Alden Gonzalez, ESPN editorDecember 30, 2024, 9:38 p.m. ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the LA Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the LA Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. The initial list of major league teams expressing interest in Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki expanded to 20, his agent, Joel Wolfe of … Read more
A Japanese inmate sentenced to death, nicknamed the “black widow” after used cyanide to kill her elderly loversdied in a detention center at the age of 78, officials announced Friday. Chisako Kakehi was sentenced to death for the murder of three men, including her husbandand the attempted murder of another man about a decade ago … Read more
Japanese officials said Wednesday they are closely monitoring whether China keeps its promise to prevent further violations of Japanese airspace after explaining that a incursion of a Chinese military plane almost three months ago, was unintentional and caused by turbulence. Tokyo protested and demanded an explanation from Beijing after a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance plane briefly … Read more