Amateur Rubber-Ball Baseball Association of Japan

...However, rubber balls were rationed in 1938, and softball baseball was forced to decline. After World War II, the Amateur Rubber-Ball Baseball Association of Japan was formed in 1946, and from that year an All Japan Tournament was held every year, and softball became an official event in the National Athletic Meet. The sport has also been popularized internationally, primarily in East Asia, and regional tournaments and intra-company competitions, known as "kasayaku," are now actively held. ...

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…しかし，38年にはゴム製ボールは配給制となり，軟式野球は下火にならざるをえなくなった。第2次大戦後の46年全日本軟式野球連盟Amateur Rubber‐Ball Baseball Association of Japanが結成され，この年から毎年全日本大会を開催，また国民体育大会の正式種目になった。東アジアを中心に国際普及も進められており，また〈草野球〉と称して地域ごとの大会や同一企業内の対抗戦なども盛んに行われている。…

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