Repeatedly told in Japan to change it, he declined. His given name Ichiro — ’ichi” means “one” in Japanese — started appearing on the back of his jersey in 1994 with the Orix BlueWave.

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Judge Takeshi Okuyama, who presided over the lay-judge trial at Yokohama District Court in Kanagawa Prefecture, issued the ruling, rejecting the prosecution's demand for a 10-year prison term for ...

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Flights of US Air Force (USAF) stealth fighters continue to rotate through Japan to backfill Boeing F-15C/D jets being sent home for retirement. The temporarily deployed jets include both the ...

Yukari Imamura, 46, was arrested by police on Tuesday, accused of stealing the gold, which had been deposited by two male customers at the bank's Nerima branch in Tokyo in September last year, The ...

TOKYO -- Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump, who in his first term accused Japan of manipulating the yen, would do well to cooperate with Tokyo on weakening the overly strong dollar, said Tatsuo ...

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Tom Clements is stepping down as Green Bay Packers quarterback coach after a 25-year NFL career in which he worked with Hall of Famer Brett Favre and four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers. Packers head ...

Tokyo police have arrested a former MUFG Bank employee on suspicion of stealing gold bullion worth over 1.6 million dollars from customers' safe-deposit boxes. Police detained 46-year-old Imamura ...

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