Baseball in Japan is known as “yakyu,” literally ... Ohtani’s high school coach was Hiroshi Sasaki, who gets some of the credit for developing Ohtani. His own son 18-year-old Ritaro Sasaki ...

At first, small children “act wild, like monsters!” says Satou Hiroshi, the genial head teacher. “Our job is to prepare them to enter society” by teaching them to collaborate, take initiative and ...

Hiroshi Kanda, a professor of sports journalism ... as well as the “Samurai Japan” national baseball team’s training games, which lasted until Nov. 10. NPB General Secretary Atsushi Ihara ...