2026 World Baseball Classic: Venezuela stuns defending champion Japan, advances to semifinals vs. Italy

Japan's World Baseball Classic title defense is over. Saturday night at loanDepot Park in Miami, Venezuela rallied from ...
NBC Los Angeles

Ohtani hits grand slam as Japan routs Chinese Taipei in World Baseball Classic

Ohtani hit a grand slam in the second inning — in the first he doubled on the first pitch of the game but didn’t score — as ...

When did baseball start in Japan and how did it become so popular?

The country has dominated the World Baseball Classic in the 2000s, but its baseball history started long before.
AOL

How Japan Fell in Love with Baseball

Every four years, athletes across the world converge for the World Baseball Classic. While the United States’ legacy in baseball is storied, one of its fiercest rivals on the international stage ...