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More About Japanese Baseball (Part 1 of 6)

Jim Allen, columnist for The Daily Omiuri, ponders what it means to lose at Koshien.

More About Japanese Baseball (Part 2 of 6)

The Japan Times columnist Marty Kuehnert explains why high school baseball is so important to the Japanese people.

More About Japanese Baseball (Part 3 of 6)

Interview with New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui about his experience playing ball in high school.

More About Japanese Baseball (Part 4 of 6)

Interview with baseball historian Kazuo Sayama on the history of baseball in Japan.

More About Japanese Baseball (Part 5 of 6)

Baseball historian Masayuki Tamaki talks about crying at Koshien.

More About Japanese Baseball (Part 6 of 6)

American expatriate author Robert Whiting talks about Japanese high school hazing.

  • Updated on May 26, 2009

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Kenneth Eng

Kenneth Eng

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Critical Acclaim

Kokoyakyu brings us the players, coaches, parents, yell leaders and spectators who make the Koshien a life-altering experience. . . . The approach of director-editor Kenneth Eng is intimate but never intrusive. . . . The joy of victory and, in particular, the agony of defeat are palpable. . . . For an American audience, Kokoyakyu succeeds marvelously . . .

— Tony Perry
Los Angeles Times

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