In 1995, the Dodgers made history by signing right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo, a five-time All-Star in Japan's Pacific League. Nomo became the first player from a Japanese professional league to ...

Right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after, both boosting the country’s confidence in a period of national malaise. Tsutsui termed Ichiro a “great cultural ...

Right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after, both boosting the country's confidence in a period of national malaise. Tsutsui termed Ichiro a "great cultural ...

Back home, he’s a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now. His triumphs across the Pacific buoyed the nation as Japan’s economy sputtered through the so-called lost decades ...

WHSmith, a staple of the high street, has announced plans to close 17 stores in the coming months, with one set to shut its doors within days. The retailer, which operates over 1,100 stores nationwide ...

He has better control than Shohei Ohtani had at the same stage of his career. He is more athletic than Hideo Nomo was. He throws harder than Yu Darvish. Roki Sasaki is the most talented pitcher ...

Skenes became the fifth pitcher in major-league history to have at least 150 strikeouts in his first 20 career games, joining Kerry Wood, Hideo Nomo, Dwight Gooden and Mark Prior. Skenes became ...