against Mexico at Yokohama Baseball Stadium during the Summer Olympics, on July 31, 2021, in

Japan's Tetsuto Yamada crosses the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning in the Olympic baseball

An article of the Japan Weekly Mail, center, shows that a baseball game was played on Oct

Swallows in their 2-1 Central League win over the DeNA BayStars at Yokohama Stadium on Sept.... Cleanup

Team Japan celebrate after the gold medal baseball game against the United States at the Summer

YOKOHAMA--A Lego version of the Yokohama Chinatown streetscape has gone on display in front of a

Koya Takahashi of the Hiroshima Carp pitches during a Central League game against the Yomiuri Giants on Oct.... 9, 2021, at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima.... The Carp, whose playoff hopes appeared dead a week ago, won their fourth straight to move within seven games of the two-time defending league champion Giants, who occupy the CL's final playoff spot but dropped their fifth straight....

The Olympic Rings and a Tokyo 2020 sign are pictured inside Yokohama Baseball Stadium at the

Yutaro Watanabe of the Seibu Lions pitches in a Pacific League game against the Rakuten Eagles at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi on Oct.... A two-run rally in the final frame threatened to undo Watanabe's work before Ryosuke Moriwaki replaced Reed Garret with two out and the bases loaded.... The righty coaxed a flyout from Eigoro Mogi to end the game and prevent the third-place Eagles from extending their lead over the fourth-place SoftBank Hawks....

Koyo Aoyagi of the Hanshin Tigers throws against the Yakult Swallows on June 29, 2021, at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in western Japan.... But the Tigers responded immediately in the home half, putting together seven straight two-out singles, the second coming from Aoyagi, off Kazuto Taguchi( 4-5).... Koji Chikamoto tied the game before Kento Itohara, Jefry Marte, Jerry Sands and slugging rookie Teruaki Sato all followed suit as they scored all their runs in the inning....