According to NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball Organization), the average length of NPB games is 3 hours and 13 minutes (only 9 inning games of the regular season) in 2018.

If it includes extra inning games, the average time is 3 hours and 18 minutes.

The average length of MLB (USA baseball) games is just 3 hours (per 9 innings). So games in Japan are quite long.

Table: Average length of games by team in 2018 (unit, hh:mm)

Season standing Team Game length (9 innings) Game length (all) Central league 3:14 3:19 1 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 3:20 3:26 2 Yakult Swallows 3:19 3:24 3 Yomiuri Giants 3:09 3:12 4 DeNA Baystars 3:09 3:12 5 Chunichi Dragons 3:10 3:15 6 Hanshin Tigers 3:19 3:22 Pacific league 3:13 3:18 1 Saitama Seibu Lions 3:13 3:17 2 Fukuoka SoftbankHawks 3:16 3:20 3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3:13 3:18 4 Orix Buffaloes 3:06 3:13 5 Chiba Lotte Marines 3:12 3:18 6 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 3:14 3:20

Source is Nippon Professional Baseball Organization.

npb.jp/statistics/2018/time.html

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