The Japan Women's Baseball League (Japanese: 日本女子プロ野球リーグ, Hepburn: Nihon Joshi Puro Yakyū Rīgu), formerly Girls Professional Baseball League until 2012, was the highest level of women's baseballin Japan.[1][2]
On 26 August, it was announced that the league would suffer from severe contraction if new investors were not found and crowd number would not increase.[3] On 9 November, it was announced that over half of the league's players had been released ahead of the 2020 season.[4] In December 2021, the league announced it would shut down indefinitely.[5]
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