Secondary Vocational School》Japanese Samurai Team is expected to come to Taiwan for exchange for the first time 1 key to promote the internationalization of secondary vocational school

Cai Qichang, president of the secondary vocational school. (Photo by reporter Zhu Peixiong)

[Reporter Gong Naijie/Taoyuan Airport Report] The Taiwanese team of the 2026 Asian Professional Baseball Championship departs this morning. Tsai Chi-chang, president of the Central Professional Baseball League, will go to Japan on the 13th. He is expected to formally sign a contract with the Japanese Samurai team for the Taiwan-Japan exchange game in Taiwan in March next year. At the same time, he will meet with the president of the Korean Professional Baseball League to discuss more cooperation possibilities and make Taiwan Professional Baseball more international.

The Taiwan-Japan Exchange Tournament in March next year is still awaiting confirmation of the event date and ticket sales details after the contract is signed. Tsai Chi-chang revealed that two games are expected to be held at the Taipei Arena around March 6. Talking about the Japanese Samurai team going abroad to play an exchange match for the first time in history, Tsai Chi-chang explained that he hopes to normalize and frequent exchanges with the Japanese baseball team. "Japan is relatively close to us and has a high level of baseball. If we communicate with us, in addition to improving the player's strength, the box office will be relatively better."

Not only does he frequently communicate with the Japanese league, Cai Qichang also hopes to interact with the Korean league. "South Korea is one of our strongest rivals. We hope to have more exchange opportunities with the Korean league. Like this winter league, the Korean league teams in the past were all Shangwu teams, but this time it is dominated by the Korean professional baseball team, which has not been the case in the past. In the past few years, we have continued to communicate and become familiar with each other, and our relationship is much better than before, so we are willing to have further exchanges with us."

Including previous exchanges with the Australian Professional Baseball League, Tsai Chi-chang hopes that Taiwanese Professional Baseball will gradually internationalize. "Exchange games will have box office issues. The Taipei Arena can minimize weather factors and avoid huge losses. This will greatly increase the possibility of inviting everyone to come to Taiwan while we promote internationalization. In addition, the venue has enough seats and the ticket price will be more reasonable, making fans willing to enter."