Word: ishii
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...resurrection of the ghosts of Unit 731 in court last week reminds Japan how much there is to regret. Supervised by Dr. Shiro Ishii, a renowned Tokyo scientist, the center's staff performed experiments on what research documents refer to as maruta, literally "wooden logs." The lumber was in fact live subjects, mostly Chinese soldiers and civilians but also captured Russians, British and Americans. They were frozen alive to research frostbite. Burned alive to research human combustion. Loaded into vacuum chambers until their bellies ruptured. Hung by their ankles to see how long a person can live upside-down. They...
...Inow sold Ichiro's rights to Seattle for $13 million. The second player to be posted, Kazuhisa Ishii, was signed by the Dodgers in February and was tied for third in wins (11) in the National League through June; but it's the daily success of Ichiro?the first Japanese-born position player to make it in America?that has erased the inferiority complex of his ballplaying countrymen. "Now we feel if you're a good player in Japan, you can be a good player anywhere," says Kazuo Matsui, who's still mulling over whether he wants to be posted...
...Ishii is the kind of fellow who apologizes at the end of an interview when he thinks his answers haven't been witty enough. And he doesn't mind when a laugh comes at his expense. A Los Angeles columnist noticed the patent leather satchel Ishii sometimes carries his wallet in and jokingly suggested that a purse doesn't make him seem intimidating enough. "Then I will carry two purses," Ishii replied...
...Though he doesn't throw particularly hard?his fastball tops out around 150 km/h?Ishii keeps hitters off balance by changing speeds and altering his angle of delivery. His teammates have also been impressed by his intelligence and resourcefulness. On April 28 he was struggling in Chicago against the Cubs, having hit a batter and given up three walks and a home run in the first three innings, when he decided to pitch exclusively from the stretch. "I felt I had better command of my pitches in that position," he says. He struck out six of the next 12 batters...
...Ishii is more easily distracted when he's not on the mound. He was being interviewed in the dugout before a game recently when he noticed a group of attractive young women on the field posing for pictures with some of his teammates. The reporter assured him the interview would be over soon enough for him to join in the fun. "No," Ishii said. "I'm happy to be right here." The only ones happier may be the Dodgers...