Karen, who is about to turn 18, also remembers the positive influence of her tutor. Miu Kikuchi was a high school student.

Inside the Dodgers’ seven-year pursuit of Rōki Sasaki, their foothold in Japan and the battle for MLB's next potential pitching star.

Rintaro Sasaki is a teenage phenomenon who aspires to play Major League Baseball. He is a trailblazer embarking upon an unconventional path for a Japanese ball player.

Classroom of the Elite was originally a series of light novels by Shōgo Kinugasa before it became a manga and anime series.

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The Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) welcomed officials from Chikujo Town, Japan from Fukuoka prefecture during the signing of ...

As Rintaro Sasaki begins his college baseball career at Stanford with all of Japan watching, he knows there will be growing ...