Japan is one of the powers of international baseball. It has won two World Baseball Classics. It has ranked No. 1 in the World Baseball Softball Confederation rankings many times over the past decade.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... TOKYO — Tetsuto Yamada hit two home runs to lead Japan to an 8-5 win over Cuba in the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday. Pinch hitter Seiichi Uchikawa broke ...

TOKYO (AP) Tetsuto Yamada hit two home runs to lead Japan to an 8-5 win over Cuba in the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday. Pinch hitter Seiichi Uchikawa broke TOKYO (AP) Tetsuto Yamada hit two home ...

TOKYO—Tetsuto Yamada takes his responsibility as the leadoff hitter seriously and that showed Tuesday. Yamada slammed a pair of home runs and drove in three runs as Japan improved to 5-0 in the World ...

TOKYO — Tetsuto Yamada hit two home runs to lead Japan to an 8-5 win over Cuba on Tuesday in the World Baseball Classic. Pinch hitter Seiichi Uchikawa broke a 5-5 tie on a sacrifice fly in the eighth ...

TOKYO — Tetsuto Yamada hit two home runs to lead Japan to an 8-5 win over Cuba in the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday. Pinch hitter Seiichi Uchikawa broke a 5-5 tie on a sacrifice fly in the eighth ...

Tetsuto Yamada's three-run double with two outs in the bottom of the eighth was the difference Wednesday as Japan advanced to the Olympic baseball gold medal game with a 5-2 win over South Korea.