At the WBC game against South Korea, seeing Samurai Japan’s Lars Nootbaar go for a mighty diving catch and sprint tenaciously to second base by outdoing the defense, he must have been nodding, “Yes! This is it!”
In the early hours of January 5, 2025, just after 5:00 a.m., while pre-dawn stillness held sway over Tokyo, the Toyosu Market—one of the world’s largest seafood markets—was charged with its once-a-year electricity.