SEOUL, South Korea—Mai Fukuo was gift-shopping for a friend. Hideki Chiba was in the same sports store in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo looking for something for his father-in-law.
They each picked up items in blue—Los Angeles Dodgers Blue, of course. This reflects the color revolution that’s evident all over Tokyo in the last few months since Shohei Ohtani moved from the Los Angeles Angels—base color, red—to sign a $700-million, 10-year contract with the Dodgers.
