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The Return of Tecmo Bowl - Part 1

By Aaron Boulding

Thursday, November 13, 2008

They play football in Japan. And this time, we're not talking about soccer. We're not talking about the world's game; played by every nation but played well by only a few. In Japan they play American football with pads, helmets, cheerleaders, three yards and a cloud of dust. Many elements of American culture are popular in Japan but the people who gravitate toward Japan's X League for American football seem to be an intense subculture of their own. Athletes play for peanuts, injuries ...

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