Japan Professional Baseball Players Association Explained

JPBPA
Full Name:	Japan Professional Baseball Players Association
Native Name:	日本プロ野球選手会
Native Name Lang:	Japanese
Founded:	August 15, 1980
Members:	741
Location Country:	Japan
Key People:	Ginjiro Sumitani Yohei Oshima
Website:	http://jpbpa.net/
Footnotes:	^[1]

The 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]

See also

• Major League Baseball Players Association

External links

• (in Japanese)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 運営組織・構成・変遷 . Management Organization . April 7, 2019 . Japan Professional Baseball Players Association . Japanese.
2. Web site: Players strike . February 17, 2017 . . September 18, 2004.