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Seattle Mariners pitcher Yusei Kikuchi speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Saturday, March 16, 2019. Just as he was adjusting to life in the United States, Kikuchi is back in Japan getting ready to make his Major League pitching debut in front of a sellout crowd at Tokyo Dome. Kikuchi will be on the mound in Game 2 of the MarinersÅf season-opening series in Japan. (AP Photo/Toru Takahashi)

‘Rookie’ Kikuchi in spotlight in major league debut in Japan

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki speaks during a press conference in Tokyo Saturday, March 16, 2019. Ichiro is back in his native Japan and enjoying it while he can. He will play for the Mariners against the Oakland Athletics in the first two games of the Major League Baseball season at Tokyo Dome (AP Photo/Toru Takahashi)

Ichiro in Japan: Still enjoying the big leagues while he can

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 22, 2019 file photo, Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki bats during the third inning of a spring training baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Peoria, Ariz. Jerry Dipoto's first introduction to the world of Ichiro Suzuki was only a small taste compared to what the Seattle Mariners are about to experience when they open the season in Tokyo with a pair of games against the Oakland Athletics. The most decorated player ever to export his talents from Japan to the major leagues is returning home for what could be a farewell to his Hall of Fame career on both sides of the Pacific. His teammates can't wait. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Ichiromania returns to Japan: Will he retire, or won’t he?

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Oakland Athletics' Mike Hundley rounds the bases on his solo home run against the Chicago Cubs in the third inning of a spring training baseball game, Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Athletics excited about starting season in Japan next week

By CARRIE MUSKAT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2019, file photo, Seattle Mariners pitcher Yusei Kikuchi smiles at a news conference following his signing with the baseball team in Seattle. Kikuchi was determined from the time he was 15 years old to be the next great Japanese import to dazzle American fans and befuddle major league hitters. That dream is now the reality for the newest starting pitcher for the Mariners. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Yusei Kikuchi’s dream of playing in majors now a reality

By TIM BOOTH - Associated Press

Jun Yoshida, a hairdresser who helped originate the gyaru culture. (SPONSORED)

The U.S. - Japan Cultural Alliance

By PAI

Houston Astros Robinson Chirinos hits an RBI single during the fifth inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game against the New York Mets, Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Port St. Lucie, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Relationship formed in Japan landed Chirinos in Houston

By CHUCK KING - Associated Press

A’s sorting out catching situation

By CARRIE MUSKAT - Associated Press

Kane Tanaka, a 116-year-old Japanese woman, gestures after receiving a Guinness World Records certificate, back, at a nursing home where she lives in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, Saturday, March 9, 2019. Tanaka who loves playing the board game Othello was honored Saturday as the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records. (Takuto Kaneko/Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese woman honored by Guinness as oldest person at 116

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

US military official says diplomatic ‘quad’ is ongoing

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Japan’s October-December growth revised upward to 1.9 pct

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Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn rides in a car from a building Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Tokyo. Ghosn, the star auto executive credited with rescuing both Renault and Nissan, left a drab Tokyo detention center Wednesday after more than three months in custody, his identity obscured by a surgical mask, hat and construction worker's outfit.(Takuya Inaba/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan stunned by Ghosn’s release, critics hope for change

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 22, 2019 file photo, Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki bats during the third inning of a spring training baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Peoria, Ariz. Jerry Dipoto's first introduction to the world of Ichiro Suzuki was only a small taste compared to what the Seattle Mariners are about to experience when they open the season in Tokyo with a pair of games against the Oakland Athletics. The most decorated player ever to export his talents from Japan to the major leagues is returning home for what could be a farewell to his Hall of Fame career on both sides of the Pacific. His teammates can't wait. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Mariners can’t wait to see reaction for Ichiro in Japan

By TIM BOOTH - Associated Press

A man walks by a TV monitor which reports on former chairman of Nissan Motor Co., Carlos Ghosn, in Tokyo Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Disguised as a construction worker, Ghosn left a Tokyo detention center Wednesday after posting 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) bail. (Akiko Matsushita/Kyodo News via AP)

Ghosn’s journey: Star auto executive to masked suspect

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

England's Jodie Taylor (9) celebrates a goal with Karen Carney (20) and Beth Mead as Japan's Arisa Matsubara (16) and Risako Oga react during the first half of a SheBelieves Cup soccer match Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)

England wins SheBelieves Cup with 3-0 victory over Japan

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

Houston Rockets' James Harden, right, drives past Boston Celtics' Marcus Morris during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Boston, Sunday, March 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Raptors, Rockets to play in Japan next preseason

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

In this May 12, 2016, photo, then Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Carlos Ghosn speaks during the press conference in Yokohama, near Tokyo. The children of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, who is under arrest in Tokyo, have defended their father's love for Japan and denounced comments by the Japanese automaker's chief executive. The statement from Caroline, Nadine, Maya and Anthony Ghosn, seen Monday, March 4, 2019 by The Associated Press, says Ghosn had affection and respect for Japan and Nissan Motor Co. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

3rd time lucky? Nissan ex-chair Ghosn hoping for his release

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

A’s slugger Davis steps up rehab, begins running on field

By CARRIE MUSKAT - Associated Press

Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki talks to reporters following meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to report result of a local referendum at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 1, 2019. The residents of Japan's southwestern island region of Okinawa rejected a relocation plan for a U.S. military base in the Feb. 24 referendum, increasing pressure on the national government to change its stance that the facility will be built no matter what. (Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP)

Governor wants US, Japan, Okinawa talks on US base move

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Yuya Watase, Chairman of Pacific Alliance Institute (SPONSORED)

Japan’s sole conservative think tank

By Yuya Watase - Chairman of Pacific Alliance Institute