MLB is trying to expand in Japan. Can Japan’s NPB grow in America?
Japanese baseball has a rich history, but a series of structural factors stand in the way of it becoming a phenomenon in ...
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Japanese baseball fans are crazy for Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers. MLB has a plan to get them to root for every team
On the morning of the second and final game of Major League Baseball's Tokyo Series between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers on March 19, a dusting of snow fell on Japan's capital city ...
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Ohtani craze sparks renewed interest in decades-old Japanese American little league
And the craze is only increasing this year. The Dodgers started the regular season this year as the reigning World Series ...
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GameChangers: Iolani alum Yonamine finds new baseball home in Japan
After two seasons of indy ball, Yonamine cut himself a highlight reel, sent it to all the clubs in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league and the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters came calling.
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Thailand rescues Japanese boy, 16, from fraud ring in Myanmar
MAE SOT, Thailand--Local police took a 16-year-old Japanese youth into protective custody who they believe was forced to work for a fraud ring operating across the border in Myanmar, a senior ...
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Youth-led lawsuit demands companies lower CO2 emissions
Japan's first climate change lawsuit whose plaintiffs are exclusively young people, according to the lawyers, was filed on Aug. 6. Ranging in age from 15 to 29, the 16 individuals from across ...