First Japanese player participates in the NHL, NBA is next!

Today, Yutaka Fukufuji became the first Japanese player to participate in an NHL game. His team, the Kings, still lost but he was brought in after the previous guy gave up five goals. Japan hosted the Winter Olympics in 1998 so I was hoping their interest in hockey would grow and maybe this will help. I’m waiting to see more players come in from other countries that have participated in the World Cup and Olympics: Germany, Latvia, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. Makes me wonder why I haven’t been able to find a Norwegian player.