When his father died, Kosuke was in the sky somewhere between Los Angeles and New York, feeling about as content as he had ever been. Because his flight had been overbooked, the airline had upgraded ...

TOKYO — When Kosuke Fukudome thinks back to his first professional season in Japan, Major League Baseball never felt like an attainable goal. Fukudome dreamed of playing in the majors, of course. But ...

VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 21. NOT too long ago, Kosuke Kitajima was the world's premier breaststroker. Not only did the Japanese star hold world records in the 100 and 200 distances, he was the ...

If you spend a lot of time driving around the SGV trolling for ramen shops, as some of us do, mainly because driving to Torrance or Gardena at dinnertime isn't as much fun as it should be, you may ...

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Japan is an island nation rich in timber, from cypress (Hinoki) to cedar (Sugi) to larch (Karamatsu).

Kosuke Hagino of Japan displays his Silver medal he won at the Men’s 200m Individual Medley Final of the Swimming events during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de ...