It turned out that the Japan Women's Softball Organization is aiming to launch a new league that is conscious of community-based activities, such as dividing the current Japanese league into east and west.
In the Japan League for Softball Women, 25 business teams are divided into three leagues, 1st to 3rd, and play games all over the country.
According to the people concerned, while softball is out of the competition for the Paris Olympics four years later, in order to restore the popularity of the Japanese league and increase the competition population, we are proceeding with adjustments aimed at launching a new league that is conscious of community ties. It means that there is.
Specifically, in order to increase the number of fans in the region and reduce the burden of team movement, we will add multiple teams to the first division currently competing with 12 teams and then play a league match divided into east and west, and the Japan Women's Softball Organization. By shifting to a general incorporated association, it will be easier to engage in stadium maintenance and promotion activities.
The organization has already shown each team a proposal to change to a new league and is aiming to start again next year.
Immediately after the Japan Women's Softball National Team won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, many spectators visited the Japanese league match, and the season was visited by more than 110,000 people, the highest number ever, but in recent years There are only about 80,000 people.