The latest free agent pitcher is more affordable than the others, reportedly prompting all 30 teams to put together 'their finest SEC-style recruiting pitches.' ...

Chiba police have arrested two men over a break-in last week at the home of an elderly woman in the city of Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture, it was learned Wednesday. One of the suspects said he ...

CHIBA—After retiring at age 60, Hiromu Inada took up swimming to shed fat from his overweight body. Three decades later, at age 91, Inada plans to complete what many consider the world’s ...

After spending 2024 with the White Sox and Red Sox, former Royals pitcher Brad Keller is heading to Japan to replace Roki Sasaki in the Marines' rotation.

In four seasons with the Chiba Lotte Marines, he has a 2.02 ERA with 524 strikeouts in 414 2/3 innings. For Japanese players to sign with a major league club, they have to be permitted to go ...

Early on Oct. 16, robbers broke into a home in Shiroi, Chiba Prefecture, assaulted a woman in her 70s and her daughter in her 40s, and stole about 200,000 yen ($1,300), police said. The victims ...