Continuing a tradition that began in 2000, Major League Baseball returns to Tokyo for the 2025 season opener, reinforcing ...

LOS ANGELES--Shohei Ohtani hit his 175th home run in Major League Baseball, tying Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japan-born player with a solo shot during the first inning of the Los Angeles ...

Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 with the Seattle Mariners, the first Japanese position player to span the Pacific and an instant star. Left-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and ...

Matsuyama is back to defend his title — 123 miles south of last year’s victory. Last month’s devastating Los Angeles ...

Ohtani isn't the only Japanese baseball star to have been honored with a sculpture at the festival. Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui was featured in 2004, fresh off his rookie MLB ...

Yankees legend Hideki Matsui played seven seasons for the Yankees ... who paved the way for Japanese players in many ways. Certainly, there were Japanese players before Suzuki, but Suzuki opened ...

Hideki Matsui, Yu Darvish and others in MLB helped him make his decision, Morii responded in English: "Yes, of course." Matsui, a three-time MVP of Japan's Central League, played for Oakland in 2011.

Murakami is probably the best left-handed Japanese power-hitting prospect since Hideki Matsui. And it sounds like the Yankees are planning to make a serious pursuit of him as soon as he becomes ...

Hideki Matsui, Yu Darvish and others in MLB helped him make his decision, Morii responded in English: “Yes, of course." Matsui, a three-time MVP of Japan's Central League, played for Oakland in ...