MLB has multiple avenues for growth, and more games abroad is an obvious starting point. National teams from MLB and Japan will participate in another World Baseball Classic, the sport’s ...

Join professional pitcher Tayler Scott as he takes you behind the scenes of life on the road in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) league. This episode follows the team’s journey to ...

A Portland baseball-themed apparel brand is expanding across the Pacific in a partnership that brings American-style baseball fandom and experience to Japan.

That league was reorganized in 1950 and became known as Nippon Professional Baseball, which includes the Central League and the Pacific League. NPB also has two affiliated minor leagues called the ...

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani (17) bats against the Hanshin Tigers during the third inning in an MLB Japan Series exhibition baseball game, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Tokyo.

The 2025 Major League Baseball season is fully underway. Such an event might be the time when I’d point out that baseball is struggling and heading towards the sports’ graveyard. I’ve done ...

Inspired by this, Shoriki established Japan’s first professional baseball team, the Great Tokyo Baseball Club. This team toured the U.S. in 1935, playing against colleges and minor league squads. When ...

What happens to baseball in Japan, to the country's pro league, if the stars all leave for the United States? About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season, headlined by Ohtani and Yoshinobu ...