Period+3+Japan+Sports



=Favorite Sports=
 * ~ Favorite professional sport ||~ 2005 ||~ 2007 ||
 * **[|Baseball]** ([|Nippon Professional Baseball]) || 51.7% || 51.1% ||
 * **[|Football]** ([|J. League]) || 22.8% || 22.8% ||
 * **[|Sumo]** || 17.1% || 18.3% ||
 * **[|Golf]** ([|Japan Golf Tour]) || 16.9% || 14.4% ||
 * **[|Boxing]** || 7.8% || 9.3% ||
 * **[|Motor racing]** || 6.2% || 8.1% ||
 * **[|Puroresu]** || 4.2% || 6.0% ||
 * **Others** || 8.0% || 4.5% ||

The most common sports in Japan include football and baseball. Some of the martial arts and karate are also known by many people. There is no legally official sport of Japan, but the Japan Sumo Association describes sumo as the national sportof Japan, with baseball as the most popular spectator sport of the country.

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Citations: //Sports in Japan//. Wikipedia. May 2010. Web. 14 May 2010. //Traditional Japanese Sports//.YouTube. August 2006. Web. 17 May 2010. Siefken, Brandon. Japanese Baseball. October 2009. Japanbaseballnews.com. Web. 17 May 2010.