Just like Major League Baseball, Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball is set to kick off this week, beginning this Friday.

Nippon Professional Baseball officials, left, talk in Tokyo on March 24, 2025, about the governing body's decisions on 16 individuals found to have gambled online, which is illegal in Japan.

Nippon Professional Baseball's flag is seen hanging at Tokyo Dome on March 1, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nippon Professional Baseball's 12 clubs have decided to impose fines on players found ...

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Tokyo, March 24 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, or NPB, said Monday that a total of 16 players of eight teams, including Orix Buffaloes pitcher Taisuke Yamaoka ...

And now the effort is under review by Minor League Baseball. Here’s why. The team, the Double-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles -- shared two logos. One is a bird perched on a bat ...

Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the offseason, the 23-year-old Sasaki has four years of experience in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball but qualifies as an MLB rookie. He is the No. 1 ...

Japanese pitchers who make the jump to the major leagues have often said the baseballs there are slipperier than those in Nippon Professional Baseball. But no one had done a scientific study on ...

Nippon Steel (NISTF) and the U.S. government agree that its planned acquisition of U.S. Steel (X) will strengthen the American steel industry and wider manufacturing sector, the Japanese ...

dating back to barnstorming games that saw players like Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig play in exhibition games in Japan to the now deeper relationship between MLB and Nippon Professional Baseball.

Baseball’s next big star could be part of this year’s rookie class. Here is a closer look at some of the majors’ most intriguing rookies this year: ...