Olympic gold medalist Hashimoto collected the silver medal in the men's all-around event.
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks skipper, who has guided his club to five Japan Series titles since 2015, is not expected to remain in charge in 2022.
“He’s the only player who can reenact his successful season. I dare put my faith...that he will win both the pitching and batting titles,” says Los...
A loss to Saudi Arabia exacerbates Samurai Blue’s challenge of qualifying for next year’s tournament in Qatar.
The presumptive American League MVP generated excitement throughout the season at the plate, on the basepaths and on the mound.
The all-time winningest rikishi's longevity at the top and work ethic triggered admiration from his peers and former standouts.
Led by Olympians Yamada and Murakami, Yakult is looking for its first Japan Series championship since 2001.
Whiting has known baseball stars, wrestlers, politicians, media moguls, mafiosi, con artists, journalists, and countless average Japanese people. He writes about them all with the immediacy...
Men's coach Julio Lamas left his post after the Tokyo Olympics, and Tom Hovasse, who led the Japan women to a silver medal, became the successor...
Sawamura spent two weeks on the COVID-19 injured list before rejoining his team last week.
The hard-throwing right-hander fanned 10 batters for the third time this season in an eight-inning outing, but the Angels fall to their AL West rival in...
The third-year pro leads the Japanese professional women's tour with eight victories this season.
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