Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he’s more than just a baseball star
Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he is much more than that at home in Japan. Ichiro is a wellspring of national pride ...
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Japan's iconic cheer squads? You can thank college football
Two thousand fans piled into their seats at Stanford University's baseball stadium in Palo Alto, filling the grandstands and ...
Revolving sushi bar chain coming to the East Bay
Kura Revolving Sushi Bar is coming to Berkeley. A revolving sushi bar is a restaurant where sushi plates rotate on a conveyor ...
Tom Krasovic: Roki Sasaki’s choice of Dodgers over Padres doesn’t change San Diego’s playoff path
Sasaki named them one of his three finalists, joined by the Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays. If nothing else, such ...
Booze and Japanese curry are hiding inside these Bay Area bookstores
Under the arched wooden ceilings of Berkeley’s newest bookshop, you’ll find a rolling library ladder, velvet green couches, and yes, lots of books — but also a wine dispenser wedged between the ...
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Capt. John Angel Chu, the Last Flying Tiger, Passes Away at 102
The National Interest published my story of the passing of Col. Perry Dahl (USAF, ret.), who had been one of the last living ...
8 Bay Area cultural festivals continue a tapestry of tradition
From the Scottish Highland Gathering and Games to the Aloha Festival, here are eight Bay Area cultural festivals to add to ...
With Their Lives Upended, They Practiced the Art of Resilience
Pictures of Belonging” traces the careers of three female artists who flourished despite the U.S. government’s imprisonment ...
Ashes to ashes: What L.A. can learn from San Francisco's 1906 disaster
Los Angeles took over as California's top city after San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and fires. What lessons can L.A. learn ...
Elian Peña, 17-year-old Dominican shortstop, signs with Mets for $5 million bonus
Elian Peña, a shortstop from the Dominican Republic who turned 17 in October, has agreed to a $5 million bonus with the New York Mets that was the largest amount on the first day of the 2025 ...
5 excellent things to do in Oakland Chinatown in 2025
Piggie dumplings, cutting-edge art, a fortune-cookie factory with a modern mission — Chinatown is where it’s at.
Morii, 18-year-old two-way player, bypasses Japanese baseball to sign with Athletics
Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed ...