The next stop on MLB’s World Tour is here, and it's awfully fitting. The Dodgers and Cubs open the 2025 season in the Tokyo Series, with a pair of games at the Tokyo Dome on March 18 and 19. Both clubs will showcase some of MLB’s best Japanese-born talent;

Chicago Cubs fans take pride in being underdogs, a role that ended briefly when they won the World Series in 2016 to end a 107-year drought between championships.They were right at home in Tokyo facing the Los Angeles Dodgers and megastar Shohei Ohtani in a two-game series to open the Major League Baseball regular season.

MLB season began with a two-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs in Tokyo, Japan. Both teams have big Japanese players, including Shohei Ohtani and Roki Sasaki. The series ended in a two-game sweep for the Dodgers.