He’s 23-year-old Roki Sasaki and he comes from Rikuzentakata, a small coastal city on the northeast coast of Japan.

The 23-year-old righty made two All-Star appearances with Chiba Lotte before electing to leave Japan behind ... of MLB experience with the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, and Boston ...

Police in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 47-year-old man on suspicion of killing a 56-year-old woman at a hotel. According to police, Atsushi Egawa, a company employee, who was ...

Rain with a high of 69 °F (20.6 °C) and a 89% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 7 to 11 mph (11.3 to 17.7 kph). Night - Clear. Winds variable at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 kph). The ...

Neighborhoods in Saitama and Chiba prefectures have risen in popularity ... The Urawa Station district, also in Saitama city, was the fifth most popular place. The rankings were called the ...

Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a 47-year-old man on suspicion of robbery and murder of a hotel worker in the city of Ichihara in the prefecture. The suspect, Atsushi Egawa, a corporate ...

Mostly sunny with a high of 59 °F (15 °C). Winds NE at 6 mph (9.7 kph). Night - Clear. Winds from NE to NNE at 6 to 8 mph (9.7 to 12.9 kph). The overnight low will be 48 °F (8.9 °C). Sunny today with ...

The Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball ... We hope he will do his best as a representative of Japan. We are rooting for him." Sasaki, 23, is widely regarded as one of the best ...

Sunny with a high of 69 °F (20.6 °C). Winds from NE to ENE at 7 mph (11.3 kph). Night - Cloudy. Winds variable at 5 to 7 mph (8 to 11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 58 °F (14.4 °C ...

The Dodgers have been linked to Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki ... “And can you imagine what that team would mean in Japan, then? It already has Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto ...

Police in Yotsukaido City, Chiba Prefecture, on Sunday arrested a man in his 20s on suspicion of robbery and assault after be broke into a house, assaulted the resident and stole about 12,000 yen in ...

Chiba police have arrested two men over a break-in last week at the home of an elderly woman in the city of Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture, it was learned Wednesday. One of the suspects said he ...