San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish is a mentor to Japan's rising stars, including fireballing sensation Roki Sasaki, as Samurai Japan bids to regain the WBC...
The Swallows slugger overcame obstacles and broke Japanese-born players' single-season home run record with considerable pressure heaped upon him.
The 42-year-old lefty continues to impress for the high-flying Swallows.
The 20-year-old phenom struggled with his control en route to his first loss of the season.
Manager Tadahito Iguchi decided to limit the young right-hander to eight innings, citing the desire to rest the 20-year-old’s arm.
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are about to begin and the stage is set for all the stars to shine, but global warming is casting its...
Undefeated in 2020 before a runner-up finish in the Japan Cup, the son of Deep Impact has had a rockier year in 2021. But indications are...
In 1964, not only did Japan’s women’s volleyball team beat the Soviets under the gaze of then-Crown Princess Michiko, they also set off a multi-decade boom...
The Ehime Prefecture native became the first Japanese man to win a golf major.