Hideki Matsui elected to Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
Hideki Matsui already has three Central League MVPs, a World Series MVP and a People's Honor Award, and he has played for the most storied...
Japanese baseball players’ freedom to chew gum is going, going, gone!
On January 19 it was leaked that Manager Tatsunori Hara, who spent his entire playing career with Yomiuri, is moving to prohibit his players from chewing gum...
Hideki Kuriyama's Hall of Fame induction speech: "Honestly, I wondered if someone like me deserved to be in there." Sadaharu Oh, Tatsunori Hara, and Shohei Ohtani also offered their congratulations. [Full text of speech] | Pacific League | Professional baseb
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News | This year's baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held in Tokyo on the 15th, and Nippon-Ham Fighters Chief Baseball Officer...
Matsui, Star in Two Continents, Is Retiring (Published 2012)
Hideki Matsui, who announced his retirement on Thursday, hit 332 homers for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan before joining the Yankees for seven...
Sources: Tomoyuki Sugano heading to MLB after Japanese career
Right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano, the most successful Japanese pitcher of his generation to have spent his whole career in Nippon Professional...
Japan Wins World Baseball Classic (Published 2009)
Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki hit a two-out, two-run single in the top of the 10th, and Japan beat South Korea to win its second...
Former Korean, Japanese baseball stars to play exhibition game in November
Retired baseball stars from Korea and Japan will meet in an exhibition game in November for the second consecutive year, officials said Thursday.
Koshien ace pitcher goes to bat for women’s baseball in Japan
Throughout her young career as a standout pitcher, Ayuri Shimano has sought to take giant steps for female baseball players in Japan.
Warren Cromartie still eager to pitch in to help Giants, Expos
Warren Cromartie says he's always been a team player. So when his former Yomiuri Giants teammate Tatsunori Hara, currently the club's...
[NPB NOTEBOOK] Slumping Giants in Peril of Not Making Postseason
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Japan's most popular professional baseball team is in a malaise that has seen it drop as low as fifth in the Central League standings.
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Longtime Giants manager and former player; led the team to multiple Central League pennants and is a central managerial figure in club history.