Rudiger names ‘best defender in Italy’ and thanks Spalletti
German international Antonio Rudiger names the ‘best defender in Italy’ and is ‘very happy’ to reunite with his old Roma ...
What's the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?
About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season, headlined by Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the World Series champion Los ...
In Tokyo Series debut, Roki Sasaki flashes long-term potential, early growing pains
It was electric. It was maddening. It was fascinating. Such was the debut of Sasaki, whose Dodgers swept the two-game Tokyo ...
From Oh to Ohtani and beyond: How Japanese baseball reached new heights
No player in professional baseball history has slugged more home runs than the 868 that Oh hit over 22 seasons with the ...
'Severe ineptitude': Bullying case file viewed by other students at elite Japan school
A confidential file documenting the bullying of a sixth-grade boy at the elementary school attached to the University of ...
‘Paint Japan blue’: How the Dodgers’ vision of Japanese prominence became reality
Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki are all Dodgers. And a Japanese fan base has coalesced around its interest ...
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Public schools in Japan suffering from record teacher shortage
A staff member at the elementary school in Tokyo who had just returned from maternity ... choice but to depend on nonregular staffers. “On top of this, now that it is widely known that teachers ...
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Almost 5% of new teachers quit within first year at Tokyo schools
A record 4.9 percent of new teachers hired at publicly run schools in Tokyo in the 2023 academic year quit within a year. The 169 who threw in the towel was the highest figure in a decade ...
Japan primary school teacher hid bullying, caused victim to give up affiliated junior high
A teacher at an elite national elementary school in Japan hid bullying in their class, causing the victim to abandon his plan ...
Chicago Sun-Times4d
Cubs announce Opening Day roster, add top prospect Matt Shaw
TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 16: Matt Shaw #6 of the Chicago Cubs celebrates hitting a RBI single in the top of the fifth inning against Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on March 16, 2025 in Tokyo ...
Chicago Tribune5d
The best team in the National League? For 2 days in Japan, it’s looked like the Hanshin Tigers.
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Mookie Betts will not play in Dodgers’ Tokyo games due to illness
TOKYO — The Dodgers will open the 2025 regular ... “I think the question is what’s best to get him ready for (domestic) Opening Day (on March 27). We’re still talking.