Baseball in Japan
Baseball was first introduced to Japan in 1872 and is currently the country's most popular participatory and spectator sport. The first professional competitions emerged in the 1920s. The highest level of baseball in Japan is Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), which consists of two leagues, the Central League and the Pacific League, with six teams each. High school baseball also enjoys a particularly strong public profile and fan base (much like college football and college basketball do in the United States); the Japanese High School Baseball Championship ("Summer Kōshien"), which takes place each August, is nationally televised and includes regional champions from all of Japan's 47 prefectures.
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Baseball in Japan
Baseball was first introduced to Japan in 1872 and is currently the country's most popular participatory and spectator sport. The first professional competitions emerged in the 1920s. The highest level of baseball in Japan is Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), which consists of two leagues, the Central League and the Pacific League, with six teams each. High school baseball also enjoys a particularly strong public profile and fan base (much like college football and college basketball do in the United States); the Japanese High School Baseball Championship ("Summer Kōshien"), which takes place each August, is nationally televised and includes regional champions from all of Japan's 47 prefectures.
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Tokyo Dome during the 2014 MLB Japan All-Star Series.
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Baseball was first introduced ...... all of Japan's 47 prefectures.
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