Summary Japan cricket diplomacy has entered a new phase as the Japan Cricket Association (JCA) prepares to host T20 world champions India in Sano on September 22. The fixture marks the first time Japan, an ICC associate member, will face a full ICC member nation on home soil, and it comes wrapped in months of quiet political groundwork. Background For decades, cricket in Japan has lived far outside the national conversation. Baseball dominates every level of Japanese sport, from school playgrounds to prime-time television, leaving little space for a bat-and-ball…
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