Japanese-Americans recall 'inter-camp' baseball league

Japanese-Americans recall 'inter-camp' baseball league

LOS ANGELES, United States - Former detainees at Japanese-American internment camps in the United States during World War II who were involved in the 1944 baseball games among teams from the internment camps -- George Iseri, Tetsuo Furukawa, Kenso Zenimura and Ernie Inoue (from R) -- are reunited in 2014.

Baseball: Fighters OK Otani's use of posting system to go to majors

Baseball: Fighters OK Otani's use of posting system to go to majors

Nippon Ham Fighters pitcher-slugger Shohei Otani leaves a players dormitory in Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 10, 2017, to meet with club manager Hideki Kuriyama and president Kenso Takeda in Tokyo. The Fighters announced their decision to allow Otani to move to the major leagues for the 2018 season through the offseason posting system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. internment camp history marked at Arizona park

U.S. internment camp history marked at Arizona park

Kenso Zenimura, an 89-year-old former Japanese professional baseball player, points to a photo showing him held at an internment camp for Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans during World War II in Chandler, Arizona as the city unveils on Jan. 21, 2017 a series of panels with information about the area's wartime history. The city held a ceremony to unveil the panels near Nozomi Park, the complex of baseball parks and swimming pools, ahead of the 75th anniversary of the Feb. 19, 1942, signing by President Franklin Roosevelt of an executive order which resulted in the incarceration of Japanese immigrants and U.S. citizens of Japanese descent. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Kuriyama to continue as Fighters manager next season

Baseball: Kuriyama to continue as Fighters manager next season

Nippon Ham Fighters manager Hideki Kuriyama (C) shakes hands with club owner Juichi Suezawa and club president Kenso Takeda in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2016. The Japan Series-winning manager accepted the club's offer to extend his contract through the end of the 2017 season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo