The Tokyo Yakult Swallows employee who portrayed the team’s beloved mascot Tsubakuro has died, the Central League club announced on Wednesday. The team asked for privacy for the family of the ...

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows employee whose humor and quick wit made Tsubakuro one of the most popular mascots in Japanese professional baseball has died, the team said Feb. 19. The employee had ...

Former San Diego Padres Pedro Avila has signed with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Rather than accepting his minor league assignment from the Cleveland ...

(Mainichi/Naotsune Umemura) TOKYO -- Japan's professional baseball team the Tokyo Yakult Swallows announced Feb. 19 that the person who performs as the club's popular mascot Tsubakuro had passed away.