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Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--Isao Harimoto, the first and only player in the history of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, or NPB, to achieve more than 3,000 career hits, died on Wednesday afternoon, it was learned Thursday. He was 86. Harimoto collected a total of 3,085 hits during his 23-year career at the NPB. Born in the western Japan city of Hiroshima, he started hi...
Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government is preparing to allow North Korean athletes to enter the country for the upcoming Asian Games in Aichi Prefecture, government officials said Tuesday. Japan generally prohibits North Korean nationals from entering the country as part of its sanctions, but plans to make an exception for the North Korean delegation to the international sport...
Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)--A large cruise ship will be used as an accommodation base for athletes participating in the Asian Games, scheduled to open in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture's capital in central Japan, on Sept. 19. It is the first attempt to use a ship as a "hotel" in a large-scale international competition held in Japan. Initially, the construction of an athletes village was plann...