Major League Baseball will organize an All-Star team and visit Japan this fall to play Samurai Japan, Nippon Professional Baseball announced on Tuesday.
According to a press release, the MLB All-Stars are scheduled to play six games — five contests and an exhibition game — against the Japan national team and the other against a team comprised of players from the Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants.
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