Topic: Tokyo

Baseball's new chant: Get your wine here!

NEW YORK/TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Beer, long the preferred beverage at baseball games, is seeing some competition from wine as North American stadiums go up market and increase their beverage offerings.Wine has been seen as the beverage of choice by the upper ...

Tokyo tipped to host Rugby Sevens world series

Tokyo is likely to host a new leg of the Rugby Sevens World Series next year, media reports said, despite cancelling its inaugural sevens tournament because of this month's earthquake.The first Tokyo Sevens, a 16-team tournament, had been due next month as ...

Opening Day in Japan

On March 25, 2008, the Major League Baseball officially began with the first of two regular season games to be played in Tokyo , Japan . The most common nickname among fans for these games is Opening Dawn , because of the ...
A new record was set in Japan over the weekend, and it wasn't the world's largest Hitler salute. Guinness officials confirmed that 27,126 people took part in the toast, which was held on June 26 at a baseball game between the Tokyo ...

Boston's Matsuzaka stressed by back pains

TOKYO (Reuters) - Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka has been hampered by back problems but is set to begin spring training in earnest at batting practice on Wednesday.The 29-year-old Japanese will test his sore back after restricting himself to just 19 ...

Yankees bringing World Series trophy to Asia

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Yankees will bring the World Series trophy to Tokyo, Beijing and Hong Kong on a six-day Asia tour, the Yankees said on Thursday.The Major League Baseball championship trophy will accompany a delegation of Yankees executives, ...

Holiday Gift Guide

Introducing the New Wahl Lithium Ion Groomer . Derek Jeter Driven Sport Exclusively by Avon . Created exclusively by Avon, Derek Jeter Driven Sport is a fragrance infused with the bold spirit of courage and competition. "While every fragrance I've worked on ...

Costs squeeze profits at Japan's baseball teams

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese baseball pulls in the fans, produces the players and rakes in revenue many American clubs would be proud of -- but in terms of profit they still languish in the little league.Despite earning similar revenues to Major League ...

Japan faces Korea to decide Classic semi berth

Defending champion Japan and reigning Olympic champion South Korea will meet for the third time in the World Baseball Classic here on Tuesday with a semi-final berth awaiting the winner.The arch-foes are set to write a new chapter in one of Asia's ...
Mention the World Baseball Classic to a group of fans, and watch the reactions differ. The 16-country tournament is doing what MLB wants it to do--bringing in revenue and building the MLB brand in overseas markets.. The inaugural 2006 WBC was deemed ...
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