Ohtani came out of Japan’s regimented baseball system at Hanamaki Higashi High School in largely rural ... He’d get up in the middle of night and practice his swing," Whiting said.

Japan's fertility rate is ... the simple pleasure of playing team sports with classmates can no longer be taken for granted. And as one remote high school struggles with that issue, a tech firm ...

High school baseball players in Japan sporting shaved heads are no longer the norm in a clean break from past tradition, according to a new study. In fact, nearly three-quarters of high school ...

The Transpacific Exchange of the Game” will explore the longstanding exchange of teams and players in the more than 150 years ...

Last February, Japanese standout Rintaro Sasaki skipped the NPB draft and signed a letter of intent to play college baseball at Stanford. Sasaki attended the same high school as Ohtani — Sasaki ...

Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki, of Japan, hits a solo home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, in Anaheim, Calif., on May 31, 2009, (AP Photo/Mark J.