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National High School Baseball Championship
The of Japan, commonly known as , is an annual nationwide high school baseball tournament. It is the largest scale amateur sport event in Japan. The tournament, organized by the Japan High School Baseball Federation and ''Asahi Shimbun'', takes place during the summer school vacation period, culminating in a two-week final tournament stage with 49 teams in August at in the Koshien district of Nishinomiya City, Hyōgo, Japan. Like most sports, the 2020 tournament was canceled in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Background In the past teams from overseas have participated in the tournament. Korea fielded teams from 1921 to 1940; both Taiwan and Manchuria had teams participate from 1923 to 1940. The 49 schools taking part in the final tourney represent regional champions of each of the prefectures of Japan (with two from Hokkaidō and Tokyo). From mid-June until July, regional tournaments are held to decide who is sent to Koshien. The rules are the same as in the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanshin Koshien Stadium
, commonly referred to as simply Koshien Stadium, is a baseball park located near Kobe in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The stadium was built to host the national high school baseball tournaments, and opened on August 1, 1924. It was the largest stadium in Asia at the time it was completed, with a capacity of 55,000. The name ''Kōshien'' (甲子園) comes from '' Wood Rat'' of the Sexagenary cycle system. The year of the stadium's founding, 1924, was the first year kōshi (甲子) in the cycle. The design of the stadium was heavily influenced by the Polo Grounds in New York City. In 1936 it became the home stadium for the Osaka Tigers (current Hanshin Tigers), now with the Central League. On February 14, 1964, Hanshin, the Tigers' owners, was appended to the name of Koshien Stadium. In addition to the annual National High School Baseball Championship, played in August, the stadium hosts the annual National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament in March, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament
The National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (選抜高等学校野球大会 ''senbatsu kōtō gakkō yakyū taikai'') of Japan, commonly known as "Spring Kōshien" (春の甲子園 ''haru no kōshien'') or "Senbatsu" (センバツ), is an annual high school baseball tournament. Background The tournament, organized by the Japan High School Baseball Federation and Mainichi Shimbun, takes place each year in March at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in the Koshien district of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. Teams qualify for the tournament by participating in the regional fall tournaments held throughout the country. While finishing in the top teams generally guarantees an invitation, it is up to the Japan High School Baseball Federation to determine invitees. For instance, in the 2008 Fall Tournament in the Tōhoku region, Ichinoseki Gakuin was the runner-up. However, they were passed over for 3rd place Hanamaki Higashi for the 2009 invitation tournament. Of the 32 bids, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koyo Gakuin High School
Koyo Gakuin High School(甲陽学院高等学校) in Nishinomiya between Osaka and Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, combines junior and senior high schools for boys. Founded as a middle school in 1917 by Komakichiro Iga, supported by Tatsu-uma Family since 1920. Tatsu-uma Family is an owner of Hakushika brand, Japanese Refined Sake and the schools are run by "School Judicial Person Tatsu-uma Scholarship Society". It was reorganized into junior and senior high schools under the education reforms of 1948. Many of its alumni have succeeded in fields like business, medicine and academic. Rankings According to the ranking of Hensachi, adjusted standard deviation scores used to measure academic ability in Japan, Koyo Gakuin High School constitutes the second group of Hensachi 73, following the top group of Hensachi 74 constituted by Nada High School and Junior & Senior High School at Komaba, University of Tsukuba. Notable alumni Notable alumni include: * Nobutada Saji, CEO of Sunto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinshu University
, abbreviated to , is a Japanese national university located in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As the only university in Japan bearing the name of a former Japanese province, it bears the name "Shinshu" (alternative name for Shinano Province), and is firmly rooted in the many regions of Nagano Prefecture. It was the 18th ranked higher education institution in Japan. The University has several campuses; Matsumoto, Nagano, Ueda and Minami-Minowa. Nagano Prefecture is located in the center of Japan, a region blessed with traditional culture that is kept alive at many places throughout the prefecture such as Zenkoji, Matsumoto Castle, Ueda Castle. The school was founded in 1873 and it was established as a university in 1949, at which time the following institutions were subsumed into it; Nagano Normal School (established in 1873), Ueda Textile College (1910), Nagano Youths Normal School (1918), Matsumoto High School (1919), Nagano Technical College (1943), Matsumoto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyogo Prefectural Kobe High School
, also referred to as Kobe High School, is a high school in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. The school is the second oldest in Hyōgo Prefecture. Overview The school has 1076 students ranging in age from 15–18 as of June 2020. It offers both a science program (Sougourigakuka) and a general program. Many students have the strong intention of getting into National Universities and more than 70% of graduates got into national, prefectural and other public universities and colleges. Focus on science: The school has held the designation "Super Science High School" (SSH) since 2004. Extracurricular activities: * cultural festivals * sports days * music concerts Exchange programs: * Chatham Grammar School for Boys in England * Raffles Institution in Singapore Rankings Hensachi ranking is 71–77, the 2nd out of 396 High Schools in Hyōgo Prefecture, the 8th out of 10,053 in Japan Notable people * Shigeaki Hinohara Japanese physician, grantee of the Second Prize and the Order of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rice Riots Of 1918
The were a series of popular disturbances that erupted throughout Japan from July to September 1918, which brought about the collapse of the Terauchi Masatake administration. Causes A precipitous rise in the price of rice caused extreme economic hardship, particularly in rural areas where rice was the main staple of life. Farmers, who compared the low prices they were receiving from government regulation with the high market prices, had tremendous hostility to rice merchants and government officials, who had allowed the consumer price to spiral out of control. The inflation came in the early-20th-century inflationary spiral, which also affected most consumer goods and rents, and so urban dwellers also had considerable scope for grievances. The Siberian Intervention further inflamed the situation, with the government buying up existing rice stocks to support the troops overseas, which further drove rice prices even higher. The government intervention in economic affairs (low reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aichi Prefectural Asahigaoka Senior High School
Aichi Prefectural Asahigaoka Senior High School (Japanese: 愛知県立旭丘高等学校) is a public coeducational senior high school located in Nagoya city, Aichi prefecture, Japan. It was originally established in 1870, having a long history of more than 140 years. As of 2019, it had about 1200 students in years 10 to 12. The school was named "Aichi Prefectural No.1 Middle School" before World War II. In 1948, following the reformation of the education system, the school was merged with Nagoya No.3 Girl High School and renamed as "Aichi Prefectural Asahigaoka Senior High School". School outline Curriculum and Course Full-time Curriculum (2 courses) * General Course * Art Course Half-day Curriculum (Night, 1 course) (Student admission will be closed for good from 2020) * General Course Motto Respect justice Love sports Be Constantly School song The school's song was created by Kiyoshi Nobutoki and written by Japanese litterateur Senichi Hisamatsu, who was a gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keio Senior High School
is a private boys' high school in Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is affiliated with Keio University. Overview The Keio High Schools No. 1 (第一高等学校) and No. 2 (第二高等学校) merged into Keio SHS in 1948. its student body was 2,200. -Affiliated Schools translates the names of the two high schools that merged into Keio SHS differently Notable alumni Politicians *Shigeru Ishiba * Nobuteru Ishihara * Hirotaka Ishihara *Shintaro Ito * Tatsuya Ito * Taku Otsuka * Motohiro Ono * Shinsuke Okuno * Zentaro Kamei * Taro Kono * Keizo Takemi *Wataru Takeshita *Kenji Kosaka * Hirofumi Nakasone * Tokihiro Nakamura * Makoto Nishida * Nobuo Kishi *Shigefumi Matsuzawa * Yorihisa Matsuno * Akihisa Nagashima *Yoshio Sakurauchi * Masaaki Itokawa * Yoichiro Esaki * Otohiko Endo * Seiichi Ota * Koji Sato Businessmen * Hiroaki Aoki * Yotaro Kobayashi * Kakutaro Kitashiro * Takeo Shiina *Osamu Nagayama * Harunori Takahashi * Mochio Umeda *Akio Toyoda * James Kondo Academics * Seiichi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akita High School
is a high school in the city of Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Akita High is the oldest and first high school in the prefecture and one of the earliest pre-World War II middle schools in Japan. School activities Athletics Baseball Runners-up, Japanese High School Baseball Championship in 1915. Basketball Won Japanese championship in 1936. Mountaineering 3-time runners-up, Inter-High School Championships Judo Japanese champions in 1931, runners-up in 1938. Kendo 2-time Japanese champions in 1967 and 1968. Notable alumni * Shigeki Abe - baseball player *Yasushi Akashi - United Nations administrator. *Sasagu Arai - researcher of early Christianity *Shirō Fukai - composer *Kenzo Futaki - doctor *Eiji Gotō - admiral * Mitsutaka Goto- baseball player * Hiroo Ishii - baseball player * Shun-ichi Iwasaki - engineer * Katsutoshi Kaneda - politician *Kazuo Koike - manga writer *Machida Chūji - politician *Kazuo Nakamura (basketball) - head coach *Shōji Nishimura - admiral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extra Innings
Extra innings is the extension of a baseball or softball game in order to break a tie. Ordinarily, a baseball game consists of nine regulation innings (in softball and high school baseball games there are typically seven innings; in Little League Baseball, six), each of which is divided into halves: the visiting team bats first, after which the home team takes its turn at bat. However, if the score remains tied at the end of the regulation number of complete innings, the rules provide that "play shall continue until (1) the visiting team has scored more total runs than the home team at the end of a completed inning; or (2) the home team scores the winning run in an uncompleted inning." (Since the home team bats second, condition (2) does not allow the visiting team to score more runs before the end of the inning, unless the game is called before the inning ends). The rules of the game, including the batting order, availability of substitute players and pitchers, etc., remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Baseball Softball Confederation
World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC; french: Confédération internationale de baseball et softball) is the world governing body for the sports of baseball, softball, and Baseball5. It was established in 2013 by the merger of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and International Softball Federation (ISF), the former world governing bodies for baseball and softball, respectively. Under WBSC's organizational structure, IBAF and ISF now serve as the Baseball Division and Softball Division of WBSC. Each division is governed by an executive committee, while the WBSC is governed by an executive board. Headquartered in Pully, Switzerland, the WBSC was granted recognition as the sole competent global authority for both the sports of baseball and softball by the International Olympic Committee at the 125th IOC Session on 8 September 2013. The WBSC has 208 National Federation Members in 141 countries and territories across Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe and Oceania. Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisuke Matsuzaka
is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher, who pitched professionally for 23 seasons, 16 of them in NPB, 7 in MLB. He is currently a baseball color commentator, critic, reporter, and YouTuber. Daisuke is nicknamed in Japan and "Dice-K" in the United States by ''The Boston Globe'' and ''USA Today''. He played for the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Saitama Seibu Lions, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Matsuzaka was selected the MVP of the inaugural and the second World Baseball Classic, and is an Olympic bronze medalist. He is the first player to have won both a World Series and a World Baseball Classic. Early life Matsuzaka was born on September 13, 1980, in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture. He was named after Japanese high school star pitcher Daisuke Araki. Growing up in Koto, Tokyo, he studied kendo from the age of five to nine and began playing organized baseball when he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
