By RYO SASAKI/ Staff Writer
January 11, 2023 at 10:30 JST
Rosin bag powder is released as Hiromi Ito pitches for Japan at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Yokohama Stadium. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Japanese pitchers who make the jump to the major leagues have often said the baseballs there are slipperier than those in Nippon Professional Baseball. [Read More]
Stories about memories of cherry blossoms solicited from readers
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
