The Japan America Society of Chicago will host an online event, “What Japanese Baseball Brings to the World.” The featured speaker, Sportswriter Jim Allen at Kyodo News Service, will argue that Japan’s baseball and its culture, because of its existence outside of MLB’s mainstream, is a huge potential source of innovation and evolution for the baseball world. Nippon Professional Baseball’s independence creates the possibility that it could surpass MLB as home of the world’s highest quality baseball, but that won’t happen until Japan’s owners reflect on the inherent strength of their position and set the highest goals for themselves in the same way Samurai Japan has done.

Hours: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm (Chicago time)

Admission: $0 - $20

Link: https://jaschicago.org/event/what-japanese-baseball-brings-to-the-world