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The are a professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan.

The team competes in the Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top level of professional play in Japan.

They play their home games in the Tokyo Dome, opened in 1988.

The English-language press occasionally calls the team the " Tokyo Giants ", but that name has not been in use in Japan for decades.

Instead, the team is officially known by the name of its corporate owner just like the Hanshin Tigers and Orix Buffaloes.

The team's owner is the Yomiuri Group, a media conglomerate which includes two newspapers and a television network.

The Yomiuri Giants are regarded as " The New York Yankees of Japan " due to their widespread popularity, past dominance of the league, and polarizing effect on fans ( baseball fans who feel ambivalent about teams other than their local team often have an intense dislike for the Giants ; on the other hand, the Giants have a large fan base even in areas with a local team ).