Baseball has a deep history in the United States and is even referred to as “America’s pastime.” However, the truth of the matter is that the U.S. is ceding its status as the top of the sport to a new ...

Tadahito Iguchi, who previously managed the Lotte Marines, has been tapped as the next skipper of Japan's national baseball ...

When Hideo Nomo joined the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995 as the first MLB player from Japan in three decades, his Rookie of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dan has written 41 books and more than 25,000 articles about baseball. For more than a century, baseball has built a bridge ...

Carson McCusker hit three home runs in one game earlier this month for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Baseball is now well behind football, which more than 40% of Americans said was their favorite sport to watch in 2023. Baseball is Japan’s pastime in a way it isn’t for America anymore. The key will ...

When Shohei Ohtani struck out Mike Trout for the final out in a 3-2 victory over the U.S. during the 2023 championship game, it gave Japan its third WBC title in five tournaments. To simply say that ...

Shohei Ohtani takes the field for the Los Angeles Dodgers in a game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Apr. 24, 2024. For baseball fans, it is natural for such a successful player to ...

SAN ANTONIO, Zambales — A Philippine youth baseball team returned home with a bronze medal in the 10U Pony All Japan Baseball ...

Sho-Time: TK million Japanese fans tuned in to see Shohei Ohtani hit his first postseason home run in Game 5 of the NLDS. Baseball has long been known as America’s pastime, but during the 2024 MLB ...

TOKYO — The business of baseball looks a little different in Japan than it does in the U.S. One of the most popular sports souvenirs? Towels. Many varieties of towels, with printed images of top ...

Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball, and Ichiro Suzuki enters the Hall of Fame later this year, reminders that some of the top talent in American baseball is ...