Nichi-Bei News

News and Information from the Japan-America Society of Washington DC

June 05, 2006

PBS Documentary to Feature Japanese High School Baseball

PBS is planning a special one-hour broadcast about Japanese high school baseball, scheduled for broadcast on July 4 at 10 PM.

The show follows two high school teams as they head towards the national high school baseball tournament at Koshien. Four thousand teams from throughout Japan dream of entering Koshien, but only 49 are chosen to compete in the championship that grips the nation for two weeks every August.

"Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball" take viewers inside a world where baseball becomes a proving ground for life's challenges.