Ichiro Suzuki was one of the faces of baseball during the 2000s after making the jump from the Japanese League to join the ...

Waseda University (B.A. 1989), Stanford University (M.A. 1993), Cornell University (Ph.D. 1996). Background: Overseas Development Council (Washington, D.C.) (1996-97 ...

Kazuo Matsui arrived in New York with a lot of hype. He was the first Japanese infielder to sign with an MLB team, joining the Mets in 2004. Fans had high hopes, but Matsui didn’t live up to ...

Kaz Matsui (no relation to Hideki) hit .291 over nine seasons with the Seibu Lions, amassing more than 2,000 hits, 201 homers and 362 stolen bases before signing a three-year, $20.1 million contract ...

TOKYO, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will debate whether to raise interest rates next week, Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday, signalling its intention to take borrowing costs higher ...