Complex sentence: A regular domestic competition has been held in Japan for several years, and the first international team to visit Japan was a New South Wales Group 20 representative team in 1997, followed by Lebanon in 1998.
Split into simpler sentences: A regular domestic competition has been held in Japan for several years. The first international team to visit Japan was a New South Wales Group 20 representative team in 1997, followed by Lebanon in 1998.