Riki Matsui of the Fujitsu Frontiers, center, runs with the ball during the fourth quarter of the Rice Bowl American football championship against the Panasonic Impulse at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2022. (Kyodo)

       TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Fujitsu Frontiers won Japan's American football championship game, the Rice Bowl, for the sixth time and the first time in two years with a 24-18 victory over the Panasonic Impulse.

       For the first time, the game at Tokyo Dome pitted two teams from Japan's top corporate competition, the X-League. The rules were changed after 12 straight victories by the corporate champions.

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