Goro Shigeno. Tatsuya Uesugi. Eijun Sawamura. Hyūma Hoshi. All are beloved fictional baseball characters found through the decades within Japanese comic books, the artform now known worldwide as manga ...

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Mookie Betts was at a Tokyo elementary school this winter when he asked a group of third- and fourth-graders a simple question: What do you want to be when you grow up?

Japanese high schooler Rintaro Sasaki has decided to forego the Nippon Professional Baseball draft and has instead declared his intention to play NCAA baseball in the United States, per ESPN's Kiley ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When Shohei Ohtani stepped onto the field at the Tokyo Dome in March 2025, he wasn’t just playing a game – he was carrying forward more than 100 years of baseball ties between the U ...

Major leaguers Yu Darvish, Shohei Ohtani, and Seiya Suzuki are among the 12 players on Japan's preliminary roster for the upcoming World Baseball Classic, according to the Associated Press. The rest ...

Baseball has grown far from its home in Cooperstown, New York, becoming a beloved international game. The United States and Japan are hosts to the two most popular professional baseball leagues today, ...

Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. 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 ...

The crack of the bat is almost here with Opening Day for the 2025 Major League Baseball season set for March 27. But while MLB has become known for its melting pot of backgrounds among players, this ...

TOKYO — Japan officials on Friday named 12 members of their World Baseball Classic team who will represent the country later this year. They include three major leaguers: Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles ...