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Carson McCusker hit three home runs in one game earlier this month for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Manager Hirokazu Ibata has baseball fans worldwide on the edge of their seats. With the confirmation of MLB stars like Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the Japanese team is shaping up to be one ...

When Hideo Nomo joined the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995 as the first MLB player from Japan in three decades, his Rookie of the ...

Japanese slugger Rintaro Sasaki will sign with the Miami Marlins and forgo a professional career in his home country ...

Baseball is now well behind football, which more than 40% of Americans said was their favorite sport to watch in 2023. Baseball is Japan’s pastime in a way it isn’t for America anymore. The key will ...

When Shohei Ohtani struck out Mike Trout for the final out in a 3-2 victory over the U.S. during the 2023 championship game, it gave Japan its third WBC title in five tournaments. To simply say that ...

On the morning of the second and final game of Major League Baseball's Tokyo Series between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers on March 19, a dusting of snow fell on Japan's capital city — an ...

‘There Is Zero Accountability’: India’s ‘Cockroaches’ Question Modi and a Broken System Shohei Ohtani takes the field for the Los Angeles Dodgers in a game against the Washington Nationals at ...

TOKYO — The business of baseball looks a little different in Japan than it does in the U.S. One of the most popular sports souvenirs? Towels. Many varieties of towels, with printed images of top ...

Every four years, athletes across the world converge for the World Baseball Classic. While the United States' legacy in baseball is storied, one of its fiercest rivals on the international stage is ...

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 ...