The Japan Professional Baseball Players Association said Monday it is looking to propose setting up a paternity leave system, recently used by Los Angeles Dodgers' star Shohei Ohtani in Major League ...

He later continued his career in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball League with teams like the Chunichi Dragons and Yokohama DeNA BayStars. He was a four-time all-star in the NPB. As rescue ...

Hara was wrapping up his 15th season in Nippon Professional Baseball and, while injuries had kept him off the field his last few years, he was ticketed for the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame as ...

(Thomas Skrlj/The Canadian Press via AP) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nippon Professional Baseball on Friday notified its 12 clubs that players can use so-called torpedo bats in regular-season games.

Former Americas High School baseball standout Darell Hernaiz is living out his childhood dream. The 23-year-old Hernaiz is playing professional baseball at a high level and for the past few days ...

He has announced that 2025 will be his final season in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPR) after which he will look to sign with an MLB team. He will not be classified as an international amateur ...

He last played in Japan for the Orix Buffaloes, a Nippon Professional Baseball team, in 2016. Nelsy Cruz, sister of seven-time MLB All-Star Nelson Cruz and the governor of Montecristi, a ...

Sasaki, 19, looks to become the first player in Japan to forgo the NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball) draft, play collegiately in the U.S. and then launch a professional career through Major ...

Major League Baseball and the players’ association on Wednesday allocated the four qualifiers for the 20-nation tournament, which runs from March 5-17. Taiwan was added to Group C at the Tokyo Dome, ...

NEW YORK — Brazil will join the United States, Mexico, Italy and Britain in Group B of the first round of next year's World Baseball Classic ... defending champion Japan, Australia, South ...

Dominican President Luis Abinader declared three days of mourning following the incident. Blanco, who was 44 years old, according to the Nippon Professional Baseball website, moved from Chunichi to a ...

Blanco played for the Washington Nationals in 2005 before spending eight seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. Octavio Dotel was the other MLB player killed in the incident.