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 ...

Ichiro Suzuki was one of the faces of baseball during the 2000s after making the jump from the Japanese League to join the ...

In 1995, the Dodgers made history by signing right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo, a five-time All-Star in Japan's Pacific League. Nomo became the first player from a Japanese professional league to ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers have a rich history of international signings, which Hideo Nomo is part of as the first Japanese-born player in Major League Baseball. Nomo was originally signed by the ...

Roki Sasaki could be the greatest Japanese pitcher ever. He hopes the Dodgers can turn him into just that, even if it means ...

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 ...

Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now. His triumphs across the Pacific buoyed the ...