Sole survivor of Vancouver Asahi baseball team poses with wife

Sole survivor of Vancouver Asahi baseball team poses with wife

Koichi Kaminishi (R), the sole surviving member of the Vancouver Asahi baseball team of Japanese immigrants in Canada, poses with his wife Naoko at their home in Kamloops, British Columbia, on Feb. 3, 2015. The team has been reestablished to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the original team set up in 1914 and disbanded as a result of World War II, and will visit Japan in March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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