The process of scouting players in Japan, Korea and Taiwan is streamlined, but the number of players coming to MLB remains ...

One of Japan’s top sluggers is eyeing a move to Major League Baseball in 2026. According to a report from Yahoo Sports Japan, ...

Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami announced that he'll play his final season as part of Nippon Professional Baseball in 2025 ...

Tokyo Yakult Swallows infielder and Team Japan superstar Munetaka Murakami will be heading to the MLB in the 2025 offseason.

Yakult Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami pledged Monday to do his best to lead his team to the championship next year before ...

Another big NPB name is scheduled to take his talents stateside, as Munetaka Murakami is scheduled to play his last season in ...

Yakult Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami announced on Monday the 2025 season will be his last as part of Japan's Nippon ...

That’s what the so-called “Golden At-Bat” rule would allow: one chance for teams to send their best hitters to the plate in ...

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It’s never too early to look ahead to next off-season. According to Yakyu Cosmopolitan, Japanese third baseman Munetaka ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Series champion DeNA BayStars will open their 2025 season with a three-game series against the Chunichi Dragons starting March 28, the Central League said Wednesday.

In April 1978, the debt-laden young proprietor of a Tokyo jazz cafe went to a baseball game: Yakult Swallows against Hiroshima Carp. There, in Jingu Stadium, he decided he could write a novel.