The Sapporo Snow Festival is an annual weeklong event that dates to 1950 in Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's main ...

Ohtani isn't the only Japanese baseball star to have been honored with a sculpture at the festival. Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui was featured in 2004, fresh off his rookie MLB ...

Shohei Ohtani did nothing but turn heads during his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers. During the regular season, he ...

A once-in-a-generation player who earned the admiration of baseball fans in North America -- the birthplace of the sport -- has now received the highe ...

Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 with the Seattle Mariners, the first Japanese position player to span the Pacific and an instant star. Left-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and ...

The day after Dekopin was born, Ohtani hit his 176th home run, breaking the record for the most home runs by a Japanese player in the major leagues, surpassing Hideki Matsui. The Takasakiyama ...

the first Japanese position player to span the Pacific and an instant star. Right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after, both boosting the country's confidence ...

the first Japanese position player to span the Pacific and an instant star. Left-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after, both boosting the country's confidence ...

(Kyodo) NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Derek Jeter, Sadaharu Oh and Hideki Matsui were among many to offer ... The 51-year-old Ichiro, Major League Baseball's first Japanese position player in 2001, had ...