Shohei Ohtani hit a solo homer in his return to the Tokyo Dome, Roki Sasaki threw three eventful innings in his big league ...

That's a point of pride at home, but also a reason to worry. What happens to baseball in Japan, to the country's pro league, ...

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

Baseball fever swept through Tokyo on Tuesday as the MLB season got underway, offering fans a rare opportunity to glimpse ...

The crack of the bat is almost here with Opening Day for the 2025 Major League Baseball season set for March 27. But while ...

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

The baseball-mad country of Japan greeted perhaps the brightest star it has ever produced with silence. When Shohei Ohtani ...

The Cubs have had sporadic interactions with the Japanese talent pool over the years, notably pursuing players like Masahiro Tanaka and Shohei Ohtani. However, it was their aggressive pursuit of Seiya ...

When the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs square off in Tokyo this week for MLB’s season-opening series, it will ...

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

For two days in Japan, it's the Hanshin Tigers who have have looked like the class of Major League Baseball's National League ...

TOKYO -- The expectations for Shohei Ohtani's first trip to Japan as a major league player were massive and unyielding. He is ...