MLB star Shohei Ohtani made a triumphant return to Japan last week for an exhibition game, playing in front of a home crowd for the first time in a major league uniform. In a rare interview a day ...

This remarkable combo of the Dodgers and Japan didn't happen overnight ... You might think it's there because of Dodger sensation Shohei Otani, but actually, it's just the opposite.

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani runs out a fly out to left in the first inning of an MLB Tokyo Series baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, March 19, 2025.

The response to Shohei Ohtani at the Tokyo Dome on Friday reestablished a longstanding truth about the Dodgers: In Japan’s view, there is Ohtani and then there is everyone else.

"Today is the opening day of the Major League, and there are so many stories about Shohei Ohtani that we will reduce the related reports appropriately." The day the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago ...

TOKYO -- The expectations for Shohei Ohtani's first trip to Japan as a major league player were massive and unyielding. He is a near-mythic figure in his home country, and his presence here this ...

Readers of the Los Angeles Times give their thoughts and opinions on Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers as well as USC, UCLA and high school basketball.

The reigning NL MVP has his first home run of the season. Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani electrified his home crowd in Japan on Wednesday, blasting a solo shot in the fifth inning against ...

Japanese star Shohei Ohtani showed off some prodigious ... The Dodgers are playing in Japan as part of the Tokyo Series. The team is playing two exhibition games against Japanese teams before ...

And as Otani grows in popularity, so does his celebrity collabs with his latest for sports apparel company New Balance. With prices starting at $27.99 at NewBalance.com, the Shohei Otani ...

TOKYO — Japanese star Shohei Ohtani showed off some prodigious ... The Dodgers are playing in Japan as part of the Tokyo Series. The team is playing two exhibition games against Japanese teams ...

Shohei Ohtani delivered in front of a sold-out ... "I think it was a great at-bat.” The Dodgers are in Japan ahead of next week's season-opening Tokyo Series, which brings games against the ...