On the evening on March 9th and into March 10, 1945 the United States sent 334 B-29’s into Tokyo to drop over 450,000 fire bombs on the Sumida District in Tokyo. The resulting firestorm devastated almost 17 square miles of the city and approximately 100,000 people were killed as a result of the fire raid. […]
Tokyo Fire Raids - 63 Years Later
March 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments · History
Tags:annniversary·fire raids·History·japan·Sumida·tokyo
Japanese Baseball - An Overview
January 30th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Baseball
Baseball was imported to Japan from the Unites States as early as 1872 but wasn’t organized until 1934 with the creation of the Greater Japan Tokyo Baseball Club. The Japanese Baseball League was formed in 1937, consisting of eight teams, played until 1949 (except 1945, presumably because WWII). Starting in 1950, the Japanese Baseball […]