Matsui replaces interim manager Hideki Hashigami, who took over in May after Shinnosuke Abe resigned from the job.

The Philadelphia Phillies need some extra starting pitching depth, and they would love to sign their first notable Japanese ...

The Yomiuri Giants unveil former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui as their new manager during a press conference on Oct ...

In the autumn of 2026, Shoki Oda, a right-handed pitcher from Yokohama High School with a top speed of 157 km/h, submitted ...

Former Japanese baseball star Hayato Mishima has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for a series of sexual assaults against 10 women, marking his third conviction for sex-related offenses.

Tetsuya Chiba, a legendary Japanese manga artist best known for his boxing series “Ashita no Joe,” or “Fighting for Tomorrow, ...

His favorite player is Yoshinobu Yamamoto. He follows one major league team on Instagram: The Dodgers. And while people ...

JAPANESE superstar Teruaki Sato is officially going to be part of this offseason’s MLB free agent class. The Hanshin Tigers ...

TOKYO (AP) — Teruaki Sato of the Hanshin Tigers is aiming to be the next Japanese slugger to move to American baseball. Sato, who hit 39 home runs this season with 106 RBIs and a batting average of ...

I won the lottery for Game 2 of the Japan Series, so I went to Yokohama Stadium to watch the game in the rain. As far as I ...

Third baseman Teruaki Sato, coming off a historic season with Nippon Professional Baseball’s Hanshin Tigers, will officially ...

A U.S. Wheat Associates trade team from Japan visited Colin Schultheis’ family’s wheat farm in Colton, Wash., in July, just as Colin got home from baseball practice. […] ...