From building stadiums to selling trading cards, baseball biz is different in Japan
Topps, Populous and New Balance are all examples of baseball-connected brands that are tailoring their businesses to succeed ...
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For Lee & Fukudome, Tokyo school visit all about Japan's baseball future
Derrek Lee can still recite some of the chants that fans created to cheer on his dad during his days playing baseball in ...
Baseball in Japan looks about the same, but the food and the vibe are different
The jammed sellout at the Tokyo Dome as the Dodgers and Cubs opened their regular season had a different vibe than the usual ...
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, ...
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.
‘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 ...
Shohei Ohtani, Japan's other baseball stars shook their nerves and delivered in MLB's Tokyo opener
The only Japanese player who had a quiet night was Cubs slugger Seiya Suzuki, who finished 0 for 4 at the plate. With a ...
From Oh to Ohtani and beyond: How Japanese baseball reached new heights
No player in professional baseball history has slugged more home runs than the 868 that Oh hit over 22 seasons with the ...
From Nomo to Ichiro to Ohtani: Japan’s baseball 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 Seattle Mariners, the impact of Japanese ...
Japanese baseball looks about the same, but the food and the vibe are different
Welcome to the view from the stands in the middle of the jammed sellout at the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday as the Dodgers and Cubs ...
Kiké Hernández, Miguel Rojas talk similarities between Latin American and Japanese baseball
Los Angeles Dodgers players Kiké Hernández and Miguel Rojas talk ahead of the first game of the 2025 Los Angeles Dodgers ...
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MLB is bringing home top talent from Japan's most popular sport
But while MLB has become known for its melting pot of backgrounds among players, this diversity may be putting a strain on the Japanese baseball industry. Baseball has long been the most popular ...