Manager Hirokazu Ibata is expecting Japan's Major League Baseball contingent to form his team's backbone when Samurai Japan goes in pursuit of its fourth World Baseball Classic championship in March ...

Japan is staring down a demographic cliff. The population has shrunk for 15 straight years, with births hitting a record low of 730,000 last year and deaths a record high of 1.58 million.

SINGAPORE – As Tsutomu Ogura reflects on a creditable ... Moving forward, the Japanese tactician is hoping to see a more competitive atmosphere within the Lions camp, after the 3-1 second ...

Twenty U.S. Major League Baseball teams have expressed hopes of interviewing Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, who aims to play in the United States using the posting system, his agent, Joel Wolfe ...

As 2024 nears its end and we look back on the year in entertainment, it was clearly one when Japan-related works loomed large on the global market. It is a diverse group of works. Some were made ...

On the heels of the release of Baseball America’s top 150 starting pitchers and relievers for dynasty baseball in 2025, Geoff Pontes and Dylan White go into more details about some standout ...

The Roki Sasaki sweepstakes are underway, as MLB teams have lined up to schedule meetings with the Japanese pitcher. The 23-year-old is officially posted, and every team can sign the 23-year-old ...

The world champion Los Angeles Dodgers reportedly are among the Major League Baseball teams to have met with Japanese star Roki Sasaki. News of the meeting between the former Chiba Lotte Marines ...

This year's Japan championship was not the DeNA BayStars' only dramatic ... In 2011, the club's average home attendance of 15,308 was the worst among Nippon Professional Baseball's 12 teams, a poor ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers reportedly are among the Major League Baseball teams to have met with Japanese star Roki Sasaki. News of the meeting between the former Chiba Lotte Marines right-hander ...

Cannabis use has been criminalized under Japanese law. (Mainichi/Kazuki Iwamoto) Japan has taken a significant step in its fight against illegal drugs by tightening its cannabis laws. The revised ...