Japanese sports newspaper Nikkan Sports reported [J] on December 4th, Saturday morning that Tokyo Yakult Swallows, one of 12 professional baseball team in Japan’s top league Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB), is planning to sell itself to web service company CyberAgent (Asiajin), which runs Ameba blog, Pigu(Japan)/Pico(US), etc. Yakult, a beverage company who owns and has been… Continue reading CyberAgent Rumored To Buy Off Tokyo-Based Baseball Team Yakult Swallows
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Google Translate Tricked Cubs Fans Unintentionally
Former Chunichi Dragon’s baseball player Kosuke Fukudome made an inpressive debut at Major League Baseball opening game at Chicago. Strange thing is, many fans at the ballpark were raising Japanese signboards “偶然だぞ”, which means “It was lucky” (or you can read it as “It was accidental”). The game was also broadcasted in Japan on NHK… Continue reading Google Translate Tricked Cubs Fans Unintentionally