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...Angeles Dodgers in 1995, has already pitched a no-hitter and a one-hitter for the Boston Red Sox this year. Outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo, formerly with the Hanshin Tigers of the Japanese Central League, is captivating New York Mets fans with his bat, his glove and his charisma. And Kazuhiro Sasaki, Japan's all-time saves leader (and last year's American League rookie of the year), is leading the big leagues in saves with 21 (in 24 opportunities...
This year may be criti-cal. With two Japanese playing for the Seattle Mariners - Ichiro and vet-eran star reliever Kazuhiro Sasaki - Japan's pub-lic broadcasting company, nhk, may set a record for the most televised U.S. major league games in a single year. Says veteran sportswriter Kozo Abe, who has covered baseball on both sides of the Pacific: "The Japanese are finally beginning to realize how much better American big league baseball is - in real competition, that is, not goodwill games - in terms of power, speed, technique and depth. That could spell doom for Japan's game...
Having watched some of their top pitchers go West, Japanese fans are fearful that Kazuhiro Sasaki of the Yokohama Bay Stars, or Masumi Kuwata of the Yomiuri Giants, or maybe even a non-pitcher like Hideki Matsui, power hitter from the Tokyo Giants, will be next. Who else will follow Nomo? "To play in the major leagues is still the stuff dreams are made on," says Ikeda, paraphrasing The Tempest. If he and Valentine are right, then Irabu has the stuff championships are made on. And the tempest started by the Tornado could help turn the World Series into...
...much more affordable. Thanks in part to spacious grazing land and plentiful feed, American-grown beef is much less expensive to produce than the Japanese variety. "In three to five years, we expect to be selling three times our current monthly volume of 1,200 head of cattle," says Kazuhiro Ogasawara, vice president of Mt. Shasta Beef...
...image, however distorted, apparently has wide appeal. Kazuhiro Nakajima, a spokesman for Yamato Mannequin, says his company began manufacturing black mannequins and arranged them in dancing poses after a study found that the design expressed "new sexiness, kawaii ((cuteness)) and fresh energy." Yamato made 100 of the figures before the Foreign Ministry called the firm's attention to a critical article about the mannequins in the Washington Post. The company stopped production. Sanrio Co., the manufacturer of a well-selling line of toys and gift items, followed suit. Its products included large-eyed dolls called Sambo and Hannah, and towels...