The bj League (Basketball Japan League) is a professional basketball league in Japan that began on November 5, 2005. The ten-team league is divided into two conferences, the Eastern Conference, and the Western Conference. It had its inaugural All-Star game in 2006. One of its major sponsors is Spalding.
The bj League operates on the American sports franchise system. Alongside the BJ there is a Japan Basketball League, composed of company and otherwise-affiliated clubs, with promotion and relegation between its two divisions but not between BJ and JBL-1. This organization is similar to the Rugby Super League in England and is also shown in the British Basketball League (which includes clubs from both England and Scotland).
In June, 2012, the Japan Basketball Association announced to establish National Basketball League(NBL) as topflight professional league in Japan. 2012-2013 season become last JBL season, JBL teams will join NBL alongside an undetermined number of teams from the bj league.
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