The Fujitsu Frontiers claimed their third straight and eighth overall Rice Bowl American football championship in Japan with a 16-10 victory over the Panasonic Impulse on Wednesday.

Samajie Grant was named the MVP of the X-League's title game after breaking a 10-10 tie with a 21-yard touchdown pass to Kazuki Kimura less than a minute into the fourth quarter at Tokyo Dome.

Panasonic lost the Rice Bowl for the third year in a row.

Before the game, the two teams observed a moment of silence following the deadly earthquake disaster that hit the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas in central Japan on New Year's Day.

==Kyodo

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