The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters will be allowed to use their new stadium for the 2023 season if they later complete renovation work to meet a Japanese baseball standard. The agreement was reached ...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers and Japan's Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters are starting a multiyear agreement this year that will involve baseball and business operations. Former Texas ...

Nippon Ham Fighters manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo will stay at the helm next season, he said Thursday, the day of the Nippon Professional Baseball draft. "I want to prove that this year's result wasn't ...

NEW YORK -- The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of Japan's Pacific League have until Tuesday to accept a bid from a major league team for pitcher Yu Darvish. Bidding for the posting fee closed ...

Nippon Ham Fighters players celebrate after winning their final preseason game on March 23, 2025, against the Yakult Swallows at Es Con Field Hokkaido outside Sapporo. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo ...

Chusei Mannami of the Nippon Ham Fighters hits a grand slam in the fifth inning of a game against the Rakuten Eagles at Es Con Field Hokkaido in Kitahiroshima, near Sapporo, on May 10, 2025.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers and Japan's Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters are starting a multiyear agreement this year that will involve baseball and business operations. Former Texas ace Yu ...