Japan committed to giving victims of the Los Angeles fires $2 million as other nations continue to support the devastated region. Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, Yoshimasa Hayashi, announced the donation Wednesday,

Firefighters are working around the clock to contain the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire. Thousands of people were forced to evacuate when the blazes ignited and destroyed more than 12,000 structures. Here are the latest updates.

As far back as January, 2024, Japan’s pitching phenomenon, 23-year-old Roki Sasaki, stated that he had “the desire to play in the U.S. Major Leagues in the future,” and that his Japanese Pacific League club the Chiba Lotte Marines understood his position.

Two elderly men in Japan choked to death on mochi rice cakes as part of a New Year’s tradition that authorities have issued warnings about annually. Eating mochi on and around the New Year

The prized righty pitcher was one of the most sought-after international free agents in recent memory and picked the Dodgers over a considerable list of other suitors.

Japanese star Roki Sasaki signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he announced on Instagram. The 23-year-old right-hander with a sizzling fastball and deadly splitter joins Samurai Japan teammates Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto with the World Series champion Dodgers. The jokes wrote themselves.

Japan committed to giving victims of the Los Angeles fires $2 million as other nations continue to support the devastated region. Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, Yoshimasa Hayashi, announced ...

Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, the hottest international free agent in baseball, is headed to the Los Angeles Dodgers, he announced on social media Friday. The 23-year-old right-handed ace said he signed a minor-league deal.

The fires, which burned more than 26,000 acres by Wednesday afternoon, has upended life in America’s second-largest city.

Sasaki, nicknamed in Japan as "the Monster of the Reiwa Era," struck out 11 batters in 7 and ⅔ innings with a 3.52 ERA during the 2023 WBC. In Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, he struck out 129 hitters in 111 regular-season innings for the Marines in the 2024 season.

Kanye West met the kids.The rapper recently reunited with his three youngest children in Japan amid the ongoing wildfire crisis in Los Angeles. The rapper was spotted at a 7-Eleven