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Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a solo home run in the seventh inning of Los Angeles' win over the Tigers on Thursday at Dodger Stadium.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 28, 2025
Ohtani and the Dodgers power past Tigers in Blake Snell's debut
Ohtani hit his second home run in the third game of the season as the Dodgers played at home for the first time in 2025.
An advertisement featuring Shohei Ohtani in Tokyo.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 26, 2025
Tokyo Series proves to be big business for MLB — and Japanese companies
The weeklong festival of all things baseball highlights how Shohei Ohtani has created myriad business opportunities on both sides of the Pacific.
Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell ahead of a game against the Yomiuri Giants in Tokyo on March 15
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 25, 2025
Dodgers hand ball to Blake Snell for domestic opener
Left-hander Snell is one of two new additions to the starting rotation, along with right-hander Roki Sasaki.
Baseball legend Jackie Robinson speaks at an Urban League dinner at the Tammy Brook Country Club in Cresskill, New Jersey, on May 21, 1969.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 21, 2025
Jackie Robinson’s legacy vanishes, then reappears on Pentagon site
The brief biography describes Robinson’s childhood in California, his time in a segregated Army unit during World War II and his role in breaking baseball’s color barrier.
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was the most popular player during MLB's Tokyo Series.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 21, 2025
Tokyo Series generates company-record $40 million in sales for Fanatics
According to the company, over 200,000 fans shopped at the official MLB stores operated by Fanatics
Shohei Ohtani belts a home run in the fifth inning of the second game of the Tokyo Series between the Dodgers and Cubs.
BASEBALL
Mar 20, 2025
In pictures: Tokyo's weeklong celebration of baseball's best
All the stops were pulled out to showcase the best players on both sides of the Pacific as the MLB kicked off its 2025 season in Tokyo Dome.
Roki Sasaki throws the first pitch of his MLB career to open the Dodgers' game against the Cubs at Tokyo Dome on Wednesday.
BASEBALL
Mar 19, 2025
Shohei Ohtani homers to help Dodgers earn second straight win over Cubs
The Dodgers swept the two-game Tokyo Series.
Matt Fuller and his son, Isaiah, were lucky enough to meet Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong in the lead-up to the season-opening Tokyo Series.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 19, 2025
Tokyo Series gives diehard American baseball fans the ideal gateway into Japan
The Tokyo Dome may be filled with Japanese baseball diehards this week, but more than a few Americans have also made the trip to see the Cubs and Dodgers.
Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw takes part in a sumo demonstration in Tokyo on Friday.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Mar 19, 2025
Japan’s twin obsessions meet as MLB visits sumo’s heartland
Sumo is often referred to as Japan’s national sport but it’s baseball that is the country’s one true obsession. This week, those two sports are intersecting in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani tips his batting helmet during the opening game of the MLB season between the Dodgers and Cubs on Tuesday at Tokyo Dome
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 19, 2025
At Tokyo Dome, a stage so big that even Shohei Ohtani felt nervous
Even the game's preeminent superstar admitted to feeling nervous as the MLB season kicked off with what amounted to a celebration of Japan and its place in the sport.
Shohei Ohtani runs home to score during the Dodgers' win over the Cubs in the MLB season opener at Tokyo Dome on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 18, 2025
Shohei Ohtani and Dodgers get title defense off to winning start against Cubs
The Dodgers started the MLB season strong, defeating the Cubs 4-1 in the first of two Tokyo Series games. The matchup also celebrated the Japanese stars on both teams.
Shohei Ohtani gets a kiss from his dog Decoy at a game in August 2024. The Japanese slugger-pitcher’s return to his country to kick off the Major League Baseball season has sparked immense excitement, highlighting his unparalleled career and symbolic role as a national hero.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 18, 2025
Superstar Shohei Ohtani for prime minister
He’s unavoidable in Japan: His face adorns ads for cosmetics, mattresses, English conversation schools and, most recently, convenience store rice balls.
Shohei Ohtani greets manager Dave Roberts before the team's game against the Tigers at Tokyo Dome on Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 18, 2025
In Tokyo, Dodgers get taste of the Shohei Ohtani experience
The Dodgers have explored various parts of the Japanese capital, and it's a safe bet that wherever each player went, Ohtani was not far behind in some form.
The Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto during training at Tokyo Dome on Monday
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 17, 2025
How Yoshinobu Yamamoto rebounded after his disastrous MLB debut
Yamamoto is a different pitcher than he was a year ago when he was still adjusting to the transition from NPB to MLB.
Hanshin pitcher Hiroto Saiki threw five scoreless innings as the Tigers topped the Dodgers in an exhibition game on Sunday in Tokyo.
BASEBALL
Mar 16, 2025
Tigers shut down Ohtani to take exhibition game over Dodgers
After giving up a home run to the Dodgers star two years ago, Hiroto Saiki got the best of Shohei Ohtani on Sunday as the Tigers completed a weekend sweep of MLB clubs.
Shohei Ohtani launches a home run in the third inning of the Dodgers' exhibition win over the Giants at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
BASEBALL
Mar 15, 2025
Ohtani puts on a show as Dodgers power past Giants in Tokyo
Ohtani's third-inning homer sent the 42,064 fans at Tokyo Dome into a frenzy as Los Angeles took a 5-1 decision over the Kyojin.
Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga and teammate Seiya Suzuki during a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 14, 2025
Cubs see Tokyo trip as great chance to bond as a team
The Chicago Cubs plan to make the most of their time in Japan, both as a way to kickstart the push to reach the postseason and as a way to come together as a team.
Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani arrives for practice on Friday at Tokyo Dome.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 14, 2025
Hype reaches fever pitch as Ohtani and the Dodgers get set for games in Tokyo
Shohei Ohtani talked about getting over jet lag and his excitement for the Tokyo Series as the Dodgers prepare to put on a show for Japanese fans.
Takuya “Moby” Okamoto after Game 5 of the 2016 World Series, which the Cubs went on to win in seven games to snap a 108-year drought
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 14, 2025
In a sea of Dodger Blue, Japanese superfan ready to cheer on the Cubs
The Dodgers may garner the lion's share of attention in Japan among MLB clubs, but don't tell that to Takuya “Moby” Okamoto, Japan's biggest Cubs fan.
Japanese dentist Yusuke Kamimura poses for a photograph in front of a private collection dedicated to MLB player Shohei Ohtani, inside his dental clinic in Koshigaya, north of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2025.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 14, 2025
Japanese superfans turn dental clinic into Ohtani mini-museum
Lining the walls of the waiting room are glass-encased displays of gloves, helmets, autographed balls and jerseys, countless bobblehead dolls and much more.

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