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Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jul 21, 2021

Summer Koshien baseball championship to be held largely without fans

Japan's renowned summer high school baseball championship will be held without spectators in principle when it opens next month.

Japanese Baseball Mar 5, 2021

Fans to be limited to 10,000 at Spring Koshien tournament

Up to 10,000 spectators will be admitted for games at this month's prestigious spring invitational high school baseball tournament, organizers announced Thursday. A year after it canceled the tournament at iconic Koshien Stadium outside Osaka for the first time, the Japan High School Baseball Federation ...

Film / Reviews Aug 13, 2020

‘Koshien: Japan’s Field of Dreams’: This underdog story is hard to beat

by Mark Schilling

Ema Ryan Yamazaki’s gripping documentary about an annual high school baseball tournament shows the highs and lows of working toward hard-won victories.

Japanese Baseball Aug 10, 2020

Senbatsu replacement games start at Koshien Stadium

During the event, which is being held under strict physical distancing protocols, each school will play one game for a total of 16 games over the next week.

Baseball | Sac Bunts Jun 29, 2020

Filmmaker excited about chance to present Koshien to U.S. audience

by Jason Coskrey

Ema Ryan Yamazaki hopes to provide a new perspective of Japan's famous high school tournament when her documentary airs on ESPN.

Baseball Mar 4, 2020

Spring Koshien to either be held without fans or canceled because of coronavirus

The Japan High School Baseball Federation said Wednesday it is preparing to hold the National High School Baseball Invitational tournament behind closed doors due to the spread of the new coronavirus, while also mulling possible cancellation of the tournament. The federation said it will decide ...

Baseball | In Pictures Aug 19, 2018

Summer Koshien: From the inside

by Lance Henderstein

While living in Japan, I spent languid summers watching Koshien on television. I'd rise before the first game and pour cold mugicha (barley tea) as cicadas hummed outside my open windows. It's the sounds I remember most. The chatter of the announcers punctuated by aluminum bat ...

Baseball Aug 21, 2016

Sakushin Gakuin routs Hokkaido's Hokkai to earn high school baseball crown

Sakushin Gakuin High School romped past Hokkaido's Hokkai High School 7-1 to win Japan's prestigious National High School Baseball Tournament on Sunday afternoon. Playing before a packed crowd at historic Koshien Stadium, Sakushin ace Tatsuya Imai allowed one run, while striking out nine over the ...