A controversial redevelopment plan in Tokyo's Jingu Gaien park threatens historic landmarks and green spaces. The project, ...

There was a time when he was at the top of his sport. The post Outcasted Dodgers Star Left Dejected as Baseball Career Faces ...

Multiple Japanese media outlets have reported that Tetsuya Hayashida, President and acting owner of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows ...

The Japanese Professional Baseball (NPB) is the main route to supply foreign players to the KBO League. A player who has ...

The Dodgers mourn the passing of Shigeo Nagashima, Japan’s “Mr. Baseball,” who died Tuesday in Tokyo at age 89. Nagashima became a legend for the Yomiuri Giants, who have enjoyed a ...

The Dodgers mourn the passing of Shigeo Nagashima, Japan’s “Mr. Baseball,” who died Tuesday in Tokyo at age 89. Nagashima became a legend for the Yomiuri Giants, who have enjoyed a ...

Active professional baseball players from the Chiba Lotte Marines and Tokyo Yakult Swallows, including Yuji Nishino, Yuuki Karakawa (Chiba Lotte Marines), and Naofumi Kizawa (Tokyo Yakult Swallows), ...

TOKYO -- Japan's professional baseball team the Tokyo Yakult Swallows announced Feb. 19 that the person who performs as the club's popular mascot Tsubakuro had passed away.

Former San Diego Padres Pedro Avila has signed with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Rather than accepting his minor league assignment from the Cleveland ...

Pedro Avila: Bound for JapanAvila agreed to a contract Wednesday with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, SI.com reports. Avila will head overseas after he elected ...

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball have signed right-hander Pedro Avila, according to multiple reports out of Japan. Avila elected free agency in January rather than accept ...

He is convinced that Mizuno can bring Japanese players to new levels. “In Japan’s professional baseball, high-tech data analytics, including Rapsodo and Hawk-Eye, have been used,” Chikada said.