We haven’t mentioned him here in our short three months as East Windup Chronicle, but Saito Yuki (斎藤 佑樹) well-worth keeping an eye on if you aren’t already doing so.
In concluding his freshman year at  Waseda Univerity Saito became the first freshman pitcher to be named to the league’s ”Best Nine” all-star team in both the spring […]

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You may not know this, but Korean fried chicken is the best in the world.
I never even liked fried chicken before I came to Korea. Now I want to eat it nearly every weekend, preferably with a pitcher or bottle of lager-style beer.
 
photo Daily Kimchi
This is already known in areas of New York, where Korean chicken […]

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The Konami Cup, now called the Konami Cup Asia Series (watch out for the dizzying flash video), reveals itself as a kind of exhibition–the champions from the Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese leagues, along with the Chinese national team, all coming to Tokyo to play a round-robin, with a championship game on the fourth day.
But the cup has a great […]

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