From Nomo to Ichiro to Ohtani: Japan's baseball rise in MLB hits high point in Dodgers-Cubs series
Nearly 25 years after Ichiro Suzuki embarked on a Hall of Fame career for the Seattle Mariners, the impact of Japanese ...
What’s the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?
Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball. He's among many Japanese stars who have left to ...
Influence of Seattle Mariners Legend Ichiro Suzuki Still Felt Two Decades Later
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs will kick off the 2025 season on the eastern hemisphere Tuesday morning for the ...
Yusei Kikuchi Could Be the Last Japanese Star to Come to Seattle Mariners
The starting pitcher doesn't have as storied a career with the Mariners as some of his countrymen, but he is still an ...
Brady's Spin: It's Disappointing to See Seattle Mariners Forfeit Japan Advantage
As I was watching the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs play early this morning in the two-game Tokyo Series, I couldn't help but feel disappointed. I mean, ...
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Japanese stars are hitting cultural home runs in Major League Baseball
Professional baseball across the Pacific has a history that also involves Hawaiʻi. Before former Cubs outfielder Kosuke ...
How two art forms, baseball and manga, became intertwined in Japan
All are beloved fictional baseball characters found through the decades within Japanese comic books, the artform now known worldwide as manga. And all stand on equal ground with the likes of Shohei ...
Cubs Pitcher Thrilled to Be in Japan for Tokyo Series
All anyone in the MLB world can discuss is the 2025 Tokyo Series, including a Cubs pitcher who grew up in Washington state ...