By MASAKI KASAI/ Staff Writer
April 21, 2024 at 07:00 JST
Masanori Murakami returns to Japan to play for the Nankai Hawks after pitching for the San Francisco Giants where he become the first Japanese to play in the major leagues. Photo was taken in January 1966. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Before the likes of Shohei Ohtani, Ichiro and Hideo Nomo, another Japanese ballplayer blazed a trail to the major leagues for them 60 years ago. [Read More]
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A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.
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 about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
