While Japanese players are strongly represented among MLB rosters, including five taking part in the season-opening series ...

This week, Suzuki returned to his hometown of Tokyo, representing the Cubs in his fourth MLB season. “My goal is to stay in ...

The day after Dekopin was born, Ohtani hit his 176th home run, breaking the record for the most home runs by a Japanese player in the major leagues, surpassing Hideki Matsui. The Takasakiyama ...

Seiya Suzuki remembers being in the Tokyo Dome when Hideki Matsui returned with the Yankees as part of MLB’s season-opening ...

Shohei Ohtani may be the biggest Japanese star in MLB currently, but the Yankees have employed a solid run of Japanese stars ...

Morii already has taken a summer class in English. Asked whether the success of Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Hideki Matsui, Yu Darvish and others in MLB helped him make his decision, Morii ...

It will include “a gamified environment” that incorporates trading cards and memorabilia of Japanese legends like Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Hideki Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki. It will also ...

The Yankees wanted Shohei Ohtani as much as everyone else when ... destination due to their signings of superstar slugger Hideki Matsui in 2003 and ace right-hander Masahiro Tanaka in 2014.