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Rakuten Inc. and La New International Corporation (La New) have concluded a basic agreement in which all shares held by La New in Lamigo Monkeys Co (Lamigo), the La New subsidiary that manages the Taiwanese professional baseball team the Lamigo Monkeys, will be transferred to Rakuten. Through this share purchase,… Read

Around this time of year, I always ask myself: are baseball training camps always the most significant sports story of the day… or are Japanese TV stations just rubbish? It turns out that Japanese stations are just rubbish. The Yomiuri Giants’ camp and the team’s top rookie will virtually always… Read

Every year, Major League Baseball sends a delegation of players to Japan for a series of games against a team of Japanese all-stars. Since the contests are held after the conclusion of both the World and Japan Series, the players are all technically in their off-seasons, but there’s still some… Read

America’s Major League Baseball (MLB) has continued to experience a surge in popularity, as evidenced by the millions worldwide buying MLB tickets to watch their favorite teams and players or streaming and even betting on the games online. In fact, statistics show that the New York Yankees, which is one… Read

One evening in Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu Stadium, I sat thinking about other things as my beloved Yakult Swallows’ bullpen imploded, blowing yet another late-game lead. The team’s on-field ineptitude lent itself well to daydreaming. Celebrated Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami was sitting in Jingu’s right field seats when it first occurred… Read