About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season, headlined by Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the World Series champion Los ...

The story of baseball runs through the United States and Japan. It’s a ribbon threaded through the history of the sport and ...

There are a lot of similarities between baseball in the U.S. and Japan, but there are also subtle differences that will be on ...

When the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs square off in Tokyo this week for MLB’s season-opening series, it will underscore Japan’s pre-eminent role in baseball today.

No player in professional baseball history has slugged more home runs than the 868 that Oh hit over 22 seasons with the ...

Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki are all Dodgers. And a Japanese fan base has coalesced around its interest ...

Around the time that Roki Sasaki made his long-awaited decision to sign with the Dodgers, the city of Los Angeles was reeling ...

Matt Shaw singled in two runs to cap a four-run fifth inning as the Chicago Cubs beat the Yomiuri Giants 4-2 Sunday in the ...

Before becoming a Major League Baseball sensation with his unprecedented talent as a pitcher and hitter, Shohei Ohtani had ...

Spring training for Japanese baseball looks familiar; hitters in the batting cage, infielders taking ground balls, and fans ...

Masanori Murakami travelled to San Francisco 61 years ago this month on his way to becoming the first Japanese player in ...

Nearly 25 years after Ichiro Suzuki embarked on a Hall of Fame career for the Seattle Mariners, the impact of Japanese ...