The top-ranked women’s softball nations in the world, No. 1 United States and No. 2 Japan, will clash in the three-game Japan All-Star Series, which opens tomorrow (Wednesday, 20 June) at 7:00pm JST at the iconic Tokyo Dome and includes a pre-game home run derby.

The road to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will officially begin 100 days from today, with the first pitch of the XVI WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship, to be held in Chiba, Japan, from 2-12 August

WBSC Members and affiliated National Teams will have the opportunity to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games exclusively through eight WBSC international tournaments, four for baseball and four for softball.

With baseball and softball’s upcoming return to the Olympic stage in 2020, countries in Africa — and around the world – are boosting their activities and strategies to be a part of the Tokyo 2020 Games.

PYEONGCHANG, Rep. of Korea – Fukushima’s Azuma Baseball Stadium has been added as an official venue for Olympic baseball and softball events at the Tokyo 2020 Games.

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia — The National Olympic Committee of Mongolia recently announced its formal approval to support the development of baseball/softball, along with Karate, as the East Asian nation outlines its strategic roadmap to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today welcomed the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to approve the Tokyo 2020 venue proposal, which confirmed the 30,000-seat Yokohama Stadium as the main venue for baseball and softball events at the Olympic Games in 2020.

World Baseball Softball Confederation President Riccardo Fraccari today met with Tokyo 2020 Chairman Yoshiro Mori to discuss the potential for the Fukushima prefecture, which was devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011, to host Olympic baseball and softball game(s) in 2020

The WBSC has praised the popularity and success of the 2016 Japan Series, while expressing its commitment to leverage baseball/softball’s profile in Japan to capture the attention of the world when the sport returns to the Olympic programme at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved an Olympic Solidarity 2017-2020 budget of $US 509,285,000.