"1950Z"^^ . . . "12" . . "Yomiuri Giants(22)" . "Nippon Professional Baseball (\u65E5\u672C\u91CE\u7403\u6A5F\u69CB, Nippon Yaky\u016B Kik\u014D) or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called Puro Yaky\u016B (\u30D7\u30ED\u91CE\u7403), meaning Professional Baseball. Outside of Japan, it is often just referred to as \"Japanese baseball\". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation of the \"Greater Japan Tokyo Baseball Club\" (\u5927\u65E5\u672C\u6771\u4EAC\u91CE\u7403\u5036\u697D\u90E8, Dai-Nippon T\u014Dky\u014D Yaky\u016B Kurabu) in 1934 and the original Japanese Baseball League."@en . . . "2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season" . . "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks" . .