Topps Celebrates Japan Baseball Icons

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How Topps is using the Tokyo Series to built its passionate baseball card-collecting community in Japan

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Topps is in its fourth year of creating baseball products exclusive for the Japanese market.

The company is expecting a 10 -times increase in sales and collectors in the next five years .

Topps has plans for at least six Japanese -specific products this year among their popular Nippon Professional Baseball series, J1 League and MLB products.

Topps exec: "We're in early days here in Japan for where we can take the market" Cubs fan: "Everyone’s looking to find who is that next Mike Trout , that next Derek Jeter , players like that" Cubs ’ success between 2015-19 with young stars showed how much the industry taps into those types of teams and players.

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