Judging by this year's tournament, Japan's place as the dominant force in Asian baseball is in no doubt, and if the Chinese Taipei team wants to be any competition in next year's Olympics, the team is in need of a serious overhaul.
由本屆賽事看來，日本在亞洲棒壇的領先地位仍無可動搖，明年如在奧運交手，中華隊必須作全盤的調整。