What’s the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?
Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball. He's among many Japanese stars who have left to ...
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NPB clubs show there's more to Japanese baseball than MLB stars
The four exhibition games between the MLB and NPB clubs showed that the well of talent in Japan runs deeper than the nation’s ...
From Oh to Ohtani and beyond: How Japanese baseball reached new heights
No player in professional baseball history has slugged more home runs than the 868 that Oh hit over 22 seasons with the ...
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Japan's passion for baseball on full display at Tokyo Series special events
It is hard to find a block in the heart of Tokyo that does not feature a banner or advertisement featuring Dodgers superstar ...
Sho-time in Tokyo: Ohtani, Dodgers prepare to open MLB season vs. Cubs on Tuesday
The Major League Baseball season kicks off Tuesday night at the Tokyo Dome when Shohei Ohtani and the defending World Series ...
When is 2025 MLB Opening Day? Japan Series, matchups, start times, probable starting pitchers
As teams continue to prepare for the start of the 2025 MLB season, below is everything you need to know about Opening Day for ...
After meeting with NPB, Rob Manfred not expecting change to Japanese player acquisitions
Manfred met with his NPB counterpart Sadayuki Sakakibara on Sunday, the second of two days of games between MLB teams and NPB teams.
America’s Pastime Is Being Completely Transformed—by Japan
When the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs square off in Tokyo this week for MLB’s season-opening series, it will underscore Japan’s pre-eminent role in baseball today.
From Nomo to Ichiro to Ohtani: Japan's baseball rise in MLB hits high point in Dodgers-Cubs series
Nearly 25 years after Ichiro Suzuki embarked on a Hall of Fame career for the Seattle Mariners, the impact of Japanese ...
Smoking areas in clubhouse, no pitch clock: MLB players get a taste of baseball in Japan
There are a lot of similarities between baseball in the U.S. and Japan, but there are also subtle differences that will be on ...
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Dodgers' Japanese trio of Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki captivate homeland in MLB Tokyo Series
The moment Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki set foot in Japan for MLB's Tokyo series, their homeland ...
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Sasaki a symbol of hope for people of Japan
Around the time that Roki Sasaki made his long-awaited decision to sign with the Dodgers, the city of Los Angeles was reeling ...