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2019-08-11

14 Japanese Amateur Baseball Bodies Agreed Initiative by UNICEF Japan on Children’s Rights in Sports


From left: Yamanaka (BFJ), Yatabe (JABA), Nishioka (JHBF), Sakayachi (JLL), Inokuma (JJBF), Hayamizu (UNICEF)

UNICEF Japan announced on August 9, 2019 that 19 amateur baseball organizations affiliated with Baseball Federation of Japan (President, YAMANAKA Masatake) agreed with the UNICEF Japan to promote their ongoing initiative of “Children’s Rights in Sports”. President Yamanaka of BFJ commented at the press interview that the BFJ members are fully committed to enhance the principle of “Junior Baseballers First”.