Japanese baseball organisation NPB has found that four players and a staffer from the Saitama Seibu Lions have been illegally ...

Kohei Arihara hurled a six-hit shutout striking out 11 as the SoftBank Hawks held off the Pacific League-leading Nippon Ham ...

Masataka Yoshida began his rehab assignment with Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday, but during pregame warmups he got some work ...

News about Nippon Professional Baseball. Commentary and archival information about Nippon Professional Baseball from The New York Times.

The last time we checked in on disgraced former MLB Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer, things weren't going  so well in Japan's Nippon Professional ...

Nevin, 28, signed with the Lions in January. His Japanese career has gotten out to a solid start through his first 68 games.

Former MLB Cy Young Award winner swears that he's still one of the best starting pitchers on the planet. But it's become abundantly clear with each time ...

Cardinals infielder/outfielder Jose Barrero elected free agency and is considering an opportunity in Japan. Read more at MLB ...

For his seven-year career in Nippon Professional Baseball, Murakami is slashing .272/.395/.534 with 241 home runs in 3,983 plate appearances, with a 25 K% and a 16.1 BB%.

DETROIT -- Former Detroit Tigers utility man Tyler Nevin is extending his career in Japan. Nevin, 28 has agreed to a two-year ...

Shigeo Nagashima, considered Japan's "Mr. Baseball," died at the age of 89, and the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani and others are mourning his death.

S higeo Nagashima, who was known in Japan as "Mr. Pro Baseball" and was one of the most famous people in the country during his playing days in Nippon Professional Baseball, has died. He was 89.