Softball returned to the Games for the first time since the Beijing Olympics in 2008. But it's not on the program for Paris in 2024. The six-team tournament featured defending Olympic champion Japan ...

On home soil, in an event their nation rescued from a state of Olympic neglect specifically for these Games, Japan’s softball team delivered a near-flawless defensive performance to defeat the United ...

The Opening Round of the World Games 2025 Women’s Softball competition is officially complete, and only four teams remain in the hunt for a gold medal. With the U.S., Canada, and Japan already ...

SETO, Aichi -- A softball team captain at a private high school in this central Japan city took her own life in 2022, but the school explained to her classmates that she died "in a traffic accident," ...