The Los Angeles Dodgers would not have won the 2025 World Series without the help of their three Japanese-born superstars. Baseball fans are well familiar with

Hideo Nomo. Ichiro Suzuki. Hideki Matsui. Daisuke Matsuzaka. Yu Darvish. Shohei Ohtani. Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Roki Sasaki. Every name represents a chapter in the unfolding history of Japanese stars who have captivated Major League Baseball fans during Hot Stove seasons past.

(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.S. and Japan. It was a massive financial success.

A new documentary on the shared love of baseball in the U.S. and Japan — created with the help of a Sonoma couple — is gaining acclaim.

Translation from Japanese to English: Play ball! 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 Classic. When Shohei Ohtani struck out Mike Trout for ...

The University of Hawaii baseball team is traveling to Japan for exhibition games and cultural exchange, aiming to strengthen ties with Japan and showcase their skills against top university teams.

It is hard to escape Shohei Ohtani in Japan, even while the country was glued to its own World Series equivalent. To Japanese fans, Ohtani is just about perfect: He hits home runs, pitches great, steals bases and has a reputation for being kind and humble.

The Korean national baseball team is ramping up preparations for the K-Baseball Series this winter and the World Baseball Classic (WBC) next year.

The president and Sanae Takaichi, the Japanese prime minister, traded compliments in Tokyo, but signaled no major breakthrough in resolving ongoing trade issues.

"I was so proud to see you communicate through baseball." The 'Kim Tae-kyun Baseball Camp International Exchange Exhibition' hosted by Kim Tae-kyun, a Korean professional baseball legend and current KBSN baseball commentator,