1 hour ago, joejoesox said:

Simple solution...

Ask Riku Nishida at BIRM what HE thinks about Southside Samurai (probably hard to answer) but especially why those jerseys might be upsetting to Japanese.

Los Angeles Times

Dodgers collaborate with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami...

The overwhelming popularity of artist Takashi Murakami's MLB Tokyo Series merchandise has fueled another round of colorful and joyful Dodgers gear.

Why couldn't the White Sox do something similar with Mune Murakami's merchandise???

Artist literally has the same exact last name.

"The Murakami gear was part of a record-breaking special event for Fanatics, in which the company reportedly took in $40 million across related merchandise and trading cards."

Since then Murakami has integrated his art on Louis Vuitton handbags, a Kanye West album cover and the Kid Cudi collaboration “Kids See Ghosts.” He also had a solo exhibition in 2022 at The Broad titled Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow that included sculpture, painting, wallpaper and immersive installations.

https://www.ebay.com/b/Louis-Vuitton-Murakami-Exterior-Bags-Handbags-for-Women/169291/bn_7116793397

For example, there's also the most famous Japanese living writer as well...

1Q84 (いちきゅうはちよん, Ichi-Kyū-Hachi-Yon; stylized in the Japanese cover as "ichi-kew-hachi-yon") is a novel written by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, first published in three volumes in Japan in 2009–2010.^[1] It covers a fictionalized year of 1984 in parallel with a "real" one. The novel is a story of how a woman named Aomame begins to notice strange changes occurring in the world. She is quickly caught up in a plot involving Sakigake, a religious cult, and her childhood love, Tengo, and embarks on a journey to discover what is "real".

Edited Tuesday at 04:43 PM4 days by caulfield12

Nice gesture by the Sox to celebrate Mune's 250th pro HR

He broke a Japanese record as the youngest player to reach that milestone across NPB/MLB