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YaksokuDa, I am sorry, but baseball was not brought into Japan post-WWII, but was actually introduced to Japan in the late 1800s. Professional baseball has been incredibly popular in Japan for almost 100 years.

High school baseball championships are held every year in Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo-ken (smack dab between Osaka and Kobe). The best teams from each prefecture vie for the National title, and many of the best players will be scouted for pro teams.

I think we are talking in slightly simplistic terms to simply call "Americanization" a "bad thing" in the scope of this topic.

Is it so terrible for one culture to have influence on another?

Are we not all on Japan forums?