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Extractions: This Article Full Text (PDF) Full Text (OnlineFirst[PDF]) ... Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Reprints and Permissions David Tokiharu Mayeda This article examines American media portrayals of two Japanese pitchers now playing American major league baseball: Hideo Nomo and Hideki Irabu. Data gathered for this article were drawn from the sports sections of the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and Sports Illustrated. Evidence suggests that journalistic portrayals of Asian athletes have perpetuated stereotypes in regard to both Asian Americans and Asian nationals. Specifically, this article argues that portrayals of Nomo and Irabu have reified stereotypes of Asian Americans and Asian nationals as model minorities and economic threats. The author suggests that a
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Extractions: Japan Today Specials Classifieds Jobfinder ... Issue Index Original Features Features Mini Features Cultural Features Life in Japan ... Big in Japan Practical Jobfinder Money Talks Tokyo Tech Web Watch ... Word of Mouth Travel Travel Features Japan Travel International Travel Travelogue Style Art Artifacts Fashion Tokyo Talk ... Buyline Music Japan Beat CD Reviews In Person Concerts ... Clubbing GAME PLAN (03-5259-7406) at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama on Sept 19. However, Tamesue should be there, as will Russian World champions Yelena Isinbayeva (pole vault) and Olga Kuzenkova (hammer), as well as Olympic 100 meters champion Justin Gatlin. FV 440: 2002 J.League Stage 2 By Fred Varcoe Hideki Matsui Baseball may not be a global game yet, but in the minds of the Japanese public, it's gone as global as it needs to. If a Japanese baseball player can become a star on the most famous baseball team in the world, that's global enough by any definition. So, when Hideki Matsui comes to town with the New York Yankees for games at the Tokyo Dome (March 28, 30 and 31), he'll arrive as a manifestation of all that's possible in Japanese sports (er, don't mention Hideki "The Fat Toad" Irabu). As if that wasn't tough enough, every game Matsui played was broadcast live in Japan, around 100 Japanese journalists followed him all over the place, and the reputation of an entire country rested on the shoulders of one baseball player. But Matsui shone as a media guy. No pouting, no back doors, no saying "No."
