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

The Tokyo Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs is a full circle moment for Japanese baseball.

The Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers can party like it's 2022 on the baseball field for a few days in Japan, and even ...

The Dodgers have a monopoly on prominent Japanese players. MLB is fine with that, especially as Shohei Ohtani sells out ...

The Nippon Professional Baseball logo. OSAKA -- The association for players in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) has asked the organization not to impose penalties, such as suspensions ...

On a brisk winter day, high-school freshman Rin Saito’s cleats crunch the snow as she rubs the leather of the ball against her gray and purple uniform. With each crack of the bat, she dreams of ...

This file photo shows Nippon Professional Baseball Commissioner Sadayuki Sakakibara speaking in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2024. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nippon Professional Baseball executives and ...

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The Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball have signed right-hander Pedro Avila, according to multiple reports out of Japan. Avila elected free agency in January rather than ...

He expressed his gratitude to his family, friends and fans for supporting him during his career and thanked all the teams he played for during his Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and MLB days. “I ...

The Seibu Lions signed Yan to a minor league contract and he made their Nippon Professional Baseball team, playing at Japan's highest level and earning more in one season than he had his entire ...