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Asian visitors to Japan fell because of a manga prediction. Here’s why

eriinfo.com6 hours ago07 mins

A fan of Japanese manga reads a comic in his home in Kamisu in Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture. Philip Fong | Afp | Getty Images Visitor interest in Japan plunged in June, amid a prophecy in a manga that predicted a “disaster” would strike Japan in July 2025. The prediction was in a 2021 reprint of…

As Ichiro Suzuki becomes 1st Asian MLB Hall of Famer, Asian players share how he paved the way for them

eriinfo.com1 week ago010 mins

For baseball fans across the country, outfielder Ichiro Suzuki’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame this weekend is the capstone to a storied career of broken records. But for players of Asian descent, it’s also a profound moment of recognition and visibility. Suzuki, who spent the majority of his 19 years in Major League…