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Mie Prefecture University Baseball Team Members Decided for Exchange Games with Shikoku and Chugoku Regions

By the 27th, the Mie Prefecture League of the Tokai Region University Baseball Association had decided on the 30 members of the Mie Prefecture team who will take part in the "4th Shikoku Region, Tokai Region, Chugoku Region University Baseball Association Exchange Game" to be held in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture from July 5th. The players were selected from five universities and technical colleges in the prefecture based on their defensive posi…Baseball · Okayama Read Article

Volunteer Japanese teachers may hinder foreign residents' learning

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Around 80 percent of teachers in Japanese language classes offered by local governments are volunteers, a national survey showed Monday, sparking concerns that foreign residents enrolled may be receiving substandard education. Although maintaining a learning environment for foreign residents, including workers and their families, is a legal "duty" of national…Okayama · Okayama See the Story

As Expected From Setouchi: 86,000 People Astonished by "Luxury Goods" Snatched by Black Kite: "It's Too Lucky" | J-Town Net

"The kite snatches away the fried tofu" is a metaphor for having something precious stolen from you, but in real life, kites seem to snatch even better things. Could that be...? (Image posted by Momiji Manju @momiji_man_10... Read more at "J-Town Net"Okayama · Okayama Read Article

Men's Discus Thrower Takashiro Fujiwara Takes Second Place in the Japan Intercollegiate Championships; Japan Championships to Be Held in July

The third day of the Japan Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships was held on the 7th at the JFE Sunny Country Stadium in Okayama City, and in the men's discus, Takashiro Fujiwara (Oki Kato High School - Kyushu Kyoritsu University - Graduate School of the same university) placed second with 53.40 meters. In the men's 5,000 meter final, Rinto Ikema (Kofudaira Junior High School - Miyazaki Kobayashi High School - Juntendo University) placed…Okayama · Okayama Read Article

Discus Thrower Tomori Akimi Wins Japan University Championship with 47.38 Meters

The second day of the Japan Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships was held on the 6th at the JFE Harenokuni Stadium in Okayama City, and in the women's discus final, Tomori Akimi (Naha Nishi High School - Kyushu Kyoritsu University, 3rd year) won with a throw of 47.38 meters. She was 35 centimeters ahead of the runner-up, Hiroi Kaede (Kanoya Institute of Technology, 4th year). Tomori recorded 45.99 meters on her first throw.Okayama · Okayama Read Article

Inoue, Nishioka and Others Advance to the 100m Semi-Finals: First Day of Japan Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships (Kyodo News)

The first day of the Japan Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships was held on the 5th at the JFE Sunny Country Stadium in Okayama City. In the men's 100m preliminaries, Naoki Inoue (Waseda University), who will represent Japan in the World Relays in May, took first place in group 5 with a time of 10.55 seconds, while Naoki Nishioka (University of Tsukuba), who will represent Japan in the same country, took first place in group 7 with a ti…Okayama · Okayama Read Article

Hideyoshi Learned of Mitsuhide's Rebellion - Was the "Great Return to China" that He Immediately Carried Out Really a Reckless March?

The story is too good to be true, it's suspicious. History is full of such anecdotes, but it is also true that there are some cases where truth is stranger than fiction. One such example is the Great Return from the China Region, in which Hideyoshi Hashiba (Toyotomi Hideyoshi) learned of the Honnoji Incident and hurriedly concluded peace negotiations with the Mori clan and made a rapid, large-scale move. Nobunaga was defeated and killed on June …Okayama · Okayama Read Article

Prosecutors Demand 28-Year Prison Sentence for Owner of Guesthouse "a Trap to Satisfy Sexual Desires": Asahi Shimbun

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A trial for a guesthouse manager (51) in Shinjo, Satosho-cho, Okayama Prefecture, who was charged with quasi-forced sexual intercourse and violation of the Okayama Prefectural Nuisance Prevention Ordinance for allegedly giving drugs to female guests and sexually assaulting them, was held at the Okayama District Court on the 3rd.Okayama · Okayama Read Article

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As Expected From Setouchi: 86,000 People Astonished by "Luxury Goods" Snatched by Black Kite: "It's Too Lucky" | J-Town Net

Men's Discus Thrower Takashiro Fujiwara Takes Second Place in the Japan Intercollegiate Championships; Japan Championships to Be Held in July

Discus Thrower Tomori Akimi Wins Japan University Championship with 47.38 Meters

Inoue, Nishioka and Others Advance to the 100m Semi-Finals: First Day of Japan Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships (Kyodo News)

Hideyoshi Learned of Mitsuhide's Rebellion - Was the "Great Return to China" that He Immediately Carried Out Really a Reckless March?

Prosecutors Demand 28-Year Prison Sentence for Owner of Guesthouse "a Trap to Satisfy Sexual Desires": Asahi Shimbun

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