Translation from Japanese to English: Play ball! Baseball has long been the national pastime in the United States, but it’s Japan that has dominated the sport on a global level at the World Baseball ...

Takahashi will return to Japan for the 2026 season, Will Sammon of The Athletic reports.

What happens when a group of baseball-loving dreamers sets their sights on one of the most competitive leagues in the world? In "Can We Play Professional Baseball in Japan?", we take on our biggest ...

When Shohei Ohtani stepped onto the field at the Tokyo Dome in March 2025, he wasn’t just playing a game – he was carrying forward more than 100 years of baseball ties between the U.S. and Japan. It ...

Netflix is set to become the new Japanese home of the 2026 World Baseball Classic, marking the first time the streamer will deliver coverage of the Major League Baseball-owned tournament in the ...

Yamamoto and Sasaki both went to the Dodgers and joined fellow Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani. The Dodgers have won the last two World Series, with Yamamoto earning MVP honors in 2025 and Sasaki ...

NAGOYA, Japan — With its primary tenant away, the pro stadium here in central Japan was desolate outside. But inside, under its domed roof, there was bustle. Ichiro Suzuki led his team through a ...

Lee Dae-ho and Lee Seung-yuop — the first two players honored with KBO retirement tours — are taking the lead this year in ...

Ichiro and Dice K each contribute more than $1 million to disaster relief. TOKYO March 31, 2011 — -- The signature sounds of a new baseball season echoed outside northern Japan's Kesennuma high ...