The sixth game of the Japan Series, which decides the No. 1 professional baseball team in the country ... Manager Daisuke Miura was a player in 1998, and said, "I am happy to win the title as ...

snapped the longest championship drought among the 12 teams in Nippon Professional Baseball. BayStars manager Daisuke Miura, 50, was a key player on the team when it last won the Japan Series in 1998.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Series champion DeNA BayStars will open their 2025 season with a three-game series against the Chunichi Dragons starting March 28, the Central League said Wednesday.

The rest is history. He said his most treasured item is a cap signed by Japanese players who defeated the United States in the final of last year's World Baseball Classic in Miami. Kanno confessed ...

They won the World Series and also have Shohei Ohtani. Their location is ideal for Japanese players since it's close to home. This all gives them a chance to sign Sasaki, even if they've already ...

Former high school ballplayer Tomohiro Yonezawaya who went into the sporting goods supply business after his playing days knew how expensive new baseball ... to players and groups outside Japan.

One of the biggest questions heading into the offseason is whether or not 22-year-old star Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki will leave Japan to join Major League Baseball. If Sasaki does make himself ...

but tied for 10th in the Japan Classic on Sunday. "Winning the Rolex Player of the Year means so much to me," Korda said in a statement. "This season has had its highs and challenges, and I'm just ...

American world number one Nelly Korda has clinched the LPGA's points-based player of the year award with ... Prior to last week's Japan Classic, only Ayaka Furue had the potential to catch Korda ...

A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.

It could be Japanese right-handed pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and the 25-year-old showed exactly why on Saturday in Game 6 of Nippon Professional Baseball’s Japan Series. Yamamoto fired a 14-strikeout ...

Of course, it involved money, too. That never changes. The PGA Tour board later this month will vote on whether to reduce the number of fully exempt players from 125 to 100, along with cutting from 30 ...