Japan–USA Softball All-Star Series
Annual softball series between Japan National Team and USA National Team
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The Japan–USA Softball All-Star Series (Japanese: 日米対抗ソフトボール, Hepburn: Nichibei Taikō Sofutobōru) is an annual tour of Japan made by the United States women's national softball team since 2016, contested in a three-game series against the Japan women's national softball team. At the start of all games, both the Japanese and American national anthems are played.
| Japan–USA Softball All-Star Series 日米対抗ソフトボール | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Country |  Japan |
| Inaugurated | 2016 |
Most recent | 2024 |
| Participants | Japan National Team USA National Team |
| Organised by | Japan Softball Association Yomiuri Shimbun |
The inaugural game was held at Tokyo Dome on June 23, 2016, with 31,448 spectators in attendance. The 2020 and 2021 editions were canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the series resumed in 2022.
List of series
| Year | Dates | Japan won |
USA won |
Tied | Ref |
| 2016 | June 23–25 | 2 games | 1 game | 0 games | [1] |
| 2017 | June 23–25 | 2 games | 1 game | 0 games | [2] |
| 2018 | June 20–22 | 3 games | 0 games | 0 games | [3] |
| 2019 | June 22, 23, 25 | 2 games | 1 game | 0 games | [4] |
| 2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2021 | |||||
| 2022 | August 6–8 | 2 games | 1 game | 0 games | [5] |
| 2023 | August 4, 6, 7 | 2 games | 1 game | 0 games | [6] |
| 2024 | July 4, 6, 8 | 3 games | 0 games | 0 games | [7] |
| Total | 16 games | 5 games | 0 games | ||
