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...LATEST COVER STORY Yao Ming: The Next Mr. Big Maverick: Wang Zhizhi Interview: Ichiro Suzuki Next Up: Hideki Matsui November 11, 2002 Issue Past Issues China Culture Nov. 11, 2002 ----------------- North Korea Nov. 4, 2002 ----------------- After Bali Oct. 28, 2002 ----------------- Tadanobu Asano Oct. 21, 2002 ----------------- China's Most Wanted Oct. 14, 2002 ----------------- Headache Prevention Oct. 7, 2002 ----------------- Asia's AIDS Crisis Sep. 30, 2002 ----------------- China's New Rich Sep. 23, 2002 ----------------- Ready for War? Sep. 16, 2002 ----------------- 9/11 Remembered Sep. 9, 2002 ----------------- Green Century Sep. 2, 2002 ----------------- Asian Journey...
...want to know what’s going to happen to Hideki Matsui once he arrives in America. I want Yao Ming to break the Asian barrier in the NBA with flair. I want the Twins to stay alive, Roy Oswalt to win the Cy Young and the abolition of the designated hitter. I want a return to finesse over show in basketball, to fundamentals over power in baseball, to consistency over flash in football...
...Trade friction? Racial tension on Okinawa? In Shimoda, the irritants in the modern U.S.-Japan relationship seem far away?Xand that's the idea. "Sometimes the relations between the U.S. and Japan are influenced by emotional feelings and economics," said Ryosenji priest Daiei Matsui. "Shimoda should maintain the human relationship based on cultural understanding." Heady stuff for countries whose common history includes a pair of atomic bombs. But as the bartender testifies, Shimoda represents an altogether different kind of ground zero...
...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 after this, his eighth season. "It pushes me even more, having that freedom...
...next five months, though, all manner of speculation, panic and pride will rain down on Giants centerfielder Hideki Matsui, 28, the free-agent slugger, two-time MVP and former batting champion who is called Godzilla "because I look so scary," he says. The 1.9 m, 95.3 kg Hideki bears the fortunate burden of playing for Japan's oldest, most successful team, an institution combining the prestige of the Yankees and the fan reverence accorded Notre Dame. The Giants always lead the league in attendance and give their stars a profile Ichiro could only have dreamed of when he played...