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JPBPA
Japan Professional Baseball Players Association
日本プロ野球選手会
FoundedAugust 15, 1980
Location
Members741
Key people
Ginjiro Sumitani
(Union Chairman)
Yohei Oshima
(Institute Chairman)
Websitehttp://jpbpa.net/
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The Japan Professional Baseball Players Association (日本プロ野球選手会, Nihon Puro Yakyū Senshu Kai; JPBPA) is the players' union that represents Japanese baseball players and their interests in Nippon Professional Baseball. The organization was incorporated in 1980 and was approved as a labor union in 1985. The current union chairman is Ginjiro Sumitani and the current institute chairman is Yohei Oshima.[1]

The JPBPA orchestrated the two-day players' strike during the 2004 NPB realignment.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "運営組織・構成・変遷" [Management Organization] (in Japanese). Japan Professional Baseball Players Association. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "Players strike". The Japan Times. September 18, 2004. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
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