Major Leaguer Shohei Ohtani, who signed a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Dec. 11, is often referred to as a “unicorn” by local media. His inimitable talent as a two-way baseball player must make him as unique as the legendary creature.
Seisuke Okuno, a Liberal Democratic Party politician who died at age 103 in 2016, served as education minister (1972-1974) and justice minister (1980-1981) while remaining a Lower House legislator for 40 years.
Rock legend Dee Snider said that Elon Musk allowing controversial talk show host Alex Jones back on his platform was not free speech, just months after saying that online speech that "hurt people psychologically" was not acceptable. "This isn't free speech. These are awful people knowingly spreading falsehoods with malevolent intent," Snider wrote.
In her book titled “Koe wo Agete” (Raising my voice), former Ground Self-Defense Force member Rina Gonoi recalls calling a prosecutor last year to ask why her three superiors would not be indicted despite her claim they had sexually abused her.