Emperor to Attend World Baseball Classic Match When Japan Takes on Australia at Tokyo Dome on March 8

The Yomiuri Shimbun

16:42 JST, February 27, 2026

The Emperor will attend the Japan-Australia match in the World Baseball Classic at Tokyo Dome on March 8, the Imperial Household Agency announced on Friday.

This will be the third time that the Emperor attends a WBC game since the Japan-China match in March 2009.