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 ...

TOKYO — 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 ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When Shohei Ohtani stepped onto the field at the Tokyo Dome in March 2025, he wasn’t just playing a game – he was carrying forward more than 100 years of baseball ties between the U ...

Cocochan Hayakawa, a chatty parrot with nearly 48,000 followers on Instagram, is one of millions of admirers of Shohei Ohtani ...

Shohei Ohtani is coming home as a World Series champion, and demand for tickets to the Dodgers’ season-opening series in Tokyo is fierce. Want one? The lowest-priced ticket available on StubHub as of ...

The crack of the bat is almost here with Opening Day for the 2025 Major League Baseball season set for March 27. But while MLB has become known for its melting pot of backgrounds among players, this ...

Baseball is dying. It's been said many times over the decades, including in this one. Heck, somebody out there is probably saying it right now. Well, tell it to the World Baseball Classic. One needs ...

Japan beat the United States 3-2 on Tuesday night in the championship game of the 2023 World Baseball Classic, capturing the country's third title in five editions of the tournament. Shohei Ohtani ...

A bear was spotted hanging from netting in an indoor gym of a high school in this northern Japan city on Oct. 29.

Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. 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 ...