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Shohei Ohtani hits during live batting practice in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 23.
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Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani faces live pitching for first time since surgery
According to multiple reports, Ohtani saw 32 pitches Sunday from Dodgers pitchers and put three in play. He did not hit any home runs.
BASEBALL / MLB
Yankees amend famous facial hair policy to allow 'well-groomed beards'
The all-clear for beards was announced by Hal Steinbrenner, the team’s managing general partner whose father started the beard ban — and vigorously enforced it for years.
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Juan Soto homers in first at-bat with Mets
It's just what the Mets were hoping for when they landed the offseason's marquee free agent.
Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga warms up before a workout in Mesa, Arizona, on Feb. 9.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 20, 2025
Shota Imanaga honored to be named Cubs' opening day starter for Tokyo Series
Imanaga is expected to oppose countryman Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Dodgers in the first of a two-game series at Tokyo Dome.
Mets owner Steve Cohen (left) speaks next to general manager David Stearns during a press conference to introduce right fielder Juan Soto at Citi Field on Dec. 12, 2024.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 19, 2025
Mets owner says he overspent to get 'best team I can'
Signing Juan Soto was only the start of the budget-shattering spending spree undertaken by Mets owner Steve Cohen in the offseason.
Mets pitcher Kodai Senga pitches during a spring training workout in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 18, 2025
For the Mets, Kodai Senga is the ultimate X factor
By Tim Britton
It’s easy to forget just how good the right-handed Senga was in the last several months of 2023, his rookie season.
Nolan Arenado, seen during a game at Yankee Stadium in August 2024, reported to spring training with the Cardinals on Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 17, 2025
Nolan Arenado reports camp with Cardinals 'ready to go play ball'
"I'm back, and I'm ready to go play ball," Arenado told reporters on Sunday. "I'm a ballplayer, and I'm a Cardinal, until I'm told I'm not.
Dodgers right-hander Shohei Ohtani is expected to return to the mound in May.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 16, 2025
Dodgers president envisions 5-man rotation until Shohei Ohtani returns
Andrew Friedman told reporters on Friday that five off days in April, combined with the Dodgers' depth in rotation candidates, can make the altered plan work.
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani pitches during a bullpen session at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, on Saturday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 16, 2025
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani throws first bullpen session of spring
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has said Ohtani could face live hitters in March and could be in the team's rotation sometime in May.
The Seattle Mariners Ichiro Suzuki watches the ball in the top of the third inning against Oakland Athletics during their baseball game at the Major League Baseball Japan Opening Series in Tokyo in March 2019.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 15, 2025
Ichiro to donate personal collection to Hall of Fame
Suzuki wants "to follow in the footsteps of Hank Aaron and Tom Seaver," two players who pledged their entire collections to Cooperstown, said a former Hall of Fame official.

Japan struggles to fend off a world without enough matcha
Once a boon to tea farmers' bottom lines, the global matcha craze is now pushing producers and distributors to their limits with few options to adequately meet demand.
U.S. Marines start to leave Japan, decades behind schedule
U.S. Marines during training in Okinawa last month.
Tokyo fund buys China bonds for first time on Japanification bet
Japanese investors are estimated to have increased holdings of Chinese bonds by 53% last year, the most among the markets that make up the World Government Bond Index, according to Bloomberg analysis of Japanese balance-of-payments data.
Japan's Prince Hisahito to hold first news conference on March 3
Prince Hisahito heads to greet the Emperor and Empress on the occasion of his 18th birthday in Tokyo on Sep. 6.
Ukraine promises swift deal for minerals as Trump cuts Kyiv out of peace talks
A truck carrying partially-refined titanium ore to a factory for further refining at a mine east of Kyiv.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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The building of new high-rise residential buildings has some alarmed that they could empty and fall into disrepair as Japan's population shrinks.
The high cost of letting Japan's condos crumble
By Tomoko Otake

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