"I was so proud to see you communicate through baseball." The 'Kim Tae-kyun Baseball Camp International Exchange Exhibition' hosted by Kim Tae-kyun, a Korean professional baseball legend and current KBSN baseball commentator,

It is hard to escape Shohei Ohtani in Japan, even while the country was glued to its own World Series equivalent. To Japanese fans, Ohtani is just about perfect: He hits home runs, pitches great, steals bases and has a reputation for being kind and humble.

"I know that I could go everywhere I wanted to in Japan and never see another scout," Ted Heid, the longtime Mariners Pacific Rim scout who helped the team land Ichiro Suzuki, told MLB.com recently. "

(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.S. and Japan. It was a massive financial success.

A lot of Japanese have been glued to their computers or TV sets recently, cheering for Shohei Ohtani in the World Series

While Japan's top baseball players have come to MLB and excelled for decades now, there has never been more of a spotlight on Japanese players than right now, g

The documentary "Diamond Diplomacy" traces Japanese and American history through the lens of baseball. Shohei Ohtani is among the film's stars.

A new documentary on the shared love of baseball in the U.S. and Japan — created with the help of a Sonoma couple — is gaining acclaim.

Anthony Kay was supposed to be a staple in a big-league rotation, but injuries, bullpen stints and surgery derailed the former first-rounder’s career before he

As the 2025 World Series continues, we look back at the odd tradition of the baseball bullpen car that is still a thing in Japanese games.

The president and Sanae Takaichi, the Japanese prime minister, traded compliments in Tokyo, but signaled no major breakthrough in resolving ongoing trade issues.