Baseball, but yes absolutely. Baseball is to Japan as American Football is to the US.
Most of their biggest stadiums weren't even built for professional baseball, but for the national high school tournament, Koshien. The Hanshin Tigers, the professional team in NPB that does use that stadium is forced to do a road trip during the finals week because the Koshien Stadium is used for the finals.
In Europe, it's mainly that most of the big football/soccer teams (Real Madrid, PSG, Barcelona, etc) also have basketball teams. Luka Doncic came from Real Madrid's basketball team taking Europe by storm from the age of 16.
Baseball, but yes absolutely. Baseball is to Japan as American Football is to the US.
Most of their biggest stadiums weren't even built for professional baseball, but for the national high school tournament, Koshien. The Hanshin Tigers, the professional team in NPB that does use that stadium is forced to do a road trip during the finals week because the Koshien Stadium is used for the finals.
Corrected that mistake, actually trying to think about it, where is basketball popular other than the States?
Football is global, Rugby is quite big along with racing, I can't remember Basketball organisations as large as the NBA Internationally.
Europe, Latin America and Australia.
In Europe, it's mainly that most of the big football/soccer teams (Real Madrid, PSG, Barcelona, etc) also have basketball teams. Luka Doncic came from Real Madrid's basketball team taking Europe by storm from the age of 16.