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{{Infobox Sports league
| title           = Japan Region
| current_season  = 
| last_season     = 2024 Little League World Series qualification
| Formerly        = [[Little League World Series (Far East Region)|Far East Region]]<br>[[Little League World Series (Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region)|Asia Region]]
| upcoming_season = 
| sport           = [[Baseball]]
| logo            = 
| founded         = {{Start date and age|2007}}
| inaugural       = 
| teams           = 
| country         = {{flagicon|JPN}}  Japan
| champion        = {{flagicon|Tokyo}} Johoku Little League, [[Nakano, Tokyo]]
| champ_season    = 
| most_champs     = {{flagicon|Tokyo}} Chōfu Little League, Chōfu, Tokyo (12)
| most successful club = 
| website         = 
}}
'''Japan''' first participated in the [[Little League World Series]] in [[1962 Little League World Series|1962]].  Between 1962 and 2000, Japan participated in the [[Little League World Series (Far East Region)|Far East Region]] of the LLWS. In 2001, the Far East Region was divided into the [[Little League World Series (Asia Region)|Asia Region]] and the [[Little League World Series (Pacific Region)|Pacific Region]]. From 2001 to 2006, Japan competed in the Asia Region. In [[2007 Little League World Series|2007]], the '''Japan Region''' was created, so that the winner of the Japanese championship receives an [[automatic berth]] in the Series.

==Japan Championships==
In 1967, the first All-Japan championship took place.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.unpage.org/japan/ |title=Japanese Region Little League World Series|date=25 August 2010 |publisher=UNPage.org |access-date=25 August 2010 }}</ref>  Prior to 1967, Japanese teams participated in the Far East region in each year between 1962 and 1966. In 1969, the [[Little League World Series (Far East Region)|Far East Region]] conducted its first regional tournament, with teams from six nations.

{| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Champion!!City!!Runner-up!!City!!Region!!LLWS||Record
|-
|{{llwsy|1961}}||Misawa||{{flagicon|Aomori}} [[Aomori, Aomori|Aomori]]|| || ||Pacific||DNQ||–
|-
|{{llwsy|1962}}||Kunitachi||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]|| || ||Far East||7th place||1–2
|-
|{{llwsy|1963}}||Gyokusen||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]|| || ||Far East||Withdrew||–
|-
|{{llwsy|1964}}||Tachikawa||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]|| || ||Far East||4th place||1–2
|-
|{{llwsy|1965}}||Arakawa||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]|| || ||Far East||6th place||1–2
|-
|{{llwsy|1966}}||Wakayama||{{flagicon|Wakayama}} [[Wakayama, Wakayama|Wakayama]]|| || ||Far East||4th place||1–2
|-
!colspan=8|All-Japan Championship
|-
|-bgcolor=gold
|{{llwsy|1967}}||West Tokyo||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Osaka Nishi||{{flagicon|Osaka}} [[Osaka]]||Far East||'''Champions'''||3–0
|-bgcolor=gold
|{{llwsy|1968}}||Wakayama||{{flagicon|Wakayama}} [[Wakayama, Wakayama|Wakayama]]||Little Hawks||?||Far East||'''Champions'''||3–0
|-
|{{llwsy|1969}}||Chōfu||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Chōfu, Tokyo|Chōfu]]||Little Hawks||?||Far East||DNQ||rowspan=7|–
|-
|{{llwsy|1970}}||Wakayama||{{flagicon|Wakayama}} [[Wakayama, Wakayama|Wakayama]]||Chōfu||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Chōfu, Tokyo|Chōfu]]||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1971}}||Chōfu||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Chōfu, Tokyo|Chōfu]]||Wakayama||{{flagicon|Wakayama}} [[Wakayama, Wakayama|Wakayama]]||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1972}}||Chōfu||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Chōfu, Tokyo|Chōfu]]||Izumi Otsu||{{flagicon|Shiga}} [[Otsu, Shiga|Otsu]]||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1973}}||Chōfu||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Chōfu, Tokyo|Chōfu]]||Sendai Minami||{{flagicon|Miyagi}} [[Sendai]]||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1974}}||Chōfu||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Chōfu, Tokyo|Chōfu]]||Nerima||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1975}}||Chōfu||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Chōfu, Tokyo|Chōfu]]||Tokyo Machida||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Far East||Banned<ref>See: {{section link|Little League World Series (Far East Region)|1975 Ban}}.</ref>
|-bgcolor=gold
|{{llwsy|1976}}||Chōfu<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/past-divisional-champs-little-league-baseball/|title=Past Divisional Champs – Little League Baseball®}}</ref>||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Chōfu, Tokyo|Chōfu]]||Komae||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Far East||'''Champions'''||3–0
|-
|{{llwsy|1977}}||Chōfu||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Chōfu, Tokyo|Chōfu]]||Higashi Osaka||{{flagicon|Osaka}} [[Osaka]]||Far East||DNQ||rowspan=6|–
|-
|{{llwsy|1978}}||Amagasaki Kita||{{flagicon|Hyogo}} [[Amagasaki]]||Suginami||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1979}}||Settsu||{{flagicon|Osaka}} [[Settsu]]||Sendai Chuo||{{flagicon|Miyagi}} [[Sendai]]||Far East||DNQ
|- 
|{{llwsy|1980}}||Suginami||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Wakayama||{{flagicon|Wakayama}} [[Wakayama, Wakayama|Wakayama]]||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1981}}||Motomaki Chuo||{{flagicon|Kanagawa}} ?||Nakano Higashi||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1982}}||Chōfu||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Chōfu, Tokyo|Chōfu]]||Kohhoku||{{flagicon|Kanagawa}} [[Yokohama]]||Far East||DNQ
|-bgcolor=CD7F32
|{{llwsy|1983}}||Osaka Yodogawa||{{flagicon|Osaka}} [[Osaka]]||Asahi||{{flagicon|Kanagawa}} [[Yokohama]]||Far East||3rd place||2–1
|-
|{{llwsy|1984}}||Taisho||{{flagicon|Osaka}} [[Osaka]]||Hamamatsu||{{flagicon|Shizuoka}} [[Hamamatsu]]||Far East||DNQ||rowspan=13|–
|-
|{{llwsy|1985}}||Hoya||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Adachi Kita||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1986}}||Tokorozawa||{{flagicon|Saitama}} [[Tokorozawa]]||Ehime Nishi||{{flagicon|Ehime}} ?||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1987}}||Chōfu||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Chōfu, Tokyo|Chōfu]]||Aichi Iwakura||{{flagicon|Aichi}} [[Iwakura, Aichi|Iwakura]]||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1988}}||Osaka Higashi||{{flagicon|Osaka}} [[Osaka]]||Nagoya Higashi||{{flagicon|Aichi}} [[Nagoya]]||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1989}}||Settsu||{{flagicon|Osaka}} [[Settsu]]||Chōfu||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Chōfu, Tokyo|Chōfu]]||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1990}}||Hadano||{{flagicon|Kanagawa}} [[Hadano, Kanagawa|Hadano]]||Takaishi||{{flagicon|Osaka}} [[Takaishi, Osaka|Takaishi]]||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1991}}||Omiya||{{flagicon|Saitama}} [[Ōmiya, Saitama|Ōmiya]]||Takatsuki||{{flagicon|Osaka}} [[Takatsuki]]||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1992}}||Minato||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Hasuda||{{flagicon|Saitama}} [[Hasuda]]||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1993}}||Sumida||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Kumamoto Chuo||{{flagicon|Kumamoto}} [[Chūō, Kumamoto|Chūō]]||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1994}}||Edogawa Minami||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Seya||{{flagicon|Kanagawa}} [[Yokohama]]||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1995}}||Izumisano||{{flagicon|Osaka}} [[Izumisano]]||Midori Chuo||Kanagawa||Far East||DNQ
|-
|{{llwsy|1996}}||Matsusaka||{{flagicon|Mie}} [[Matsusaka, Mie|Matsusaka]]||Hiratsuka||{{flagicon|Kanagawa}} [[Hiratsuka, Kanagawa|Hiratsuka]]||Far East||DNQ
|-bgcolor=CD7F32
|{{llwsy|1997}}||Seya||{{flagicon|Kanagawa}} [[Yokohama]]||Takarazuka||{{flagicon|Hyogo}} [[Takarazuka, Hyogo|Takarazuka]]||Far East||3rd place||2–2
|-bgcolor=silver
|{{llwsy|1998}}||Kashima||{{flagicon|Ibaraki}} [[Kashima, Ibaraki|Kashima]]||Seya||{{flagicon|Kanagawa}} [[Yokohama]]||Far East||Runner-up||3–2
|-bgcolor=gold
|{{llwsy|1999}}||Hirakata||{{flagicon|Osaka}} [[Hirakata]] ||Hyogo Harima||{{flagicon|Hyogo}} [[Harima, Hyogo|Harima]]||Far East||'''Champions'''||4–1
|-bgcolor=CD7F32
|{{llwsy|2000}}||Musashi Fuchu||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Kodaira||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Kodaira, Tokyo|Kodaira]]||Far East||3rd place||3–1
|-bgcolor=gold
|{{llwsy|2001}}||Tokyo Kitasuna||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Nagoya Kita||{{flagicon|Aichi}} [[Nagoya]]||Asia||'''Champions'''||5–1
|-bgcolor=silver
|{{llwsy|2002}}||Sendai Higashi||{{flagicon|Miyagi}} [[Sendai]]||Takarazuka||{{flagicon|Hyogo}} [[Takarazuka, Hyogo|Takarazuka]]||Asia||Runner-up||5–1
|-bgcolor=gold
|{{llwsy|2003}}||Musashi Fuchu||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Chōfu||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Chōfu, Tokyo|Chōfu]]||Asia||'''Champions'''||6–0
|-
|{{llwsy|2004}}||Sendai Higashi||{{flagicon|Miyagi}} [[Sendai]]||Tokyo Kitasuna||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Asia||DNQ||–
|-
|{{llwsy|2005}}||Chiba City||{{flagicon|Chiba}} [[Chiba, Chiba|Chiba]]||Gifu Tohno||{{flagicon|Gifu}} [[Gifu, Gifu|Gifu]]||Asia||4th place||4–2
|-bgcolor=silver
|{{llwsy|2006}}||Kawaguchi||{{flagicon|Saitama}} [[Kawaguchi, Saitama|Kawaguchi]]||Musashi Fuchu||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Asia||Runner-up||5–1
|-bgcolor=silver
|{{llwsy|2007}}||Tokyo Kitasuna||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Hiratsuka||{{flagicon|Kanagawa}} [[Hiratsuka]]||Japan||Runner-up||4–1
|-bgcolor=CD7F32
|{{llwsy|2008}}||Edogawa Minami||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Matsusaka||{{flagicon|Mie}} [[Matsusaka, Mie|Matsusaka]]||Japan||3rd place||5–1
|-
|{{llwsy|2009}}||Chiba City||{{flagicon|Chiba}} [[Chiba, Chiba|Chiba]]||Izumisano||{{flagicon|Osaka}} [[Izumisano]]||Japan||Quarterfinals||2–2
|-bgcolor=gold
|{{llwsy|2010}}||Edogawa Minami||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Hirosaki Aomori||{{flagicon|Aomori}} [[Hirosaki, Aomori|Hirosaki]]||Japan||'''Champions'''||5–0
|-bgcolor=silver
|{{llwsy|2011}}||Hamamatsu Minami||{{flagicon|Shizuoka}} [[Hamamatsu]]||Seya||{{flagicon|Kanagawa}} [[Yokohama]]||Japan||Runner-up||5–2
|-bgcolor=gold
|{{llwsy|2012}}||Tokyo Kitasuna||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Matsusaka||{{flagicon|Mie}} [[Matsusaka, Mie|Matsusaka]]||Japan||'''Champions'''||5–0
|-bgcolor=gold
|{{llwsy|2013}}||Musashi Fuchū||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Sendai Aoba||{{flagicon|Miyagi}} [[Sendai]]||Japan||'''Champions'''||5–0
|-bgcolor=CD7F32
|{{llwsy|2014}}||Tokyo Kitasuna||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Toyonaka||{{flagicon|Osaka}} [[Toyonaka, Osaka|Toyonaka]]||Japan||3rd place||4–2
|-bgcolor=gold
|{{llwsy|2015}}||Tokyo Kitasuna||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Hachioji||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Japan||'''Champions'''||5–0
|-
|{{llwsy|2016}}||Chōfu||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Sendai Higashi||{{flagicon|Miyagi}} [[Sendai]]||Japan||Round 1||1–2
|-bgcolor=gold
|{{llwsy|2017}}||Tokyo Kitasuna||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Chiba City||{{flagicon|Chiba}} [[Chiba, Chiba|Chiba]]||Japan||'''Champions'''||5–0
|-bgcolor=CD7F32
|{{llwsy|2018}}||Kawaguchi||{{flagicon|Saitama}} [[Kawaguchi, Saitama|Kawaguchi]]||Nagasaki Minami||{{flagicon|Nagasaki}} [[Nagasaki, Nagasaki|Nagasaki]]||Japan||3rd place||4–2
|-bgcolor=CD7F32
|{{llwsy|2019}}||Chōfu||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Ushiku||{{flagicon|Ibaraki}} [[Ushiku, Ibaraki|Ushiku]]||Japan||3rd place||4–1
|-
|2020|| align=center colspan=7|''Cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.littleleague.org/news/little-league-cancels-2020-world-series-and-region-tournaments/|title = Little League® Cancels 2020 World Series and Region Tournaments|date = 30 April 2020}}</ref>
|-
|{{llwsy|2021}}|| Takarazuka ||{{flagicon|Hyōgo}} [[Takarazuka, Hyōgo|Takarazuka]]||Fukaya City||{{flagicon|Saitama}} [[Fukaya, Saitama|Fukaya]]||Japan||''No Int'l teams'' <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.littleleague.org/news/2021-little-league-world-series-and-regional-tournament-update/ |title=2021 Little League® World Series and Regional Tournament update |website=littleleague.org |date=May 3, 2021}}</ref>||–
|-
|{{llwsy|2022}}|| Takarazuka ||{{flagicon|Hyōgo}} [[Takarazuka, Hyōgo|Takarazuka]]||Hiroshima Aki||{{flagicon|Hiroshima}} [[Hiroshima]]||Japan||Round 2||0–2
|-
|{{llwsy|2023}}|| Musashi Fuchu ||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Shōnan||{{flagicon|Kanagawa}} [[Shōnan]]||Japan||Round 4||3–2
|-
|{{llwsy|2024}}|| Johoku ||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Joto||{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||Japan||Int'l Semifinal||2–2
|}

==Summary==
''As of the [[2024 Little League World Series]].''

{| class="wikitable"
!Prefecture!!JC!!WS!!Record!!PCT
|-
|{{flagicon|Tokyo}} [[Tokyo]]||35||20||71–19||{{winpct|71|19}}
|-
|{{flagicon|Osaka}} [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]]||7||2||6–2||{{winpct|6|2}}
|-
|{{flagicon|Saitama}} [[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]]||4||2||9–3||{{winpct|9|3}}
|-
|{{flagicon|Wakayama}} [[Wakayama Prefecture|Wakayama]]||3||2||4–2||{{winpct|4|2}}
|-
|{{flagicon|Kanagawa}} [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]]||3||1||2–2||{{winpct|2|2}}
|-
|{{flagicon|Hyogo}} [[Hyogo Prefecture|Hyogo]]||3||1||0–2||{{winpct|0|2}}
|-
|{{flagicon|Chiba}} [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]]||2||2||6–4||{{winpct|6|4}}
|-
|{{flagicon|Miyagi}} [[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi]]||2||1||5–1||{{winpct|5|1}}
|-
|{{flagicon|Shizuoka}} [[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]]||1||1||5–2||{{winpct|5|2}}
|-
|{{flagicon|Ibaraki}} [[Ibaraki Prefecture|Ibaraki]]||1||1||3–2||{{winpct|3|2}}
|-
|{{flagicon|Mie}} [[Mie Prefecture|Mie]]||1||0||–||{{winpct|0|0}}
|-
|{{flagicon|Aomori}} [[Aomori Prefecture|Aomori]]||1||0||–||{{winpct|0|0}}
|}

==See also==
*[[Baseball awards#World]]
;Asia-Pacific Region in each Little League division
*Little League
**[[Little League World Series (Far East Region)|Far East Region]] (1962&ndash;2000)
**[[Little League World Series (Asia Region)|Asia Region]] (2001–2006)
**[[Little League World Series (Pacific Region)|Pacific Region]] (2001–2006)
**[[Little League World Series (Asia-Pacific Region)|Asia–Pacific Region]] (2007–2012) (Japan Region created in 2007)
**[[Little League World Series (Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region)|Asia–Pacific & Middle East Region]] (2013–) ([[Little League World Series in Australia|Australia Region]] created in 2013)
*[[Intermediate League World Series (Asia–Pacific Region)|Intermediate League]]
*[[Junior League World Series (Asia–Pacific Region)|Junior League]]
*[[Senior League World Series (Asia–Pacific Region)|Senior League]]
*[[Big League World Series (Asia–Pacific Region)|Big League]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.japanlittle.jp/ Official Site] in Japanese
* [http://www.unpage.org/japan/ Japanese Region Tournament Results]

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