Already qualified Japan were made to sweat by the Czech Republic's part-time team of teachers and firefighters before the defending World Baseball Classic champions ended pool play with a 9-0 win on Tuesday.

Three years ago, Samurai Japan fielded a team in the World Baseball Classic that might as well have been called the Future Dodgers. Playing both ways was Shohei Ohtani, who was employed by the Angels at the time.

Seiya Suzuki missed Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic title run with an oblique injury, with the team marking his absence by hanging his No. 51 jersey above the bench in the dugout. In Japan's 8-6 win against Korea on Saturday at Tokyo Dome,

The country has dominated the World Baseball Classic in the 2000s, but its baseball history started long before.

There was the crack of Shohei Ohtani’s bat, the roars from the Tokyo Dome crowd and the beeps from the credit card machines at the massive merchandise center selling boatloads of Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs gear.

The Tokyo Dome generated an electric moment Tuesday during the 2026 World Baseball Classic for a Czech electrical worker who just so happened to become a fan favorite pitcher in Japan. Ondřej Satoria,

Czech electrician Ondrej Satoria received an emotional standing ovation at the Tokyo Dome in his final World Baseball Classic game on Tuesday, ending his international career.

There are several Major League Baseball teams interested this offseason in signing Japanese player Kazuma Okamoto. Okamoto is meeting with teams in the coming days, per MLB.com, ahead of potentially signing with a club. The clock is ticking for the ...

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Matt Yallof and Anthony Recker discuss Japan's offense relying on their three stars, as well as Connor MacDonald's performance for Australia