The Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball have signed right-hander Pedro Avila, according to multiple reports out of Japan. Avila elected free agency in January rather than accept ...

Asked about the milestone after the game, the 22-year-old cleanup hitter alluded to Wladimir Balentien's Nippon Professional Baseball record of 60 for the Swallows in 2013. "Yakult had a ...

Murakami now holds the record for most home runs in a season by a Japanese-born player in Nippon Professional Baseball. Murakami, playing for the Tokyo-based Yakult Swallows, hit his 56th home run ...

TOKYO -- Japan's professional baseball team the Tokyo Yakult Swallows announced Feb. 19 that the person who performs as the club's popular mascot Tsubakuro had passed away.

Former San Diego Padres Pedro Avila has signed with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Rather than accepting his minor league assignment from the Cleveland ...

Avila agreed to a contract Wednesday with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, SI.com reports. Avila will head overseas after he elected free agency in January rather ...

TOKYO -- Nippon Professional Baseball's Yakult Swallows clinched the Central League pennant on Sept. 25 with a 1-0 win over the Yokohama BayStars. And with its second league championship in as ...

Tokyo Yakult Swallows infielder and Team Japan superstar Munetaka Murakami will be heading to the ... two of the most sought-after free agents have come from Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows employee whose humor and quick wit made Tsubakuro one of the most popular mascots in Japanese professional baseball has died, the team said Feb. 19.

Rintaro Mizuno, a catcher with Kyoto University’s baseball team, is expected to work as an analyst for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in 2025. (Ken Murota) ...

T OKYO -- Japan's professional baseball team the Tokyo Yakult Swallows announced Feb. 19 that the person who performs as the club's popular mascot Tsubakuro had passed away.