When I was a kid, it would basically have been unthinkable that Japan would have more viewers for the World Series than where baseball originated. But I’m not sure we should be so surprised.

That’s a point of pride at home, but also a reason to worry. What happens to baseball in Japan, to the country’s pro league, if the stars all leave for the United States? About a dozen ...

Sports and movie fans in particular will of ... know that they could play professionally one day. Japan used to have a professional women's baseball league. They're working on another one as ...

Anyone who knew the history of sports in Japan might have expected the fans in the room to reply, “Play in Nippon Professional Baseball.” ...

TOKYO — Major League Baseball’s regular season kicked off Tuesday with an opening pitch thrown from halfway around the world. The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1 in the first of ...

Baseball in Japan — the game is called "yakyu" (field ball) in Japanese — carries more of a rock-concert vibe than its American cousin. And with Shohei Ohtani teasing fans for a week in Tokyo ...

There are no goofy baseball montages set to John Fogerty’s “Centerfield,” just a percussive score that sounds like an encroaching modern army. Technically, Eephus is a hangout movie ...

I think baseball’s got a true chance to be a world phenomenon. The ratings, for those that don’t know, were pretty much off the charts. More than 25 million residents of Japan tuned into the ...

That's a point of pride at home, but also a reason to worry. 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 ...

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 ...