All posts tagged "japanese"

  • Hisashi Iwakuma (Korea Times file)
    Iwakuma happily back in Seattle after failed Dodgers deal

    SEATTLE (AP) — Throughout Hisashi Iwakuma’s free agency, the Seattle Mariners remained in contact and the team as quick to react when the pitcher unexpectedly became available again. Iawkuma was back in Seattle on Friday after agreeing...

    • Posted December 18, 2015
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  • Im Su-hwan, the grand prize winner of the 4th Korea Multicultural Youth Awards, smiles in the hallway of Deogam High School in Gimje, North Joella Province, Monday. (Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul)
    ‘I will become a teacher to help children like me’

    Im Su-hwan, 17, the top prize winner of the 4th Korea Multicultural Youth Awards organized by The Korea Times says becoming an elementary school teacher will be a step toward helping young children from multicultural backgrounds like...

    • Posted December 16, 2015
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  • Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma tosses a baseball as he poses for a photo in front of the manual scoreboard at Safeco Field after he threw a no-hitter against the Baltimore Orioles in a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, in Seattle. The Mariners won 3-0. (AP Photo/Ted S.)
    Hitless in Seattle: Iwakuma becomes 2nd Japanese-born pitcher to throw no-hitter in MLB

    SEATTLE (AP) — Hisashi Iwakuma has become the second Japanese-born pitcher in major league history to throw a no-hitter, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 3-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday. Iwakuma struck out seven...

    • Posted August 12, 2015
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  • A cameraman films a broken power pole along the highway after a fatal crash Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, in Oceanside, Calif. Three Japanese college students were killed and five other foreign students were injured when a car carrying them veered off a California freeway and struck a power pole, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
    3 Japanese students killed in California crash

    OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Three Japanese college students were killed and five other foreign students were injured when a car carrying them veered off a California freeway and struck a power pole, officials said Friday. All eight...

    • Posted August 22, 2014
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