AP Explains: American football with niche following in Japan
(WorldNews Japan)

TOKYO (AP) - Japan has been absorbed for several weeks by a late hit during a college football game. The tackle earlier this month in a game between Japanese teams - Nihon University and Kwansei Gakuin University - has been repeatedly shown on television and social media sites and talked about by many who know almost nothing about the American sport. In a nationally televised news conference on Tuesday, linebacker Taisuke Miyagawa bowed deeply and apologized for the late hit on the opposing...