The attitude toward the sport really began to change when Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, “Lefty” Gomez and other Major League Baseball (MLB) heavy hitters embarked on a goodwill tour of Japan in 1934. Babe ...

Hirokazu Ibata said he'll step down as Japan's manager after the defending champions lost to Venezuela in the World Baseball ...

The country has dominated the World Baseball Classic in the 2000s, but its baseball history started long before.

Japan, led by global superstar Shohei Ohtani, is set to start its 2026 World Baseball Classic campaign on Friday, looking to claim back-to-back titles. MORE: 2026 World Baseball Classic contenders ...

Hiroto Takahashi is expected to get the nod to start Japan's fourth World Baseball Classic fixture. The right-handed starter made his professional baseball debut with the Chunichi Dragons of the NPB ...

The Tokyo Pool of the 2026 World Baseball Classic has concluded, with Samurai Japan taking the top seed, while Korea narrowly advanced in second place via a tiebreaker over Australia and Chinese ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers are reportedly trying to lure a teenage pitching star from Japan away from the Nippon Professional Baseball draft, as the club looks to sign 17-year-old right-hander Shoki Oda ...

Local baseball trailblazer Sean Cruz is keeping his baseball career alive after signing with Japanese pro team Saga Asia ...

Radio host Evan Roberts claims the bracket for the 2026 World Baseball Classic was rigged to keep the USA and Japan separate until the final.

This week, we’re previewing all 20 teams set to participate in the WBC. We’ve covered Pool A, Pool B and Pool D. Next up is ...

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 ...