The post Japan Has Become A Growth Market For Cricket Amid Asian Games Excitement appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Japanese cricket is growing (Photo by TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images As the financial power gears up to host one of the biggest sports events in 2026, hoping a cricket legacy will be established well beyond the Asian Games, Japan is emerging as a major growth destination for a sport finally moving beyond its British colonial roots. Japan, where cricket’s bat and ball rival baseball holds total sway, will host the Asian Games next September-October in Aichi-Nagoya, located on the Pacific Ocean coast. There has been much riding on the Asian Games, the second biggest multi-sports event in the world behind the Olympics. There had been fears that cricket would be culled, given it is a minor sport in Japan and the difficulty of finding an oval-shaped ground. But cricket was included to much widespread relief and attention quickly turned to establishing a permanent ground. As I reported in June, the Korogi Athletic Park, about 15 miles from Nagoya and distinguished by three baseball fields, is to be repurposed into a permanent cricket ground. ForbesGround Identified To Ensure Legacy For Cricket In Japan After 2026 Asian GamesBy Tristan Lavalette It is hoped that the site in the city of Nisshin can become the second main ground in Japan. It is learned that development will start early next year after winter, with a turf wicket to be installed and so too potentially training nets. There are long-term strategies from powerbrokers for Japan to host major global cricket events, as the sport’s administrators put more effort into cracking into big financial markets. The U.S. has been cricket’s No.1 target market for some time, but there has been encouraging development in Brazil and Germany while China has re-emerged after a period in the wilderness. ForbesHow Brazil Became A Major… The post Japan Has Become A Growth Market For Cricket Amid Asian Games Excitement appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Japanese cricket is growing (Photo by TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images As the financial power gears up to host one of the biggest sports events in 2026, hoping a cricket legacy will be established well beyond the Asian Games, Japan is emerging as a major growth destination for a sport finally moving beyond its British colonial roots. Japan, where cricket’s bat and ball rival baseball holds total sway, will host the Asian Games next September-October in Aichi-Nagoya, located on the Pacific Ocean coast. There has been much riding on the Asian Games, the second biggest multi-sports event in the world behind the Olympics. There had been fears that cricket would be culled, given it is a minor sport in Japan and the difficulty of finding an oval-shaped ground. But cricket was included to much widespread relief and attention quickly turned to establishing a permanent ground. As I reported in June, the Korogi Athletic Park, about 15 miles from Nagoya and distinguished by three baseball fields, is to be repurposed into a permanent cricket ground. ForbesGround Identified To Ensure Legacy For Cricket In Japan After 2026 Asian GamesBy Tristan Lavalette It is hoped that the site in the city of Nisshin can become the second main ground in Japan. It is learned that development will start early next year after winter, with a turf wicket to be installed and so too potentially training nets. There are long-term strategies from powerbrokers for Japan to host major global cricket events, as the sport’s administrators put more effort into cracking into big financial markets. The U.S. has been cricket’s No.1 target market for some time, but there has been encouraging development in Brazil and Germany while China has re-emerged after a period in the wilderness. ForbesHow Brazil Became A Major…