MLB is trying to expand in Japan. Can Japan’s NPB grow in America?
Japanese baseball has a rich history, but a series of structural factors stand in the way of it becoming a phenomenon in ...
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Giants’ $15M Star’s Brother Defends Tokyo Series Start Time Amid Massive Backlash
Opening the 2025 season in Tokyo was supposed to be Major League Baseball's way of honoring the game's popularity and ...
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American football finds a way in Japan
While the Philadelphia Eagles smashed the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX in February, two teams in Japan fought for the ...
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Takeaways from Tokyo: Reliving the best of Dodgers' time in Japan
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Ohtani and Dodgers top Cubs in historic opening day in Tokyo
The Dodgers were a long way from Los Angeles on Tuesday but with Shohei Ohtani and two more Japanese stars they were the home team for Tokyo fans in a historic season-opening 4-1 victory over the ...
Sho-time in Tokyo: Ohtani, Dodgers prepare to open MLB season vs. Cubs on Tuesday
It’s the first of a two-game series and features five Japanese players. Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and rookie Roki Sasaki ...
Tokyo Series atmosphere shows Shohei Ohtani is more than ‘a representative of Japan’
The response to Shohei Ohtani at the Tokyo Dome on Friday reestablished a longstanding truth about the Dodgers: In Japan’s ...