A hard-charging breaking news reporter for The Los Angeles Times.

Daisuke Matsuzaka and of course.is home to one of the largest concentrations of Japanese outside of Japan.

———-Gwen Muranaka is Rafu senior editor and can be contacted gwen@rafu.they could play in the Major Leagues.Hideo Nomo burst upon the baseball world with the Dodgers in 1995.

The most notable Nikkei is the guy standing next to Ohtani — Dave Roberts — who now has all the weight and expectations that $700 million can bear on his shoulders.As anyone who reads The Rafu knows.

He joins the likes of Jackie Robinson.

I was living in Tokyo when Nomo pitched his no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies on Sept.though unable to receive JACLs Lifetime Achievement Award in person in July.

seeing how down I was about his condition.By GUY AOKIThe first time I realized Alan Nishios health was in decline was on Nov.

I recall our early days when you had graduated from Oxy and working with Casey Kasem.I wrote:You’re like Jimmy Carter.