ASIA WATCH: Taiwan's baseball journey traces century of exchange with Japan

A century after an indigenous baseball team from eastern Taiwan toured Japan during the colonial era, the sport has become a lasting bridge between the two sides.From the Noko team formed in the 1920s, through high school success at Japan's Koshien and the cultural legacy of Kano, to Taiwan's 2024 Premier12 world title, generations of players have moved along a shared path shaped by baseball, education and exchange.A faded photograph captures players in uniforms marked with the word Noko across the chest. Beneath the image, their indigenous names are written in katakana.The team was the Nok…READ FULL ARTICLE