2026 World Cup: Which national teams have qualified so far?
Co-hosts the United States, Canada and Mexico are already in, but the list is growing for the 2026 World Cup field ...
The best team in the National League? For two days in Japan, it’s looked like the Hanshin Tigers
TOKYO (AP) — For two days in Japan, it’s the Hanshin Tigers who have have looked like the class of the National League. In ...
Japan eye win over Bahrain to become first team to qualify for 2026 World Cup
Japan will become the first nation to qualify for the 2026 World Cup on Thursday if they defeat Bahrain at Saitama Stadium as ...
‘This is baseball country’: MLB season gets underway in Japan as national hero Shohei Ohtani inspires Dodgers’ win over Cubs
Baseball fever swept through Tokyo on Tuesday as the MLB season got underway, offering fans a rare opportunity to glimpse ...
Who has qualified for World Cup 2026? Japan joins United States, Mexico and Canada with qualifying underway
World Cup is approaching next year and qualifying is finally getting underway. Most of the biggest national teams around the ...
MLB wants Japan to cheer for more than the Dodgers and Ohtani. The prize could be billions
If MLB can get Japan to follow all its teams, “We do believe there are payoffs in the B’s: billions,” commissioner Rob ...
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Japan National Team First to Qualify for 2026 World Cup
A match took place in the 7th round of the qualifying stage for the 2026 World Cup between the national teams of Japan and ...
Japan becomes the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup after host nations
Japan has become the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup after beating Bahrain 2-0 at Saitama Stadium. Second-half ...
Shohei Ohtani came home as a national hero, and he didn’t let Japan down at the Tokyo Series
Shohei Ohtani hit a towering solo homer in his return to Japan, taking Chicago Cubs pitcher Nate Pearson deep with a ball that barely cleared the fence in right-center field and helping the Los ...
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.
MLB is trying to expand in Japan. Can Japan’s NPB grow in America?
Japanese baseball has a rich history, but a series of structural factors stand in the way of it becoming a phenomenon in ...
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‘Paint Japan blue’: How the Dodgers’ vision of Japanese prominence became reality
the Dodgers president of baseball operations accompanied team scouts and executives on a trip to Japan to get an in-person look at the nation’s Samurai Japan national team. For years the Dodgers ...