Japanese baseball has a rich history, but a series of structural factors stand in the way of it becoming a phenomenon in ...

All are beloved fictional baseball characters found through the decades within Japanese comic books, the artform now known ...

Yamamoto signed a $325 million, 12-year deal last offseason and was asked a few weeks ago at spring training in Arizona if the loss of great players could hurt Japanese baseball. “That’s a ...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto had a little extra zip on his fastball. Shohei Ohtani even admitted to some nerves. There was little doubt ...

Professional baseball across the Pacific has a history that also involves Hawaiʻi. Before former Cubs outfielder Kosuke ...

The regular season is kicking off in Tokyo with a two-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, both of which have been boosted by Japanese players.

Chicago Cubs fans take pride in being underdogs, a role that ended briefly when they won the World Series in 2016 to end a ...

In the history of the Major League, Japanese power has never been as strong as it is these days. Since Hideo Nomo joined the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995 and won the Rookie of the Year award with his ...

There was the crack of Shohei Ohtani’s bat, the roars from the Tokyo Dome crowd and the beeps from the credit card machines at the massive merchandise center selling boatloads of Los Angeles Dodgers a ...

Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed ...

The Nationals announced on Friday that they’ve optioned left-handers Shinnosuke Ogasawara and DJ Herz to Triple-A Rochester.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, fantasy baseball is BACK ... way ability — Ohtani the hitter and pitcher are two different players for fantasy of course — this season) and already his first ...