Baseball was introduced to Japan in 1872 and is Japan's most popular participatory and spectator sport. The first professional competitions emerged in...

representing Japan in international baseball competitions. It won the World Baseball Classic in 2006, 2009, and 2023 as well as WBSC Premier12 in 2019. The...

Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB, 日本野球機構, Nippon Yakyū Kikō) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is...

Professional baseball in Japan first started in the 1920s, but it was not until the Greater Japan Tokyo Baseball Club (大日本東京野球倶楽部, Dai-nippon Tōkyō Yakyū...

rooms and Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (野球殿堂, Yakyū Dendō). It first opened in 1959 next door to Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. In 1988, the museum...

Professional Baseball season is the 75th season of professional baseball in Japan since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950 and the...

American expatriate baseball players in Japan have been a feature of the Japanese professional leagues since 1934. American expatriate players began to...

In Japan, Kōshien (甲子園) generally refers to the two annual baseball tournaments played by high schools nationwide culminating at a final showdown at Hanshin...

Japanese-style baseball, or rubber-ball baseball, (Japanese: 軟式野球, romanized: Nanshiki yakyū, lit. 'soft baseball') is a game that was created in Japan...

school baseball tournament. It is the largest scale amateur sport event in Japan. The tournament, organized by the Japan High School Baseball Federation...

This is a list of films about baseball, featuring notable films where baseball plays a central role in the development of the plot. List of sports films...

The Japanese Baseball League (日本野球連盟, Nihon Yakyū Renmei) was a professional baseball league in Japan which operated from 1936 to 1949, before reorganizing...

Baseball is a major sport in Taiwan that is often characterized as the national sport (Chinese: 國球). It was introduced during the Japanese rule era around...

The Baseball Federation of Japan (BFJ) (全日本野球協会, Zen'nihon Yakyū Kyōkai) is governing body of baseball in Japan. They organize of Japanese amateur baseball...

area. It is the oldest collegiate baseball conference in Japan. Before the 1936 establishment of the Japanese Baseball League and subsequent growth (after...

Sports in Japan are a significant part of Japanese culture. Traditional sports, such as sumo and martial arts, as well as Western imports like baseball, association...

all-time rival Japan. It achieved eighth place in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, fifth place in the 12-team 2019 WBSC Premier12, and first place in the 2024...

school baseball tournament. The tournament, organized by the Japan High School Baseball Federation and Mainichi Shimbun, takes place each year in March...

Nagoya Chunichi Dragons of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Upon arrival in Japan, Elliot clashes with the Japanese culture and the team's manager...

February 1949) was a Japanese Christian socialist, parliamentarian and pacifist. He largely contributed to development of baseball in Japan, and was called...

A total of 71 Japanese-born players have played in at least one Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Of these players, twelve are on existing MLB rosters...

players; as a results, those participating in top-level professional baseball leagues in the United States, Japan, and elsewhere were not included. Although...

Kansai Big6 Baseball League (関西学生野球連盟, Kansai gakusei yakyū renmei) is a collegiate baseball league located in central Kansai region of Japan, stretching...

The Japan–South Korea baseball rivalry is a sports rivalry contested between the national baseball teams of Japan and South Korea. One of many rivalries...

The 1934 Japan Tour was a 12-city barnstorming baseball tour of Japan that took place in November and December 1934. It featured an all-star team of American...

Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) are the highest levels of baseball in the United States and Japan, respectively. MLB started in...

The Japan Women's Baseball League (Japanese: 日本女子プロ野球リーグ, Hepburn: Nihon Joshi Puro Yakyū Rīgu), formerly Girls Professional Baseball League until 2012...

The Japan High School Baseball Federation (財団法人日本高等学校野球連盟 zaidan hōjin nihon kōtō gakkō yakyū renmei) is the governing body of high school baseball in Japan...

March 20, Japan defeated Cuba 10–6 in the final held at Petco Park in San Diego to win the 2006 World Baseball Classic. In the 2009 World Baseball Classic...

baseball team, also known as Team USA represents the United States in international-level baseball competitions. The team is currently ranked 2nd in the...