Shoki Murakami threw a complete-game shutout as the Hanshin Tigers ended their losing streak at four games with a 4-0 victory over the Yakult Swallows on Friday. Murakami (5-1) picked up his fifth win ...

Tetsuto Yamada of the Yakult Swallows hits his 300th career home run in the second inning of a game against the Chunichi Dragons at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium on April 5, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo ...

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows employee whose humor and quick wit made Tsubakuro one of the most popular mascots in Japanese professional baseball has died, the team said Feb. 19. The employee had ...

Yakult's business activities began with founder Dr Minoru Shirota’s pursuit to build a body that is resilient to disease. The origins for Dr Shirota’s beliefs are in the philosophy of Shirota ...

Keiji Takahashi of the Yakult Swallows pitches against the Hanshin ... Hanshin right-hander Saiki (0-2) pitched eight innings of one-run ball. Among Tuesday's other games, the SoftBank Hawks ...

Bauer's final stat line for the farm league start was an unearned run on three base hits with seven strikeouts ... short rest as his previous start was on Saturday against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Yakult’s fermented milk product in the little ... of fermented milk that contains 100 billion LcS or a placebo in the run-up to an important exam and for a short time after.