The MLB hot stove is about to kick into high gear. Here's everything to know about the latest star player from Japan.

This winter could mark another chapter in the New York Yankees’ ongoing pursuit of Japanese talent. Over the weekend, word […]

Japanese star Munetaka Murakami is predicted to get a five-year, $80 million contract, but one stat stands out as red flag.

Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan's most celebrated actors who was a frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi, died. He was 92.

Murakami’s arrival on the open market has created immediate buzz because of his age, track record and prodigious power. A left-handed hitter, he broke the single-season Japanese home run mark with 56 in 2022 and has piled up well over 200 homers in eight full seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball, Japan’s highest league.

Russia imposed entry bars on Tuesday on 30 Japanese individuals, including a foreign ministry official, in response to sanctions introduced by Tokyo as part of moves to denounce Moscow's actions in its more than three-year-old war in Ukraine.

The UK's biggest celebration of Japanese culture will come to Manchester for the first time later this week. The three-day Hyper Japan exhibition will open at Manchester Central Convention Centre on Friday. The annual event, which has been held in London for the last 15 years, has never been staged outside the capital before.