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With the 2025 schedule release on Tuesday, Major League Baseball made it official: The Cubs are set to open next season against the Dodgers in Tokyo.
The Tokyo Series, scheduled for March 18-19 at the Tokyo Dome will be the first regular season games of the year. Opening Day stateside is March 27.
The Cubs return to Japan for the 25th anniversary of the first-ever regular season games played in Japan, between the Cubs and Mets in 2000. It will be the sixth time MLB has opened the regular season in Tokyo and the first since 2019, when the Mariners and A’s played at the Tokyo Dome.