How can Samurai Japan and others improve their standing ahead of the next WBC?

The final date has yet to be decided, but the next tournament could be in 2030, meaning many of these teams will look remarkably different.

Team Japan, boosted by country’s economic power, makes racket in WBC bracket

MIAMI — Nobody is saying the quiet part out loud, but nobody has to. The evidence is in the bracket. The World Baseball ...

Shohei Ohtani’s Reaction to Stunning Samurai Japan Defeat Was Just Weird

After Samurai Japan lost in dramatic fashion to NPB team Orix Buffaloes, Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani displayed an odd reaction.

World Baseball Classic: Samurai Japan outpitched, outhit and outmanaged by Venezuela in quarterfinal loss

But with his club down three runs and down to its final three outs, Ohtani would have to conjure a miracle to keep Japan’s ...

Samurai Japan’s identity crisis led to WBC disaster

Whatever the case, Samurai Japan has a major decision to make between now and then: It has to figure out what it wants to be.

Shohei Ohtani, Samurai Japan honor John Cena at World Baseball Classic

Shohei Ohtani is one of the greatest baseball players of all time, and he is honoring one of the pro wrestling GOATs at the ...
The Japan Times

Samurai Japan still faces lineup questions despite perfect WBC record

In the first three games in Tokyo, Japan relied heavily on its three major league stars at the top of the batting order: ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Cannes: The Undying Appeal of the Japanese Samurai

One of the most influential character archetypes in film history is adapting to contemporary social mores and finding new life on Japan’s screens big and small. By Gavin Blair By the time the samurai ...