Based in MLB's Tokyo office, Shimon Hoizumi will oversee business operations in Japan and lead on media partnerships and ...

Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball, and Ichiro Suzuki enters the Hall of Fame later ...

Major League Baseball today announced that Shimon Hoizumi has been named Managing Director, Japan, effective immediately. Based in MLB's Tokyo office, Hoizumi will oversee business operations in Japan ...

Translation from Japanese to English: Play ball! Baseball has long been the national pastime in the United States, but it’s Japan that has dominated the sport on a global level at the World Baseball ...

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 ...

Baseball is now well behind football, which more than 40% of Americans said was their favorite sport to watch in 2023. Baseball is Japan’s pastime in a way it isn’t for America anymore. The key will ...

International star Munetaka Murakami has been touted as a top MLB prospect ever since he was drafted by the Chicago White Sox ...

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Baseball has grown far from its home in Cooperstown, New York, becoming a beloved international game. The United States and Japan are hosts to the two most popular professional baseball leagues today, ...

NPB+, a Japanese professional baseball live-updating app officially approved by the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, was launched this season, offering fans access to advanced tracking data ...

Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball, and Ichiro Suzuki enters the Hall of Fame later this year, reminders that some of the top talent in American baseball is ...