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

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshi Kajiyama.... Economy, Trade and Industry Minister

This photo taken on July 5, 2021, shows Hiroshi Kudo explaining about two separate accidents that

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

President Hiroshi Shimizu speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Dec.... In 2020, a total of about

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshi Kajiyama, left, and Australian Trade, Tourism

's local unit.A Myanmar court had sentenced Hiroshi Kasamatsu, the Japanese Aeon manager, to one year

regime, Hiroshi Yamazoe writes. Since the Kim-Trump Singapore Summit on June 12, 2018, parties have

have a policy speech and a question-and-answer session at least," LDP Diet affairs chief Hiroshi