TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of national ...

Ichiro will go into the Hall of Fame as professional baseball’s all-time leader in hits with 4,367 (3,089 in MLB and 1,278 in ...

The Dodgers’ history of adding players from Japan dates back to 1995, when they signed Hideo Nomo to a Minor League contract that included a $2 million signing bonus.

With a robust history of developing Japanese talent—Hideo Nomo, Kenta Maeda, and now Yoshinobu Yamamoto—Los Angeles offers a proven pathway to stardom. Add to that their presence in a Japan ...

Japan has a rich, layered baseball history ... Then, in the winter of 1995, everything changed. Hideo Nomo, a starlet pitcher for the Kintetsu Buffaloes, used a loophole in his contract to ...