Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) issued the following statement on Oct.

Im happy to have been a product of both Japan and the United States.but Ive also had the opportunity to live in Japan as a student learning and training to become a kaikyōshi.

I am glad that we made Los Angeles our home and somehow I became a minister at our betsuin here.I may have enjoyed living my entire life in Japan.but reflecting on my 77 years of life.

The few years turned out to be the rest of my life.I will be retiring from active service as a minister at the Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple here in Los Angeles.

He left our family — my mother.

but when he became the minister at Jinsoku-ji in Tokyo.The loss cut the Dodg-ers division lead to one game.

Ohtani added a hit and run scored in five plate appearances.Pittsburgh PiratesAs The Rafu went to press on Wednesday.

the Dodgers failed to get it going at the plate and lost to the Diamondbacks.followed by a Corbin Car-roll game-tying three-run home run.