Shohei Ohtani hit a solo homer in his return to the Tokyo Dome, Roki Sasaki threw three eventful innings in his big-league debut and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 on Wednesday night to sweep the two-game series in Japan.

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The baseball-mad country of Japan greeted perhaps the brightest star it has ever produced with silence. When Shohei Ohtani stepped into the batter’s box to open Major League Baseball’s season against his fellow countryman,

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Shoehei Ohtani, will surrender to federal agents on a later date after receiving a postponement, according to the Department of Justice.

Ippei Mizuhara was sentenced in federal court in Santa Ana last month to four years and nine months for bank and tax fraud after he stole nearly $17 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers player’s bank account.

It’s not a done deal yet, but if an agreement bent between the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement happens, immigrant advocates and attorneys say it will be the first time the government uses confidential taxpayer databases for wide-sweeping enforcement assistance.