The Nippon Ham Fighters on Sunday finished at the top of the 12-team Japanese baseball preseason standings for the first time ...

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows employee who portrayed the team’s beloved mascot Tsubakuro has died, the Central League club announced on Wednesday. The team asked for privacy for the family of the ...

Japanese baseball has a rich history, but a series of structural factors stand in the way of it becoming a phenomenon in ...

TOKYO -- Japan's professional baseball team the Tokyo Yakult Swallows announced Feb. 19 that the person who performs as the club's popular mascot Tsubakuro had passed away. The team issued a ...

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows employee whose humor and quick wit made Tsubakuro one of the most popular mascots in Japanese professional baseball has ... was born in Japan, is of unknown age, and ...

Next spring, after graduating from Kyoto University, Mizuno will work as an analyst for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball. He will collect and apply data gathered on ...

No player in professional baseball history has slugged more home runs than the 868 that Oh hit over 22 seasons with the ...

Nearly 25 years after Ichiro Suzuki embarked on a Hall of Fame career for the Mariners, the impact of Japanese players is as ...

Ichiro Suzuki was having his typical day on a baseball field in 2000, putting on a power display during batting practice ...