Good Optics: The 1955 Yankees Tour of Japan
The Yankees arrive in Japan on October 20, 1955. (Rob Fitts Collection) On Thursday, October 20, 1955, the New York Yankees and their entourage landed at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to begin a three-week, 16-game goodwill tour of Japan. There, they were mobbed by kimono-clad young women bearing bouquets, an eager press corps, and a […]