Baseball: MLB Winter Meetings

Baseball: MLB Winter Meetings

Photo taken in Dallas, Texas, on Dec. 8, 2024, shows the venue of the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings, set to start the following day for a four-day run.

Tennis: Nishikori

Tennis: Nishikori

DALLAS, United States, Feb. 3 Kyodo - Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori pumps his fist after winning a point against Jason Jung of Taiwan in the semifinal of the RBC Tennis Championships, an ATP Challenger Tour event in Dallas, Texas, on Feb. 2, 2018. Nishikori beat Jung in straight sets to advance to the final.

Togashi practices with NBA's Mavericks

Togashi practices with NBA's Mavericks

DALLAS, United States - Japanese point guard Yuki Togashi speaks during the Dallas Mavericks' practice session in Dallas, Texas, on Oct. 16, 2014.

Togashi signs contract with Mavericks

Togashi signs contract with Mavericks

DALLAS, United States - Yuki Togashi (R), a 21-year-old Japanese professional basketball player, smiles while working out in Dallas, Texas, on Oct. 15, 2014, after the Dallas Mavericks announced they had signed a contract with him. Togashi, who played for Dallas' summer league team this year, will play for a team in a lower league that starts in November.

American-US Air merger

American-US Air merger

DALLAS, United States - Photo taken Nov. 11, 2013, shows an American Airlines' plane (R back) and US Airways' airplane (L front) at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas. The U.S. Department of Justice has struck a deal with American Airlines and US Airways allowing them to merge and create the world's biggest airline, the department and the carriers said Nov. 12.

9 nations note 'better-than-expected progress' in TPP talks

9 nations note 'better-than-expected progress' in TPP talks

DALLAS, United States - Trade officials from nine countries involved in negotiations on a trans-Pacific free trade agreement attend a press conference after their 12th round of talks in Dallas, Texas, on May 16, 2012. The chief U.S. negotiator noted ''better-than-expected progress.''

Japanese cheerleader for Mavs

Japanese cheerleader for Mavs

TOKYO, Japan - Natsuki Kaito, a rookie member of the Dallas Mavericks Dancers in the U.S. National Basketball Association, poses in Dallas, Texas, on June 5, 2011. Kaito, a 29-year-old Japanese national, went to the United States in 2010 to join the squad. She said she decided to remain in the United States after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan to pursue her dancing career, but donated her entire salary for the 2010-2011 season for the victims.