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SYDNEY: Japan has been upgraded to associate member status of the International Cricket Council, in a boost for the ICC's East Asia-Pacific (EAP) Development Program, the EAP said here on Thursday. Japan, which received its ratification at this week's ICC annual conference in London, joins new affiliate members Jersey, Guernsey, Mali and Slovenia, taking the total membership of the ICC to 96 countries. Japan, an affiliate ICC member since 1989, joins Fiji and Papua New Guinea as associate members of the ICC EAP region, the EAP said in a statement. The region also has seven ICC affiliate members including Indonesia, Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Tonga, South Korea and Philippines. There are now 915 senior and 2,896 junior players playing in organised cricket activities in Japan with 22 grounds used for regular competition including a facility at the base of Mt. Fuji, the EAP said. ICC EAP Regional Development Manager Tim Anderson welcomed the approval of Japan as an associate member. From September 23 to 29 Japan will be competing against Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Indonesia and tournament host Vanuatu in the 2005 EAP Cricket Cup, a regional component of the ICC's World Cup qualifying series. — AFP
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