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

The 2026 World Baseball Classic was a massive hit. From attendance to TV to sponsors, it all added up to a financial win for ...

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

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

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 ...

In Japan, where Netflix has exclusive rights to the WBC, residents are not used to paying subscription services to watch sporting events.

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 ...

Venezuela overcame Bryce Harper's late heroics to win the WBC championship game.

Major League Baseball plans to bring back the World Baseball Classic in 2029 or 2030 and it could eventually move to midseason like the Summer Olympics.

We've seen some famous faces in attendance for Pool C games in the Tokyo Dome during this year's World Baseball Classic. Bad Bunny was there. So was Timothée Chalamet. Of course, Shohei Ohtani is on ...

Few people on this planet can hit the ball as hard or as far as Munetaka Murakami. The Samurai Japan slugger, who inked a two-year, $34 million deal with the White Sox earlier this offseason, proved t ...