Kenji Johjima dropped a bombshell on his Seattle Mariners teammates and Asian-American sports today when he announced he would forego the final two...
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Welcome to the second week of the KND report, with a new logo courtesy of the incomparable April White."KND" stands for Kattobase Nihonjin...
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Lots of Asian sports happenings in the first week of the MLB season: season and career debuts both auspicious and disappointing, and injuries...
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This is the third day of my roundup of the Asian major-leaguers we can look forward to in my first series of KNB Reports.KNB is short for...
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It's World Baseball Classic finals time, and both teams are Asian—it's a dream come true for the Korean and Japanese players, as well as for...
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It's semifinal Number Two of the WBC, and it's hard to imagine a game that means more to both teams.Team Japan wants to show the US team that they can...
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Japan shut out Cuba, 6-0, on Sunday, for the right to face Korea, who beat them 4-1 last night. Their pitching and defense has been solid, but their...
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The top teams from Asia meet for the third time at the WBC, and familiarity only breeds mutual respect here, as well as a good scouting report on one...
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Team Japan, the runner-up in Group A, faced Team Cuba, the winner of Group B, in the San Diego Padres' PETCO Park, an extreme pitcher's park that...
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China and Japan met tonight in a matchup between one of the favorites of the tournament and one of the weakest teams, and for the first few innings it...
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