The Japan Professional Baseball Players Association has agreed with the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, or NPB, to introduce paternity and other special leave for players from the 2026 ...

Shigeo Nagashima, a Yomiuri Giants legend who was so revered that he was known to many as “Mr. Pro Baseball” died on Tuesday morning due to pneumonia at the age of 89, according to an announcement by ...

Japanese pro baseball pitcher Tanaka Masahiro has achieved his 200th combined win between his Major League and Nippon Professional careers. Tanaka became the fourth pitcher from Japan to reach the ...

TOKYO -- While Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander from Japan, on Wednesday missed out on winning the Cy Young Award, which goes to the best starting pitchers in the U.S. major ...

The "Nagashima Gate" is seen at an entrance to Tokyo Dome in the capital's Bunkyo Ward on June 3, 2025, where people were seen making a tribute to him upon his passing. (Mainichi/Yoshiyuki Hirakawa) ...

For most, a job offer from one of the world's largest investment banks would seem like a dream come true. But for Keio University senior outfielder Kotaro Tsunematsu, playing baseball was a more power ...