Japan unveils video in bid for baseball, softball return at 2020 Olympics

Japan unveils video in bid for baseball, softball return at 2020 Olympics

Infielder Kensuke Tanaka (L) of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham-Fighters and Yukiko Ueno, an ace pitcher for the Japanese national softball team, make a pitch for the return of baseball and softball as Olympic events in the 2020 Tokyo Games during a press conference at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in the Japanese capital on March 19, 2015. Projected on the screen in the background is footage of Baseball Hall of Famer Shigeo Nagashima in a star-studded promotional video released the same day in Japan's effort to ramp up support for the campaign. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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