2025 MLB World Tour: Tokyo Series

presented by Guggenheim

Major League Baseball announced that its 2025 regular season will begin with the Tokyo Series presented by Guggenheim at the Tokyo Dome, featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers with Oshu, Japan native Shohei Ohtani and Bizen, Japan native Yoshinobu Yamamoto against the Chicago Cubs with Kitakyushu, Japan native Shota Imanaga and Arakawa, Japan native Seiya Suzuki on Tuesday, March 18th and Wednesday, March 19th.

On March 15, the Chicago Cubs will take on the Hanshin Tigers at 12pm and the Yomiuri Giants will face the Los Angeles Dodgers at 7pm. On March 16, the Los Angeles Dodgers will take on the Hanshin Tigers at 12pm and the Yomiuri Giants will take on the Chicago Cubs at 7 p.m.

All games of the 2025 MLB World Tour: Tokyo Series including the four exhibition games will be played at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo.

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A limited number of tickets may become available for the Tokyo Series. Click below to view any available inventory.

Days

Hrs

Mins

Secs

Exhibition Games

March 15, 2025

GAME 1

Chicago Cubs vs. Hanshin Tigers
12:00 p.m. JST

GAME 2

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Yomiuri Giants
7:00 p.m. JST

Exhibition Games

March 16, 2025

GAME 3

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Hanshin Tigers
12:00 p.m. JST

GAME 4

Chicago Cubs vs. Yomiuri Giants
7:00 p.m. JST

Regular Season Series

March 18, 2025

Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs
7:00 p.m. JST

March 19, 2025

Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs
7:00 p.m. JST

How to Watch

Tuesday March 18, 2025

Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs

6:00 a.m. EST | 7:00 p.m. JST

Spanish broadcast available on Fox Deportes

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs

6:00 a.m. EST | 7:00 p.m. JST

Spanish broadcast available on Fox Deportes

Japan

U.S. Local Networks

Tokyo Series News

Imanaga made all the right adjustments to excel in Majors
TOKYO – Shortly after Shota Imanaga arrived at Spring Training a year ago, Cubs pitching coach Tommy Hottovy wanted to look at some video with the pitcher. It was time to revisit the home run that Imanaga surrendered to Team USA’s Trea Turner in the ‘23 World Baseball Classic. In...
Cubs, Dodgers meet in Tokyo with scarce -- but frigid -- Opening Day history
The last time the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers played on Opening Day was more than 60 years ago. And while so much has changed in the decades since, the April weather at Wrigley Field that day will be instantly recognizable to anyone has bundled up for an early...
Dodgers, Cubs have rich histories of Japanese players
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; the...
For some Dodgers, Tokyo Series first taste of 'insane' international atmosphere
This story was excerpted from Sonja Chen’s Dodgers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox....
Pair of exciting pitching matchups slated for Tokyo Series
TOKYO -- The list of Japanese stars currently in the Majors is deep and the Dodgers and Cubs are leading the charge. Look no further than the mound at the legendary Tokyo Dome for next week’s Tokyo Series to open the 2025 season. Three of the four starters for the...
Dodgers' star Japanese trio ready for Tokyo Series spotlight
TOKYO -- Shohei Ohtani took the field at the Tokyo Dome to the roar of applause as a brief snippet of his walk-up song, "The Show Goes On" by Lupe Fiasco, played in the background. Never mind that Friday was just a workout day -- the excitement was real, and...