jose, California--and are slated to face the U.S. in Seattle three days later.
Even with terrorism alerts relatively high in the U.S. right now, it is unlikely that these matches will be called off.
www.ussoccerplayers.com /latest_soccer_news/339993.html   (221 words)

  
 Kung Fu Cult Cinema
The influential Japanese sports daily Sankei Sports reported on June 28th that actor Bae Yong-jun will visit Japan in August for the first time this year.
Sankei Sports said the actor’s first visit to the country this year will only add to the sweltering summer heat.
The newspaper also reported extensively on Son’s visit to Japan on June 27th, saying that 25 television cameras were present and over 250 journalists flocked to see Son.
www.kfccinema.com /index.php?archive=1120234801&subaction=list-archive&go=archives   (1664 words)

  
 SLAM! Sports - Wrestling - Shinya Hashimoto dies suddenly
Sports - Wrestling - Shinya Hashimoto dies suddenly
Visit our News & Rumours page for what's happening in the wrestling world.
According to Japanese wrestling expert Zach Arnold of www.puroresupower.com, Hashimoto's death is "a headline story in every newspaper publication in Japan (Nikkan Sports, Yahoo/Sports Navigator, Yomiuri Sports, Sankei Sports, Daily Sports, etc.)."
slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Wrestling/2005/07/11/1126351.html   (403 words)

  
 AFN> Universe of Korean KPOP & Japanese JPOP Music > BoA & Ayumi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Singer Se7en's concert tour of seven Japanese cities that will begin on May 22 has drawn significant attention from Japanese fans.
The Japanese sports daily Sankei Sports reported on May 3 that 4,900 tickets, or 89 percent, of the total 5,500 tickets to Seven’s concert in Tokyo’s Bay NK Hall slated for May 22 were sold from April 13 to May 2.
Sankei Sports predicted that Se7en's concerts will draw some 20,000 people in total.
www.asiafriendsnetwork.com /ftopict-772.html   (426 words)

  
 Japanese boys have reason to dream of majors
Now, there was Japan's favorite speedy, singles hitter battling their Godzilla of a power hitter.
"This will be the biggest game in Japan this baseball season," said Gaku Tashiro of the Sankei Sports Daily.
They both entered slumping and struggled their way through the game, but that didn't dilute the impact they've already had.
www.recordonline.com /archive/2003/04/30/dbcol30a.htm   (759 words)

  
 Choi Ji-woo Stars with Japanese Star Kimura Takuya - AsianFanatics Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Japanese sports daily Sankei Sports reported on June 20 that Choi and Takuya co-starred in a drama that will air on Fuji TV's program "SMAP×SMAP" on June 27.
In response, Choi explained that each television drama in Korea usually consists of 20 episodes which air twice a week, and that oftentimes the filming lasts all night long.
The newspaper said Choi expressed her thanks to the Japanese production team in Japanese after the filming was over, and projected that this drama will draw significant attention as it features two high-profile stars who are Korean and Japanese.
asianfanatics.net /forum/showtopic112549.html   (461 words)

  
 Pats' reputation for playoffs drama draws media frenzy
The Patriots are ready to take up arms.
Sports writers from the Asahi Shimbun of Tokyo, Sankei Sports of Tokyo, Sports Nippon and the Yomiuri Shimbun will also be in attendance.
Montreal's La Presse and Le Journal de Montreal and the Toronto-based Globe & Mail, the Toronto Star and the Toronto Sun will also be covering the game in Foxboro this afternoon.
www.enterprisenews.com /articles/2005/01/15/news/news/news04.txt   (680 words)

  
 Lots of Random News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Schiavone seems to be living up to his online monicker of "Fat Tony" as he's gained quite a bit of weight in recent years, not to mention that it seems as though that he has dyed his hair a different shade of blonde and brown.
Goldberg's last show with the UFC was supposed to be last Monday night on the Spike TV LIVE show, but the UFC at the last minute made a huge deal at the 11th hour to take Goldberg back from the WWE.
The other thing that made the deal especially sweet for the UFC Broadcaster was the fact that he could continue to work for Fox Sports Network, while working for the UFC.
www.matforums.com /archive/index.php/lots-of-random-news-t1181p1.html   (4564 words)

  
 KISS / Rock and Roll Party in Tokyo
The Sankei Sports newspaper and the Sports Houchi newspaper reported about UDO Music Festival 2006 on March 24th, 2006.
Other daily sport newspapers (Nikkan Sports, Tokyo Chunichi Sports, Sports Nippon and Daily Sports) didn't report about it.
There is a rumor that KISS will headline on the July 22nd show at Fuji Speedway and the July 23rd show at Izumi-Ohtsu Phoenix but it is not confirmed.
www2s.biglobe.ne.jp /~kiss   (1290 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet WorldCup: News - Nakata sends Troussier a message
Troussier has hinted a number of times this season that Nakata was not guaranteed a World Cup place this summer.
The Sankei Sports called Wednesday's performance 'Nakata's Great Comeback,' while the Nikkan Sports credited Nakata for an 'easy victory'.
Even the so-called quality papers overlooked the claims of Shinji Ono and Daisuke Ichikawa, with the Asahi Shimbun carrying a photo of Nakata on the front page.
www.soccernet.com /worldcup/news/2002/0328/20020328japanrep.html   (446 words)

  
 Sports Agent News (November 2005)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Welcome to the First Edition of our November Sports Agent news, your source for news and information to keep you up to date on the ever-growing sports agent industry.
We are committed to sending you more regular updates so you can stay better informed about new happenings with Pro Sports Group and the industry as a whole.
Matsui has sent that message in measured terms in interviews with a Japanese newspaper this week.
www.prosportsgroup.com /sportsagentnews/November2005   (1217 words)

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