Baseball5 Japan, an organization formed by the baseball and the softball governing bodies, will select eight teams through a digital challenge. The winner of an eight-team tournament will represent Japan at the inaugural Baseball5 Asian Cup, a qualifier to the WBSC Baseball5 World Cup.

The Shaoxing sports and cultural centre is the location of the baseball and softball tournaments. China Baseball Association Deputy Secretary-General Din Feng demonstrated the venue's functional design.

Samurai Japan will start selecting the team through a digital challenge. Each of the 54,000 players competing in the country in the age bracket will be able to apply.

The inaugural Baseball5 Asia Cup will qualify the top three finishers.

Three of the nine student-athletes represented current world No. 21 China at the WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup 2018.

Baseball and softball are part of the Asian Games programme.

The WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup will take place from 26 August to 4 September in Hermosillo, Mexico, while the WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup is scheduled from 14 to 23 October in Taipei City, TPE.

Baseball5 is being used by governing body Softball Association of Malaysia to spread the game.

An additional squad, pending confirmation from the National Olympic Committee, could boost it to a historic 10-team Asian competition.

The record was held by another KBO legend Min-chul Jung since 2006.