Female team member can't play in Kōshien
- Being the captain of the baseball team at Shimonoseki Chuo Kogyo High School in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture--a semifinalist in the summer 2005 prefectural tournament--doesn't protect Sunao Iwakawa, 18, from being benched during official games. She has to sit out games for one very important reason--she is female.
- Wikipedia -- High school baseball in Japan
- 2007/06/15 キャプテンは女子、甲子園目指し部員まとめる…下関中央工野球部, The Yomiuri Shimbun.
- 2006/07/13〈「プレーボール」を聞くまでに下〉 女子部員, The Asahi Shimbun.
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Not to put too fine a point
Not to put too fine a point on it...but Shimonoseki Kogyo is located in Shimonoseki City...and Shimonoseki City is in Prime Minister Abe's district.
A challenge to traditional gender roles, Abe-san?