A Korean-Japanese slugger known as Hit Machine, he was one of Japanese baseball’s greatest hitters in a career that lasted ...

TOKYO (AP) — Isao Harimoto, the baseball great who survived the Hiroshima atomic bomb and still holds Japan's hits record, ...

Harimoto, who finished his career with 3,085 hits and is the only player in NPB history to reach 3,000, died at a Tokyo ...

Netflix will become the new home of the 2026 World Baseball Classic in Japan, as part of an exclusive media rights ...

TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

Major League Baseball has reached a deal with Netflix to stream the upcoming 2026 World Baseball Classic from Japan. The deal announced late Monday will see Netflix have exclusive rights to the ...

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Jaymiëll Martina sat in Lamade Stadium’s postgame media room on Saturday with his right shoulder wrapped in ice and a towel around his shoulders. His pitching duties in ...

Team Japan is the reigning champion of the World Baseball Classic. They won the 2023 tournament, beating the United States 3-2 in the final. The ending to the game is one of the most memorable moments ...

Last year’s World Series between the New York Yankees and the eventual champions, a Los Angeles Dodgers team led by Japanese phenom Shohei Ohtani, earned the best ratings in seven years. Just a year ...

TOKYO — During the early innings of a nighttime exhibition between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Yomiuri Giants, Nori Kawana walked through the concourse of the Tokyo Dome in disbelief. As the head of ...

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 ...