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Tokyo Dome has been chosen as one of the baseball stadiums to hold international baseball tournaments since the 2000s. The Tokyo Dome has been selected to host all five [[World Baseball Classic]]s through 2023. It was also selected to host the finals of the [[WBSC Premier 12]], which was held twice.
The Tokyo Dome has held various [[Major League Baseball]] games to open the seasons, with the first series—a two-game slate between the [[Chicago Cubs]] and [[New York Mets]] in [[2000 Major League Baseball season|2000]]—being the first time American MLB teams have played regular season games in Asia. Four years later, the [[New York Yankees]], featuring former [[Yomiuri Giants]] slugger/outfielder [[Hideki Matsui]] in their lineup, and the [[Tampa Bay Rays|Tampa Bay Devil Rays]] played two games in the stadium to start the [[2004 Major League Baseball season|2004 season]]. The [[Boston Red Sox]] and the [[Oakland Athletics]] opened the 2008 MLB season in Japan, and also competed against Japanese teams.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071114&content_id=2300048&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=Red Sox, A's Japan-bound in 2008 |access-date=2008-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080325&content_id=2456356&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos |title=Moss, Manny fuel comeback |access-date=2008-03-26}}</ref> To open the [[2012 Major League Baseball season|2012 season]] the [[Seattle Mariners]] and the Athletics, the former of which had [[Ichiro Suzuki]], played a two-game series on March 28–29. In game one Seattle – led by Ichiro's 4 hits – won 3–1 in 11 innings.<ref>[http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7031415/seattle-mariners-oakland-athletics-open-2012-season-tokyo "Seattle Mariners Oakland athletics open 2012 season Tokyo"] ''ESPN''.</ref> The Mariners and Athletics returned to the Tokyo Dome for a two-game series to begin the [[2019 Major League Baseball season]], with Ichiro retiring from professional baseball after the second game.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2826954-report-legend-ichiro-suzuki-to-retire-after-nearly-30-years-in-mlb-japan | title=Legend Ichiro Suzuki Retiring After Nearly 30 Years in MLB, Japan | work=[[Bleacher Report]] | author=Mike Chiari | date=March 21, 2019 | access-date=March 21, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322025921/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2826954-report-legend-ichiro-suzuki-to-retire-after-nearly-30-years-in-mlb-japan | archive-date=March 22, 2019 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Johns|first1=Greg|title=Ichiro announces retirement after emotional finale|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/ichiro-in-lineup-for-opening-series-finale|website=MLB.com|publisher=[[MLB]]|date=March 21, 2019|access-date=March 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321122513/https://www.mlb.com/news/ichiro-in-lineup-for-opening-series-finale|archive-date=March 21, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> On July 18, 2024, Major League Baseball announced that the 2025 MLB season will open with a two game series March 18-19 at Tokyo Dome between the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] and the [[Chicago Cubs]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Clair|first1=Michael|title=Dodgers, Cubs to stage star-studded showdown in Tokyo to begin 2025 season|url=http://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-cubs-japanese-superstars-to-start-2025-mlb-season-in-tokyo|website=MLB.com|publisher=[[MLB]]|date=July 18, 2024|access-date=July 18, 2024}}</ref>
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