Baseball-softball among 8 on shortlist of added events for 2020 Olympics

Baseball-softball among 8 on shortlist of added events for 2020 Olympics

Fujio Mitarai, honorary chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 22, 2015, after a panel of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee decided to accept eight of the 26 sports that sought to be added to the 2020 Games, including a joint bid from baseball and softball, on a shortlist. Mitarai chairs the panel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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