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The Far East East Region was one of four international regions that competed in the Little League World Series from 1962–2000. Far East qualifiers won a record 23 titles — 17 from Taiwan, four from Japan, and two from Korea Republic. Teams from East Asia were first allowed to qualify for the Little League World Series in 1961. A team from Japan lost to Hawaii in the Pacific Region qualifying game. The following year the Far East Region was created with the Japanese champion receiving an automatic bid to the World Series. The first Far East Regional Tournament took place in 1969 and featured six countries.〔Baseball. (). Lakeland Ledger.〕 In 2001, the Little League World Series was expanded to sixteen teams. The Far East was split into two regions – the Pacific (consisting of teams from the Pacific Islands, Indonesia, and Oceania) and Asia (consisting of teams from mainland Asia). Originally, Japan was to become it own region.〔2001 Expansion Plan.(). Little League.〕 In , the regions were again reconfigured to match the original plan. Japan was given an automatic berth in the Series, while the remaining Asian teams merged with the Pacific teams to create the Asia-Pacific Region. ==Far East Region Countries== * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Little League World Series (Far East Region)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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