he has had a successful career in Hollywood as a cinematographer.

he probably has made a generation of Japanese baseball fans Dodger fans! (Remember the author is a Giants fan.Korean Hyeseong Kim has made a significant contribution to the team.

On our FaceTime visits with Dereks family.Bill Yee is a retired Alhambra High School history teacher.Today the best baseball player in the world is Japanese.

Latin American players make up a large portion of MLB rosters.There are 60 Japanese former players and 15 current ones.

and Charlie Gehringer made goodwill tours to Japan.

I can remember before large numbers of Japanese and Korean ballplayers came to play in the big leagues.complete with the image of a traditional daruma on the back.

Japanese Consul General Kenko Sone and his wife Mami (in Dodger caps) were joined on the field by Nisei Weeks Helen Ota and the Nisei Week Queen and Court.Shohei Ohtani chats with Marlins manager Clayton McCullough.

The Dodgers offense jumped out to an early 5-0 in the game.Takashi Murakami’sline of $55 Dodgers T-shirts(below) debuted at the game andwere selling briskly.