Professional baseball umpires across Japan wore the number 29 on their helmets in solidarity with a colleague who is still ...

Japanese baseball has adopted a rule to punish players for dangerous swings, as an umpire remains unconscious almost a month after being accidentally hit on the head by a bat. Nippon Professional ...

TOKYO (AP) — Defending champion Japan rallied from a 1-0 deficit to defeat Australia 4-3 on Sunday, propelled by a two-run home run from Masataka Yoshida in the seventh inning during the World ...

Last week, the San Francisco Giants designated an outfielder for assignment after he began the season with a .406 OPS in 35 ...

All eyes were on Shohei Ohtani on Saturday, as they are almost anywhere he goes in the baseball world. He spent time during batting practice with Lars Nootbaar, a teammate during Japan’s World ...

Samurai Japan’s starting lineup for the 2026 World Baseball Classic quarterfinal against Venezuela was stacked with stars, ...

Head coach Hirokazu Ibata #89 of Japan calls a pitching change in the fifth inning during the exhibition game between Orix Buffaloes and Japan at Kyocera Dome Osaka on March 2, 2026 in Osaka, Japan.

YOKOHAMA—The Yokohama DeNA BayStars completed a remarkable playoff run by trouncing the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 11-2 on Nov. 3 to win their first Japan Series championship in 26 years.

In the quiet aftermath of a national heartbreak, the words of Shohei Ohtani carried the weight of an entire baseball nation on Monday when the two-way sensation wrote a heartfelt message on his ...

TOKYO — Defending champion Japan hit four home runs – two by Chicago Cubs slugger Seiya Suzuki – to beat South Korea 8-6 on Saturday and stay undefeated in Pool C of the World Baseball Classic.