Japanese baseball sensation Munetaka Murakami is making waves in the US with the Chicago White Sox, signing a lucrative $34 ...

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 ...

Former baseball star who came to Japan in 1984 and played seven seasons with the Yomiuri Giants dreams of reviving the ...

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 ...

Another Japanese standout could be on his way to the majors after all. Right-handed pitcher Takahiro Norimoto, a prolific strikeout artist during his 13 seasons with Nippon Professional Baseball’s ...

TOKYO — Plans to demolish a historic baseball stadium where Babe Ruth played and an adjacent rugby venue are at the heart of a disputed park redevelopment in Tokyo that critics say trades history and ...

Tokyo is about to become the center of the baseball universe. The 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome isn’t just a baseball stadium; it’s a full-fledged entertainment hub. Opened in 1988, it has hosted some of the ...

A month ago Dodgers gear festooned with colorful flowers in the unmistakable designs of acclaimed Japanese artist Takashi Murakami sold out in minutes at a pop-up on Fairfax Avenue. A couple of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a 2024 exhibition game at Manzanar, players – many of them descendants of internment camp detainees – donned custom 1940s-style ...