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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tarik Skubal (29) reacts at the end of the fifth inning against the Kansas City Royals at Dodger Stadium on Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 11, 2026
Tarik Skubal remains winless since trade, but Dodgers edge Royals
Skubal has yet to earn a win in two starts since he was acquired by LA after winning the past two American League Cy Young Awards ?for the Detroit Tigers.
Major League Baseball¡¯s recent ban on AI assistants in dugouts overlooks that the technology is simply the next step in baseball¡¯s long tradition of using better information for competitive advantage.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2026
Baseball¡¯s AI crackdown is an overreaction
Baseball has seen versions of this story before. For decades, the game has rewarded teams that use information better than their opponents.
Shohei Ohtani signed a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Dodgers that deferred $680 million of the deal.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 26, 2026
MLB owners look to place limits on free-agent deals in latest proposal
The owners want to implement a maximum contract length of five years for all free agents who switch teams, along with six years for players who re-sign with their existing teams.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, seen in October 2025, said on Wednesday that the owners' latest proposal addresses the fans' biggest wishes.
BASEBALL
May 29, 2026
MLB owners push for salary cap in negotiations with MLB Players¡¯ Association
MLB announced Thursday that it intends to seek a $245.3 million salary cap (including benefits).
Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy (13) hits a walk-off solo home run in the ninth inning to defeat the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium on Friday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 12, 2026
Max Muncy and high-octane Dodgers set for rematch vs. Rangers
Muncy moved into sixth place in career home runs as a Dodger, ?while Shohei Ohtani now holds the record for most consecutive games reaching base at 44.
Fans watching from Tokyo react after Japan beat the U.S. in the World Baseball Classic in March 2023.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2026
Netflix deal shuts out Â鶹´«Ã½ sports bars from freely showing WBC
For fans, the Netflix deal will mean a completely different experience from the past, when WBC games were aired for free, allowing sports bars to easily air them at their venues.
Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani during a spring training game in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb 21. For Japan, Netflix's exclusive deal to broadcast the World Baseball Classic may serve as a wake-up call to broadcasters that prices are going up and that they need to change as viewers seek better experiences.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 4, 2026
Netflix¡¯s WBC deal upends baseball traditions in Ohtani¡¯s homeland
Professional baseball in Japan has largely stayed in the hands of domestic broadcasters and free-to-air networks.
Ayuri Shimano is a two-way player for the Giants' women's team.
BASEBALL
Dec 25, 2025
Girls inspired by Shohei Ohtani leading Â鶹´«Ã½ next wave of two-way players
Against the odds, players such as Ayuri Shimano and Aika Morimoto are forging a new path for women¡¯s baseball.
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani singles against the Blue Jays during Game 7 of the World Series in Toronto on Nov. 1.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 20, 2025
MLB reveals new 3-year deal with ESPN, NBC and Netflix
ESPN had been scheduled to pay an estimated $1.65 billion over the next three seasons, according to The Athletic, before it opted out of that deal in February.
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
SPORTS
Nov 13, 2025
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Japan, where viewing habits have been slow to change, is now fully in the streaming era, though not everyone is ready to come along for the ride.
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani reacts after striking out against the Blue Jays during Game 1 of the World Series in Toronto on Friday.
OLYMPICS
Oct 26, 2025
MLB commissioner optimistic about participation in 2028 Olympics, but hurdles remain
Commissioner Rob Manfred said progress has been made after meeting with officials for the Los Angeles games.
Commanders helmets are seen on the field during training camp in Ashburn, Virginia, in July 2022.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Jul 21, 2025
Trump threatens stadium deal unless Commanders revert to Redskins name
The NFL team dropped the name Redskins in 2020 after decades of criticism that it was a racial slur with links to the U.S. genocide of the Indigenous population.
A special manhole cover featuring Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2025
Japanese MLB stars to be featured on manhole covers
Each manhole cover will have an illustration of a Japanese player and be located at a place associated with his roots in baseball.
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani returns to the dugout after hitting a three-run home run against the Athletics at Dodger Stadium on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 16, 2025
Shohei Ohtani connects on two home runs to help Dodgers rout A¡¯s
Max Muncy, Andy Pages and James Outman also hit home runs for the Dodgers.
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
BASEBALL
Apr 28, 2025
Shohei Ohtani¡¯s example could change Â鶹´«Ã½ views on paternity leave
The Dodgers star went on MLB¡¯s paternity list for the birth of his daughter. MLB is the only major North American sports league that guarantees paternity leave to its players.
New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga delivers a pitch against the St. Louis Cardinals during the first inning at Citi Field in New York on Saturday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 20, 2025
Kodai Senga and Pete Alonso lead Mets past Cardinals
Senga (3-1) allowed just three hits, walked two and fanned four in an 89-pitch performance.
Giants fans cheer during an exhibition game against the Dodgers at Tokyo Dome on March 15.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Apr 14, 2025
NPB can learn from MLB amid backlash to its new social media policy
Arguing that the rights of NPB and its broadcasters are in peril because fans upload short videos from games is a hard sell.
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.
Dodgers stars (from left) Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki disembark at Haneda Airport after arriving on Thursday for the upcoming MLB Tokyo Series games at Tokyo Dome.
BASEBALL
Mar 13, 2025
Hundreds of fans vie for glimpse of homecoming MLB hero Ohtani
The roughly 500 fans who waited at Tokyo¡¯s Haneda airport did not get a chance to welcome their hero, with strict security measures in place.
Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole participates in spring training workouts at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 13.
BASEBALL
Mar 11, 2025
Yankees ace Cole to have season-ending elbow surgery
The Yankees confirmed that Cole would have Tommy John surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn right ulnar collateral ligament.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Strong wind and heavy rain forecast as tropical storm approaches Japan
Tropical Storm Chan-hom is expected to make landfall in northern Kanto between late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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