And the craze is only increasing this year. The Dodgers started the regular season this year as the reigning World Series ...

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

Baseball in Japan — the game is called “yakyu” (field ball) in Japanese — carries more of a rock-concert vibe than its ...

The Astros Foundation is proud to partner with the Houston Denny’s Community Builders™ Scholarship program to award $76,000 in thirty-eight $2,000 scholarships in 2025 to students from the Greater ...

With all eyes from the rest of the Japanese baseball world clearly focused on Shohei Ohtani and his World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, fans of the Hanshin Tigers must be euphoric over what ...

It’s quite a moment for Japan, Japanese baseball and the dozens of players who slowly paved the road for today’s generation to be such a big part of the American baseball scene. “Very excite ...

While similar youth-led climate protests around the world have seen thousands and even tens of thousands of marchers, climate demonstrations in Japan rarely break the 100-person barrier.

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, if the stars all leave for the United States? About a dozen ...

Deeper social changes to Japan, including an aging, declining population and growing differences and political preferences between urban and rural voters, present fundamental challenges to the LDP ...