Chicago Cubs star Seiya Suzuki has taken training to a new level after swapping his baseball bat for a samurai sword. Ahead of next week’s Tokyo Series, the Japanese outfielder was filmed ...

Using a katana in place of a bat, Suzuki showed off the sheer sharpness and power of the sword traditionally ... their own place in the culture of Japanese baseball. The great Sadaharu Oh, for ...

Baseball was introduced to Japan in the mid- to late-1800s, but it wasn’t until 1896 – when the first formal game was played between Japanese and Americans – that the sport took off.

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 ...

They went to the Japanese town of Miyazaki, which was the center of the country’s baseball universe in hosting Samurai Japan’s national team for the World Baseball Classic. It did not take ...

The company also holds the licenses for the Japanese baseball and soccer leagues, as well as other entertainment properties, and Leiner said Fanatics sees the potential for the market to generate ...