Word: yomiuri
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Having watched some of their top pitchers go West, Japanese fans are fearful that Kazuhiro Sasaki of the Yokohama Bay Stars, or Masumi Kuwata of the Yomiuri Giants, or maybe even a non-pitcher like Hideki Matsui, power hitter from the Tokyo Giants, will be next. Who else will follow Nomo? "To play in the major leagues is still the stuff dreams are made on," says Ikeda, paraphrasing The Tempest. If he and Valentine are right, then Irabu has the stuff championships are made on. And the tempest started by the Tornado could help turn the World Series into...
...attacksthat killed 11 people and injured about 5,000 others, according to media reports. A chemical called methylphosphon acid monoisopropyl, which can only be created when sarin decomposes, was found in a laboratory that belongs to the Aum Shinri Kyo (Supreme Truth) sect on Friday, NHK television and the Yomiuri newspaper said. Though police have so far found chemical stockpiles that include all the ingredients of sarin, sophisticated laboratory equipment, secret plants and documents, they have yet to find enough evidence to pin the attacks on the cult.The cult continues to deny any involvement...
...turned brown. Shortly afterward the family living nearest the compound woke up with nausea and sore eyes. There was "a horrible smell, like burning plastic," said retired farmer Norie Okamoto, who informed the police. The cultists got off with a warning, and the villagers were furious, especially when the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper disclosed that police samples of the soil around the compound contained organic phosphorus compounds that are potential residues of sarin, matching residues in Matsumoto--and now those found in the Tokyo subway...
Japanese baseball was enjoying a planned, non-strike-related hiatus last week as the Yomiuri Giants and Seibu Lions prepared to meet in the Japan Series. Nevertheless, there was plenty of action off the field...
Popular slugger Ichiro Suzuki, winner of the Pacific League batting crown, received an unusual honor: beginning this week, customers at Hyogo Bank can put their savings into an Ichiro Deposit Account that will pay 3.85% interest -- matching Suzuki's .385 average. Meanwhile, Sadaharu Oh, left, the retired Yomiuri Giants great who holds the world record for career home runs with 868 (surpassing Hank Aaron's 755), signed an estimated $10 million five-year contract to manage the fourth-place Fukuoka Daiei Hawks...