FEATURE: Japan's first pro street dance league aims for global audience

TOKYO - Breakdancers and other performers in Japan's first professional hip-hop dance league are helping drive growing interest in street dance among young people as a new form of entertainment takes shape with ambitions of reaching a global audience.

Sponsored by a major Japanese life insurance company and launched in 2021, Daiichi Life D-League recently reached the finale of its sixth season amid wild cheers as more than a dozen elite dance teams battled with displays of power and grace for the championship title.