Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga plays catch during the team's spring training camp in Mesa, Arizona, on Feb. 9, 2025. (Kyodo) Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga speaks to reporters during the ...

Imanaga will start one of the first two games of the season when the Cubs face the Dodgers in Tokyo on March 18 and 19, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports. This was hardly a surprise, but ...

The star-studded showdown will feature five Japanese stars, three of whom -- Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shota Imanaga-- last played together at the Tokyo Dome for Samurai Japan in early ...

Counsell has already told reporters that left-hander Shota Imanaga will pitch in the Tokyo Series next month. The two-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Japan marks the start of the ...

Chicago Cubs hurler Shota Imanaga will likely pitch in one of the club’s games scheduled in Japan, team GM Jed Hoyer indicated. During a press conference following Day 1 of Cubs camp ...

Manager Craig Counsell confirmed the obvious: The Cubs plan to pitch Japanese left-hander Shota Imanaga during the Tokyo Series. ‘‘I think that’s mandated, kind of,’’ Counsell quipped.

Imanaga is already slotted the top of the rotation with Justin Steele, regardless of where the game is played. Counsell answered with a laugh that his ace would be on the bump in his home country.

As Cubs manager Craig Counsell took questions from the press, he was asked about Japanese starting pitcher Shota Imanaga making a start. As one could expect, Counsell told reporters, including USA ...

A set of hina dolls is on display at Higashiosaka city hall in Osaka Prefecture. The dolls, crafted by a local company, are displayed on a fancy seven-tiered stand. The beautiful costumes of the ...