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Japan American Football Association

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Formation
  
1934

Headquarters
  
Tokyo

Official language
  
Japanese (JP)

Type
  
Non-profit

Location
  
Japan

Website
  
americanfootball.jp

The Japan American Football Association oversees junior high school, high school, collegiate, club, and corporate American football teams throughout Japan. Since 1984, the JAFA has organized and sponsored the Rice Bowl, a championship game played between the college national champion and the X-League champion. It also organizes the Japan national American football teams.

History

Established in 1934, the JAFA consists of approximately 390 teams. JAFA has three different football leagues made up of 64 corporate-sponsored professional teams, 220 university teams, and 106 high school teams.

References

Japan American Football Association Wikipedia