From Babe Ruth to Shohei Ohtani, the Major League Baseball bond with Japan has evolved into a powerful cultural and financial ...

The MLB is about to get another Japanese sensation. Over the last few years, there’s been a steady influx of Japanese sensations that turn out to be studs in the MLB. Shohei Ohtani is the obvious ...

Baseball might be America’s pastime, but it is also an omnipresent part of everyday life in Japan. Never was that more clear ...

"Happy to play and represent Japan again," Ohtani wrote. Here is his announcement: ...

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (17) celebrates after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays in game seven of the 2025 MLB World Series at Rogers Centre on Nov. 1. (John E. Sokolowski-Imagn ...

Munetaka Murakami, who belted a league-leading 56 home runs in the Nippon Professional Baseball League in 2022, will be an attractive free agent target for MLB teams. / Sam Navarro-Imagn Images ...

How does MLB's Japanese Posting System work? Here's a primer, with Munetaka Murakami likely on his way to the show.

All international sponsorships are supposed to go through the league to prevent a free-for-all. That's not what happened here ...