Samurai Japan is returning to the World Baseball Classic stage with many of the same players who powered its 2023 title run, including Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Munetaka Murakami and Kazuma Okamoto.

Translation from Japanese to English: Play ball! Baseball has long been the national pastime in the United States, but it’s Japan that has dominated the sport on a global level at the World Baseball Classic. When Shohei Ohtani struck out Mike Trout for ...

TOKYO (AP) — 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 now Japanese. That's a point of pride at ...

The 2026 World Baseball Classic is shaping up to be an unforgettable spectacle, not just for the talent on the field, but also for the enticing incentives NPB has prepared for its players.

Seiya Suzuki was excited to play a key role for Team Japan in the World Baseball Classic three years ago, but an injury in late February that spring forced the Cubs' slugger to withdraw from the tournament.

Los Angeles Angels starter Yusei Kikuchi has become one of the more outspoken Angles in the last year or so. He made no secret of his unhappiness with interim manager Ray Montgomery during the second half of last season,