With Hideki Kuriyama stepping down as Samurai Japan dugout boss after winning the WBC...

Jim Armstrong
Jim Armstrong is a veteran sportswriter with over 20 years’ experience of covering sports in Japan and overseas for The Associated Press. His work has appeared in major publications in North America and Europe. During his career, he has covered the Olympics, the FIFA World Cup and the IAAF World Championships.
Mongolian-born sumo wrestler Kiribayama, who won the Emperor's Cup at the Spring Basho in...
Lone yokozuna Terunofuji easily defeated Takakeisho on the final day of the Summer Basho...
After two rough outings, the Yokohama DeNA BayStars sent veteran pitcher Trevor Bauer down...
On a tumultuous day of upsets, lone yokozuna Terunofuji was the model of consistency...
Lone yokozuna Terunofuji looked shaky at the outset, but recovered with an arm throw...
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Scattering seven hits over seven innings, 2020 NL Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer...
Chiaki Matsumura and Yasumasa Tanida went 8-1 in round-robin play in South Korea and...
Tigers manager Akinobu Okada pulled Shoki Murakami six outs shy of perfection against the...
The hard-throwing right-hander struck out 11 batters and gave up just one hit as...