There is no Yoshinobu Yamamoto or Roki Sasaki in this year's crop of players from Korea or Japan. But there are powerful bats and live arms.

In the NPB’s Central League, Murakami had a .270 batting average over 892 game with the Swallows, hitting 246 homers with 647 ...

Hitters, however, are by nature reactive and much more defined by their environment from a scouting perspective, especially ...

Hideo Nomo. Ichiro Suzuki. Hideki Matsui. Daisuke Matsuzaka. Yu Darvish. Shohei Ohtani. Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Roki Sasaki.

Hawaii is doubling down on sports tourism as a strategic driver of economic growth and international visibility, with the ...

A Chinese research vessel docked in the Cook Islands Saturday as it probed the Pacific nation's deep-sea mining potential, a fledgling industry of mounting interest to both Beijing and Washington. The ...

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the Nippon Professional Baseball League officially posted their 25-year-old superstar corner ...

The countdown for Munetaka Murakami's move to the Majors is officially underway. All 30 Major League clubs will be informed ...

Murakami’s 45-day window to ink a deal will start on Saturday. Many suitors, including the Dodgers, are expected to pursue ...

While Munetaka Murakami brings elite power, there are real questions about how his game will translate to Major League ...

The Seibu Lions announced that they will officially post Tatsuya Imai this offseason. Here's all you need to know about the NPB pitcher.

Munetaka Murakami, a 25-year-old slugger who plays both first and third base, is expected to headline a deep class of Asian ...