HIROSHIMA —

Mazda Motor Corp on Wednesday announced that it will be the main sponsor for two all-star games organized by the Nippon Professional Baseball Association in Japan. The Mazda all-star 2008 games will be played at the Kyocera Dome Osaka on July 31 and at Yokohama Stadium on Aug 1.

Featuring team rosters comprised of marquee players from the Japanese pro baseball leagues, the all-star games have become a popular midsummer sporting event in Japan. Unlike the single all-star game held every year in the U.S. by Major League Baseball, Japanese pro baseball all-stars play two or three games in different cities over a two or three day period.

Mazda said it decided to support the all-star games as the main sponsor to contribute to the further development of Japanese professional baseball. “The charm, dreams and emotions conjured up by viewing the all-star games are similar to those evoked by Mazda’s Zoom-Zoom vehicles — cars that look inviting to drive, are fun to drive, and make you want to drive them again,” the automaker said.

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