Yuichiro Miura once again left Japan heading towards Everest. The difference between him and all other adventurers heading towards Everest is…

Recently, the big news in baseball has been concerning Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka. More specifically the headlines read that the Boston Red Sox bid $51.1 million* simply for the right to to negotiate with the pitcher.
The star pitcher for the Seibu Lions, Matsuzaka was also the MVP of the 2006 World Baseball Classic.

Well, the Red [...]

Being an American baseball fan, I was hooked to this year’s World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Detroit Tigers. Being a Cardinals fan, I was delighted at their victory.
Likewise, during this past week the Japan Series was held between the Nippon Ham Fighters and the Chunichi Dragons. The Fighters were victorious and [...]

This MLB news is recently in…NY Mets second baseman Kaz Matsui was traded to the Colorado Rockies in return for Eli Marrero.
It may be a tradedown for the Rockies since they also received an additional $4.5 million in the trade. Oh well though. This is great for Rockies fans (I mostly mean myself). While [...]

After finding an unlocked door in Osaka, a Japanese burglar got more than he bargained for, much more.
While rummaging about the room in the early hours of the morning, the burglar was in for a big suprise. He was confronted by a sumo wrestler, Dewanosato. Dewanosato then squeezed him in a bear-hug. Upon the citizen’s [...]

Japan won the inaugural World Baseball Classic (WBC) against Cuba on Monday, March 20th. The Japanese team managed by Japanese baseball legend Sadaharu Oh won 10 to 6. Japan made it to the championship game after getting revenge and beating the previously undefeated Korean team. Japan also beat Team USA to get where they were.
It [...]

Well, it’s about time that Japan wins an Olympic medal at these 2006 Winter Games. And what a way to win a medal, a gold medal. Japan’s Shizuka Arakawa skated to win gold in Women’s Figure Skating on Thursday, February, 23.

Arakawa won gold, followed by American Sasha Cohen, and Russian Irina Slutskaya. Shizuka Arakawa [...]

This year’s Paris-Dakar Rally was good for Japanese truck manufacturer, HINO. The class of huge trucks was once again dominated by Russian manufacturer Kamaz but HINO finished well.

Team Sugawara, which included Yoshimasa Sugawara (truck #501) and Teruhito Sugawara (truck #505) finished right up there in the standings. Yoshimasa Sugawara completed the two week long [...]

Recently retired Japanese baseball manager, Akira Ogi died Thursday. He was 70. Ogi was best known for being the man that discovered Ichiro Suzuki (of Seattle Mariners fame). He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004. Ogi had terms as manager for the Orix BlueWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes.

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