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Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 6, 2021
California's MLB teams get go-ahead to open season with limited number of fans
The California Department of Public Health gave baseball teams and fans cause for spring fever Friday when it announced that spectators can return to the state's baseball stadiums in gradually increasing numbers starting on opening day as the coronavirus pandemic subsides.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 16, 2020
Mike Trout, Clayton Kershaw cast doubts on rumored MLB plans to start season
Mike Trout has major concerns about the possibility of players being quarantined if the MLB season moves forward once the coronavirus outbreak slows.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 19, 2019
Eagles' Jabari Blash heeding Shohei Ohtani's advice early on in Japan
Jabari Blash was in demand before the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' "home" game at Tokyo Dome on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 22, 2018
Shohei Ohtani reflects on successful first year in Major League Baseball
A little over a year ago, Nov. 11, 2017, to be exact, Shohei Ohtani strode into a room full of journalists at the Japan National Press Club and told the world he was ready to head to MLB and hoped to one day become the best baseball player in the world.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 13, 2018
MLB players, San Francisco coach Hensley Meulens reflect on Shohei Ohtani's 2018 campaign
Around this time four years ago, during the last tour of Japan by major league players, the MLB world at large got its first real glimpse of Shohei Ohtani.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 13, 2018
Oshu: A semi-rural city with a major league star
Oshu, the home of the Los Angeles Angels' two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani, is dotted with unassuming tributes to this home-grown hero.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
May 20, 2018
Angels manager Mike Scioscia won't stop Shohei Ohtani from participating in Home Run Derby
If Los Angeles Angels two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani wants to take part in the Home Run Derby during the All Star festivities in July, his manager, Mike Scioscia, won't stand in his way.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Apr 16, 2018
In Shohei Ohtani, Japan finally has its world-beater
It must take a considerable amount of willpower for Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters manager Hideki Kuriyama not to respond to questions about his former player Shohei Ohtani with a simple, "I told you so." Although the sly smile he lets slip on occasion more or less does the job.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Dec 24, 2017
Hawks catch break with Yanagita
On one hand, Yuki Yanagita will be one of the most well-paid players in Japan next season. On the other, he'll be kind of a steal.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Dec 11, 2017
Incoming Angels star Shohei Ohtani enters MLB with game-changing potential
With his hair perfectly coiffed and a red Los Angeles Angels uniform having replaced his suit jacket, the most sought-after player of the offseason began his highly anticipated MLB career with six simple words.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 10, 2014
Pujols belts game-winning home run in 19th inning
After the Los Angeles Angels stranded 16 runners through 18 innings — including nine in scoring position — Albert Pujols provided the biggest blow with no one on.

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past