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What's the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?

That's a point of pride at home, but also a reason to worry. What happens to baseball in Japan, to the country's pro league, if the stars all leave for the United States? About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season,

NBC News on MSN · 11h

MLB captivates Japan with homecoming of its baseball superstars

The regular season is kicking off in Tokyo with a two-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, both of which have been boosted by Japanese players.

CNN on MSN · 1d

From Oh to Ohtani: How Japan developed a generation of baseball superstars (again)

The Tokyo Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs is a full circle moment for Japanese baseball.

Dodgers, Cubs and Japan

ABC7 KABC · 9h

Dodgers relationship with Japan stretches back to team's 1955 World Series win. Here's a closer look

After winning their first World Series in 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers traveled to Japan for a series of exhibition games. Two years later, they moved to Los Angeles.

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

Japan’s 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 Mariners, the impact of Japanese players is as prevalent as ever going into this week’s games in Tokyo.

U.S. News & World Report · 5h

Ohtani and the Dodgers Keep the Cubs and Their Rich History in the Shadows in Japan

Chicago Cubs fans take pride in being underdogs, a role that ended briefly when they won the World Series in 2016 to end a 107-year drought between championships

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MLB is bringing home top talent from Japan's most popular sport

The crack of the bat is almost here with Opening Day for the 2025 Major League Baseball season set for March 27. But while ...

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Ranking the Top 5 Japanese Players in Boston Red Sox History

With the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs set to face off in the Tokyo Series, there is no better time to recognize the ...

Hawai‘i Public Radio14h

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 ...

In Japan, Shohei Ohtani Is a National Hero and Marketer’s Dream

Major League Baseball has had no shortage of stars, but it has never seen a sensation like Ohtani, who is Japan’s answer to ...

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Kazuhiro Sasaki is One of Many Japanese Players to Have Big Impact on Seattle Mariners

The Major League Baseball season officially kicks off Tuesday morning as the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs meet in ...

The Japan Times5h

New Japanese baseball exhibit to open at Baseball Hall of Fame in July

An exhibition highlighting the long and storied history of baseball in Japan will open at the National Baseball Hall of Fame ...

Major League Baseball1d

Kiké Hernández reunited with former teammate and Samurai Japan star in Tokyo

Dodgers utility player and Kiké Hernández had just finished his second season with the Dodgers, yet to become the postseason hero that he is now known for in Los Angeles. So, that offseason, he return ...

After meeting with NPB, Rob Manfred not expecting change to Japanese player acquisitions

Manfred met with his NPB counterpart Sadayuki Sakakibara on Sunday, the second of two days of games between MLB teams and NPB teams.

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