The commissioner of Japanese baseball has announced that the first games of the upcoming Major League Baseball season will be played in Japan on 19 and 20 March 2025.

79-year-old Japanese business tycoon Sadayuki Sakakibara has begun his role as the new Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Commissioner.

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari has praised how baseball has spearheaded attempts to hold sporting events in Japan amid the coronavirus pandemic.

More than 5,000 spectators have been permitted to return to Nippon Professional Baseball and J-League matches after an easing of coronavirus restrictions in Japan.

A Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) game has been postponed after a player tested positive for COVID-19.

Japan has allowed a restricted number of fans to return to stadiums to watch baseball and football matches, despite the growing number of coronavirus cases in Tokyo.

Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) season will begin tomorrow with new rules and restrictions, following a three-month delay because of COVID-19.

Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) appears set to begin its season on June 19, almost three months to the day when it was supposed to start.

Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) commissioner Atsushi Saito has suggested the season could start in the second half of June.

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari says he is "confident" an agreement will be reached with Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the top league in Japan to be suspended during the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The opening day of Japan’s elite baseball league will not take place on April 24, as previously hoped, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Three players for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team have tested positive for coronavirus, it has been confirmed.

Nippon Professional Baseball team the Hanshin Tigers have asked fans to not participate in their traditional balloon launch due to fears of spreading coronavirus. 

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari has claimed the recently concluded second edition of the Premier12 confirms the success of the event's innovative formula.