The Japan Professional Baseball (NPB) and the prestigious club Yomiuri Giants representing the NPB were humiliated. The official major league website incorrectly marked the team of the Yomiuri star.

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 16: Kazuma Okamoto #25 of the Yomiuri Giants hits a two-run double in the fifth inning during the game between the Chicago Cubs and the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on Sunday, ...

Japan's 2026 World Baseball Classic roster, led by stars Shohei Ohtani and Munetaka Murakami, faces hurdles due to the ...

Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball, and Ichiro Suzuki enters the Hall of Fame later this year, reminders that some of the top talent in American baseball is ...

Japanese baseball superstar Kazuma Okamoto has agreed a free-agent contract with the Toronto Blue Jays to finally end speculation over his MLB landing spot. Okamoto, 29, has a league-best 247 home ...

The crack of the bat. The growing crescendo of cheers as the ball flew over the outfield fence. The flashing lights in celebration of the home run. The jubilation of the team and stadium announcer as ...

The Nippon-Ham Fighters did it again. It was a particularly cheerful moment for the Fighters because they were on the verge of losing their star two-way player Shohei Ohtani to the Los Angeles Angels.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are reportedly trying to lure a teenage pitching star from Japan away from the Nippon Professional Baseball draft, as the club looks to sign 17-year-old right-hander Shoki Oda ...

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As baseball fever piques with the Oct. 24 start of the World Series, which features Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a new documentary, created with the help of a Sonoma ...