Powerhouse Japan reclaimed the Asian Junior 19-Under Women’s Softball Championship with a masterful 4-0 rout of Chinese Taipei in their winner-take-all match at the Clark International Sports Complex in Pampanga on Saturday.

Yuki Masuda yielded two hits and fanned out five batters in a no-relief job while the rest peppered pitchers Yu Ling Pan and Ya Ting with 10 hits to underscore the Japanese dominance of last year’s champions.

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