How many 2025 MLB All-Stars are playing for Team USA, the Dominican Republic and Mexico in the 2026 World Baseball Classic?

The poignancy of five Japanese ballplayers returning to their home country as Major League stars resonated with the baseball ...

Japan looks to defend its World Baseball Classic crown in 2026. Here is who has been named to the roster.

Samurai Japan is returning to the World Baseball Classic stage with many of the same players who powered its 2023 title run, including Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Munetaka Murakami and Kazuma ...

Japanese baseball superstar Kazuma Okamoto has agreed a free-agent contract with the Toronto Blue Jays to finally end speculation over his MLB landing spot. Okamoto, 29, has a league-best 247 home ...

In an effort to improve their international scouting presence, the New York Yankees are planning to add Nao Masamoto to their front office, league sources said Wednesday, gaining ...

The Philadelphia Phillies have been trying to tap into the rich Japanese baseball pipeline in recent years. Will that change this offseason? Tatsuya Imai is the latest pitcher from Japan coveted by ...

Munetaka Murakami is officially posted by the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. He has a 45 day window to negotiate with any MLB team. If an agreement doesn't happen, he goes back Japan and plays in Nippon ...

Los Angeles Angels starter Yusei Kikuchi has become one of the more outspoken Angles in the last year or so. He made no secret of his unhappiness with interim manager Ray Montgomery during the second ...

GAME TWO IS THE FOCUS. THANK YOU STEPH. THIS SERIES AS WITH ANY SERIES AGAINST THE DODGERS, BRINGS INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION. 12 NEWS HANNAH HILYARD IS HERE WITH THAT PART OF THE STORY. DOZENS OF ...

In spring 1942, 15-year-old Momo Nagano needed a way to fill her time. She was imprisoned at the Manzanar Relocation Center along with approximately 10,000 other people of Japanese ancestry. When ...