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Shohei Ohtani has won four MVP awards in MLB after his latest win this season.
BASEBALL / MLB
Japanese fans express pride after Shohei Ohtani wins fourth MVP Award
Ohtani was named American League MVP with the Angels in 2021 and 2023 and has won the award in the National League with the Dodgers in the past two seasons.
BASEBALL / MLB
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
Ohtani joined Barry Bonds as the only players to win at least four MVP awards.
BASEBALL / MLB
Pirates GM says Paul Skenes will remain with team in 2026
Cherington confirmed that other clubs have checked in about Skenes' availability in a trade.
Shohei Ohtani (left), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (center) and Roki Sasaki of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate in the locker room after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in Game 7 to win the 2025 World Series at Rogers Center in Toronto, on Nov. 2.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 12, 2025
Ohtani, Yamamoto and Sasaki generate ¥132.8 billion in economic impact
By Yukana Inoue
Merchandise sales, broadcasting rights and the popularity of the players are all thought to have contributed to the high number.
Tatsuya Imai
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 11, 2025
Right-hander Tatsuya Imai posting for MLB free agency
The 27-year-old Japanese righty has 45 days to agree to a contract with an MLB team.
Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase pitches against the Athletics at Progressive Field in Cleveland on July 18.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 10, 2025
MLB pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz indicted for rigging pitches
Ortiz was arrested Sunday in Boston and will appear in court on Monday. Clase is not in custody.
Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani and his wife, Mamiko, acknowledge the crowd during the World Series championship parade at downtown Los Angeles.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 4, 2025
Ohtani teases 'three-peat' as Dodgers parade draws Los Angeles crowds
By Lisa Richwine - Rory Carroll
Blue and white confetti showered fans as players rode by atop double-decker buses.
Blue Jays designated hitter Bo Bichette hits a three-run home run against the Dodgers in the third inning during Game 7 of the 2025 MLB World Series at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Saturday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 3, 2025
Bo Bichette heads MLB free agent list after World Series
Bichette hit a three-run homer to put the Blue Jays ahead early in Game 7 on Saturday but the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 5-4 win in 11 innings.
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto celebrates with manager Dave Roberts after defeating the Blue Jays in Game 7 of the MLB World Series.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 2, 2025
'Unheard of': Dodgers in awe of iron man Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Manager Dave Roberts hailed Yamamoto's resilience after the ace delivered one of the most remarkable pitching performances in World Series history.
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and teammates celebrate after winning the World Series against the Blue Jays. Yamamoto was named MVP for the series.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 2, 2025
Dodgers clinch back-to-back World Series titles as Blue Jays downed in thriller
Yoshinobu Yamamoto — who had started Friday's Game 6 victory — closed out the win by getting the final three outs and was named Most Valuable Player of the series.

From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency
Representatives from the Japan Innovation Party hand over a proposal to designate Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, as persona no grata, to a staff of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
By Kathryn Wortley

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