Nearly 25 years after Ichiro Suzuki embarked on a Hall of Fame career for the Seattle Mariners, the impact of Japanese players in Major League Baseball is at a high point

MLB season started the same way 2024 ended: with a Los Angeles Dodgers win. Thanks to Yoshinobu Yamamoto and a fifth-inning rally, the defending World Series champions bested the Chicago Cubs in Game 1 of the Tokyo Series at the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday morning (LAD 4,

It’s the first of a two-game series and features five Japanese players. Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and rookie Roki Sasaki pitch for the Dodgers while the Cubs have outfielder Seiya Suzuki and lefthanded pitcher Shota Imanaga.