Manager Kimiyasu Kudo, who guided the Hawks to five Japan Series titles in six years, has indicated he will resign at the end of the season to take responsibility for the club's poor performance.... With three games left, the Hawks sit fourth in the PL and look set to miss the postseason.... He started managing the farm team from this season and has a reputation for developing young players....

From left, front row, Chiho Osawa, Hanae Kubo and Nana Fujimoto, and Akane Shiga, far right, back

Thiago Santana, second from left, celebrates with Shimizu S-Pulse teammates after netting an equalizer in a J-League first division match against Nagoya Grampus on Aug.... " I'm glad to score and contribute to the team.... His ball came where I was moving to," said Santana after his eighth goal....

Softbank Hawks outfielder Yuki Yanagita, who will become the highest-paid position player in Nippon Professional Baseball history, poses for photos at Paypay Dome in Fukuoka on Dec.... Yanagita, who banked 610 million yen last season to equal the record held by outfielder Hideki Matsui, will be in his third year of a seven-year contract with the Pacific League club which also includes performance incentives.... But the Hawks failed to win back-to-back PL pennants and a fifth straight Japan Ser

He visited his wife at the Kauai Community Correctional Center Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Hawaii Department of Public Safety told KUTV.... A judge ruled that bail will remain at$ 5 million for Vallow, also known as Lori Daybell, who was arrested in Hawaii over the disappearance of her two Idaho children.... On Wednesday, De Costa urged Judge Kathleen Watanabe to" ignore the publicity, ignore the hype ” and set reasonable bail. Prosecutors argued Vallow is a flight risk and pointed out tha

Japan's Tomoki Sato celebrates after winning the men's T52 400m final at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Aug.... Sato made a heroic charge down the final straight to claim the first gold of his Paralympic career, adding it to the two silvers he won in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.... " The start and first half of the race was at a faster pace than I had expected....

He is part of a team of more than 70 people from Japan who have arrived in Woomera for recovery of the capsule.... At an altitude of six miles, the capsule will release a parachute, and where it will drift as it descends will add to the uncertainty.“ The landing place depends on the wind on that day, ” Dr.... The area that searchers might have to cover could stretch some 60 miles, he said. The trail of the fireball of superheated air created by the re-entering capsule will help guide the recov