TOKYO — When Kosuke Fukudome thinks back to his first professional season in Japan, Major League Baseball never felt like an attainable goal. Fukudome dreamed of playing in the majors ...

“Good question,” he said. “Are you guys 12, really?” Laughter filled the room. Lee and Kosuke Fukudome, who was the first Japanese-born Cub, teamed up again Wednesday for an outreach event ...

TOKYO — When Kosuke Fukudome thinks back to his first professional season in Japan, Major League Baseball never felt like an attainable goal. Fukudome dreamed of playing in the majors, of course. But ...

both Lee and Kosuke Fukudome headed to Kyōdō Elementary School – with Clark the Cub tagging along for the visit – in Tokyo to visit with a group of young students. The room cheered as the former Cubs ...

Sunday reults (Saturday, U.S. time) from the swimming events at the Summer Olympics in Sydney (Q-qualified for next round; all distances in meters): 1, Domenico Fioravanti, Italy, 1:00.46 (Fred ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has announced that it has acquired two types of underwater gliders : The SeaExplorer X2 and the Slocum G3. Some vessels that are part of the Charles de ...

Who is your favourite athlete? Japanese swimming superstar Kosuke Kitajima. I look up to him because it is not easy for an Asian athlete to win gold medals and set records at the Olympic Games.

the Japanese Kosuke Kitajima and the Brazilian Cesar Cielo. The 2023 class will be completed by China’s Wu Minxia (diving), Russia’s Natalia Ischenko (artistic swimming), American Heather ...

Although it is a top-tier swimming venue where Kosuke Kitajima broke the world record in the 200-meter breaststroke in 2008, it wasn’t good enough for the IOC. The facility failed to meet one of ...

KANAZAWA--Gambling addict and convicted killer Shota Kitajima, 24, reminisced about the good times. “I had only 3,000 yen ($28) with me. But I made 200,000 yen in six hours,” he bragged.