Read the article titled "Baseball in Japan." How was baseball first introduced to Japan? Why did the Allies encourage its continuation in Japan after the war? (Site 1)

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Regina Underwood

6 March, 11:11

Read the article titled "Baseball in Japan." How was baseball first introduced to Japan? Why did the Allies encourage its continuation in Japan after the war? (Site 1)

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Baseball was first introduced to Japan as a school sport in 1872 by American Horace Wilson who happened to be an English professor at the Kaisei Academy in Tokyo.

The first organized adult baseball team, called the Shimbashi Athletic Club, was established in 1878 and is currently among the country's most popular participatory and spectator sports.

The allies allowed and encouraged its continuation after the war because, they found out that it is one of the most unifying sports for its citizens.