Long-term rivals Korea and Japan face off in this evening's 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C action at Tokyo Dome at 7 p.m. Stay with us here for live updates.
Korea's Kim Hye-seong reacts after getting struck out during the eighth inning of a World Baseball Classic game between Korea and Japan at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 7. [AP/YONHAP]
Korea's Lee Jung-hoo in action during the second inning of a World Baseball Classic game between Korea and Czechia in Tokyo on March 5. [AP/YONHAP]
BY JIM BULLEY AND THOMAS MCCARTHY [jim.bulley@joongang.co.kr]
![Korea's Kim Hye-seong reacts after getting struck out during the eighth inning of a World Baseball Classic game between Korea and Japan at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 7. [AP/YONHAP]](https://img3.daumcdn.net/thumb/R658x0.q70/?fname=https://t1.daumcdn.net/news/202603/07/koreajoongangdaily/20260307222640068gfdz.jpg)
![Korea's Lee Jung-hoo in action during the second inning of a World Baseball Classic game between Korea and Czechia in Tokyo on March 5. [AP/YONHAP]](https://img1.daumcdn.net/thumb/R658x0.q70/?fname=https://t1.daumcdn.net/news/202603/07/koreajoongangdaily/20260307182442588cquq.jpg)